Sports Night News Editor

Come and join the The Times Sport team! We are hiring a Night News Editor for the Sports team... Details here!

Posted by: Tom Clarke, Sports Editor

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation's cultural heritage.

Your role: The Sports Night News Editor is responsible for delivering a distinctive, agenda-setting sport news package across all platforms for The Times and The Sunday Times and managing our coverage overnight. They will ensure world-class standards of digital and print journalism, and help to lead the sport editorial team in digital-first commissioning and publishing.

Day to day you will:

• Successfully manage a productive relationship with the Head of Sport, the wider sport team as well as with journalists across the newsrooms
• Manage sports content into the evening, working evening shifts 5 days a week.
• Support the Head of Sport to successfully optimise the publishing of content on our digital platforms and print products
• Conceive, commission and edit distinctive agenda-setting sport news and features content for a digital and print audience.
• Help to create the sport newslist and manage the development of stories with reporters and writers
• Curate the homepage in the events as part of the homepage editing team
• Use SEO and audience data to help guide commissioning
• Use social networking and other digital platforms for content generation and to promote The Times and The Sunday Times Sport content
• Forward-plan, working with journalists on long-range projects, interviews and investigations

What we are looking for from you:

• Experience working as a senior editor for a national newspaper or digital publication
• Demonstrable expertise and breadth of knowledge in all sports and strong contacts
• An understanding of how audience data supports commissioning and how to promote a story on social media and through search engines
• Knows how to attract and retain new digital audiences
• An ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and with rigorous accuracy
• Ability to communicate succinctly and effectively
• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Persuasive presentation skills, well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to problem-solve
• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues

Location: London. Department: The Times & The Sunday Times. Advertising end date: 20 September 2026.