Jobs at Newsquest Media Group

Lead editorial planning and newsroom reporting for local print and online news titles. Shape front pages and story selection, drive the news agenda, oversee reporters, develop subscription campaigns and investigations, and coordinate with print production teams. The role requires fast decision-making, strong legal knowledge, creativity, audience awareness, and the ability to deliver content across platforms while working in Reading and High Wycombe.

Supports sales teams through administrative processes, territory and market-share data management, rate-card support, lead distribution, KPI reporting, shared inbox management, and customer communications. The role also involves improving internal processes, identifying business opportunities, and collaborating with management on ad hoc projects. Strong organization, numeracy, communication, Microsoft Office proficiency, and attention to detail are essential.

Develop new business and manage existing client relationships for Yorkshire Life’s digital advertising portfolio. The role involves prospecting, consultative selling, preparing proposals, conducting client meetings, meeting revenue targets, maintaining CRM records, and cross-selling digital marketing and advertising solutions. Regular client meetings across Yorkshire require a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Reports on Calderdale Council and other democratic bodies, attends meetings, holds institutions accountable, and produces accurate, engaging stories for local communities and partner publishers. The role involves identifying local news, setting the agenda, working independently from home, collaborating with the West Yorkshire team, and attending occasional in-person or evening meetings.

Generate new business and manage the full sales cycle for digital marketing solutions serving small and medium-sized businesses. Responsibilities include prospecting, consultative selling, account management, pipeline development, proposals, negotiation, closing, CRM updates, and achieving sales targets. The role requires regular client meetings across the Carlisle territory, relationship building, competitor research, and recommending tailored solutions such as SEO, PPC, websites, paid social, display, and video advertising.

Make outbound calls to local businesses to generate new advertising opportunities, sell digital and print marketing solutions, manage client accounts, identify upselling opportunities, and achieve revenue targets. The role involves pipeline management, consultative selling, relationship building, account growth, customer support, and collaboration with internal teams for campaign delivery. Full training, coaching, uncapped commission, and career progression are provided.

Office-based Telephone Sales Executive responsible for outbound prospecting, cold calling, new business development, account growth, upselling, pipeline management, and closing advertising sales. The role serves local business clients across digital, social media, video, website, and print products. Success requires meeting revenue targets, building client relationships, providing consultative advice, and collaborating on campaign delivery. Full training, coaching, uncapped commission, and career progression are provided.

Processes monthly and lunar payrolls accurately and on schedule, including reconciliations, BACS payments, HMRC submissions, statutory payments, pension administration, employee deductions, payroll records, payslips and year-end documentation. The role maintains payroll compliance and confidentiality, investigates discrepancies, supports employees and managers, and contributes to process improvements. Strong numerical accuracy, organisation, communication, payroll knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office are required.

Reports on local news, court cases, community issues and entertainment for digital and print audiences. Responsibilities include sourcing exclusive stories, conducting interviews, producing live blogs and multimedia video, building local contacts, publishing across digital platforms, monitoring audience performance, and meeting growth targets. The role requires strong journalism, writing, media law and digital reporting skills, including use of AI-assisted newsroom tools.

Field-based B2B sales role responsible for winning new business, conducting outbound prospecting, managing client accounts, identifying upsell opportunities, and meeting revenue targets. The role involves consultative selling of digital display and print advertising solutions, face-to-face client meetings, pipeline management, relationship building, and collaboration with internal teams on onboarding and campaign delivery. Applicants must be territory-based, have a full UK driving licence, and own a suitable vehicle.

Field-based B2B sales role responsible for winning new business, managing client accounts, developing sales pipelines, and increasing advertising spend. The role involves consultative selling of digital and print advertising solutions, cold calling, face-to-face client meetings, relationship management, campaign onboarding coordination, and achieving revenue KPIs. Candidates must have B2B sales and outbound calling experience, a full UK driving licence, and access to a suitable vehicle.

Build, maintain, test, launch, and support responsive client websites. Translate designs and wireframes into accessible, high-performing web pages, manage CMS content, troubleshoot technical issues, and improve usability and performance. Collaborate with developers, designers, SEO specialists, and Client Success teams throughout the project lifecycle while following development standards and contributing to documentation and continuous improvement.

Develop new business and manage client relationships across Scotland by selling tailored digital marketing solutions, including advertising, social media, video, website design, and lead generation. The role involves prospecting, client meetings, proposals, negotiations, pipeline management, and achieving sales targets through telephone, virtual, and face-to-face channels. It is hybrid, combining home and office work with territory travel.

Conduct outbound calls to win new business from local companies, build relationships with decision-makers, understand customer objectives, and recommend tailored digital and print advertising solutions. Manage sales pipelines, follow up leads, overcome objections, achieve activity and revenue targets, maintain accurate CRM records, and collaborate with colleagues to deliver successful campaigns. Full training and career development are provided.

Report on breaking news, local politics, crime, community issues, and human-interest stories across Leigh and surrounding areas. Produce accurate, engaging content for digital and print platforms, including live blogs, multimedia, and SEO-optimized articles. Build relationships with local contacts, identify stories through social media and field reporting, meet deadlines, and collaborate with editors and reporters in a hybrid newsroom environment.

Field-based Business Development Manager responsible for driving revenue across an assigned territory by prospecting, managing the full sales cycle, building long-term SME relationships, upselling cross-channel digital marketing solutions, and maintaining accurate CRM pipeline to meet and exceed targets.

Part-time, office-based telephone sales role handling newspaper and magazine subscriptions: explain benefits, build rapport, discuss promotions, and ensure positive customer experience while working in a small team.