Jobs at Reach plc

Lead BristolLive’s newsdesk operations, editorial workflows, brand values, content standards, and audience-growth strategy. Manage and develop newsroom staff, oversee fast and accurate IPSO-compliant publishing across digital channels, and coordinate with cross-functional teams on local agenda-setting content. The role requires digital publishing, video, social media, people leadership, forward planning, and flexibility for early, late, and weekend shifts. This is a six-month fixed-term, home-and-hub position linked to Bristol.

The Audience Editor identifies opportunities to grow digital audiences, packages content for social media, newsletters, and direct messaging, and manages distribution channels. The role also leads growth projects, mentors Engagement Producers, curates newsletters, manages social channels, and supports newsroom priorities across a seven-day rota.

Curate website homepages and section fronts, produce newsletters, and distribute content across social and digital platforms. Develop audience-growth and subscription opportunities, use editorial KPIs and audience data to optimize performance, and collaborate with newsroom teams on timely content delivery. The role also requires strong editorial judgment, knowledge of media law and IPSO standards, and work across a seven-day rota.

Produce, edit, and write engaging email newsletters, subject lines, and calls to action. Grow free and paid subscriber audiences, increase registrations, and use performance data to guide editorial decisions. Collaborate with newsroom and marketing teams on newsletter formats, acquisition, retention, and brand opportunities. The role also requires audience-focused editorial support on a rotating schedule, including weekends and bank holidays.

Manage brand marketing for the Irish Mirror, Irish Daily Star, and Belfast Live. Partner with editorial teams and internal creatives to develop and execute integrated campaigns across print, digital, social, video, audio, and events. Translate editorial priorities into engaging consumer campaigns while maintaining brand identity, managing projects, meeting deadlines and budgets, and building relationships with senior stakeholders across regional markets.

The Brand Manager will develop and deliver high-impact marketing campaigns for The Mirror across print, digital, social, video, audio, and events. The role partners closely with editorial teams, journalists, creatives, and senior stakeholders to translate newsroom priorities into engaging brand activity. Responsibilities include campaign planning and execution, maintaining brand identity and visual quality, managing projects, budgets, timelines, and building strong relationships across the organization. The role requires regular presence at the Canary Wharf newsroom.

The Brand Manager will develop and deliver high-impact marketing campaigns for the Daily Express across print, digital, social, video, audio, and events. Responsibilities include translating editorial ideas into consumer campaigns, collaborating with editors, journalists, creatives, and stakeholders, maintaining brand identity and quality, and managing campaign timelines and budgets. The role requires strong communication, relationship-building, project management, and understanding of UK and Ireland regional audiences.

Lead brand marketing for Wales Online and Birmingham Live, partnering with editorial teams and internal creatives to develop and execute high-impact campaigns across print, digital, social, video, audio, and events. Translate editorial priorities into engaging consumer campaigns, protect brand identity and quality, manage projects to deadlines and budgets, and build relationships with senior editorial stakeholders. The role requires regional market knowledge and travel to newsroom offices as needed.

Reports on Leicester and Leicestershire councils, districts, and NHS trusts; attends meetings, investigates political and social issues, builds contacts, writes features, breaks exclusive stories, and holds local authorities accountable. The role also involves using social media to drive audience engagement and requires regular travel across the region.

Reports on Newcastle City Council and the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, covering meetings, decisions, political issues, and community concerns. The role involves building contacts, identifying public-interest stories, writing features, breaking exclusives, and using social media to engage local audiences. The reporter will work from the Newcastle hub and regularly travel to council meetings across the area.

Build and maintain Python data ingestion pipelines for Reach’s AWS data lake, integrating APIs, S3, and SFTP sources. Design and operate AWS infrastructure, implement Infrastructure as Code and observability, and work with Athena, Glue, Lambda, ECS, and Redshift. Collaborate with analysts, product managers, and business teams, while documenting solutions, enforcing unit testing, and improving data quality and reliability.

The Business Editor will produce daily local business journalism, source original stories, manage newsletters, live blogs and weekly roundups, and develop strong networks within Manchester’s business community. The role includes representing the brand at events and across social, video and podcast channels, contributing stories to BusinessLive, and collaborating with commercial teams to support revenue growth. Candidates need strong digital publishing, SEO, social headline and audience engagement skills, plus flexibility for events outside standard hours.

Report on local communities and issues across Wales for WalesOnline, producing written, visual, video, newsletter, podcast, live-blog, social, map, graphic, and interactive content. Research and publish accurate stories under the Editor’s Code, identify breaking news through social media, develop community contacts, and meet tight deadlines. The role is home and hub based from Cardiff and welcomes both trainee and experienced candidates.

Manage a high-volume, complex employee relations caseload, including appeals and tribunal preparation. Advise managers through restructures, organisational change, consultations, disciplinary and grievance processes. Maintain compliant UK&I employment policies, coach managers, represent the company in formal meetings, and collaborate with the wider People team on HR improvement projects.

Leads long-term commercial strategy and revenue growth for Reach’s Tier 1 clients. Builds senior relationships across agencies, brands, and PR teams; develops multichannel media solutions; manages pipelines, forecasting, and performance reporting; delivers thought leadership; collaborates cross-functionally; and mentors Agency Business Managers.