DC Thomson

Journalist

• Leading a team of reporters to produce a consistent flow of audience-focused live content
• Ensuring all content is accurate, balanced, and of the highest standard
• Managing resources, rotas, and content planning
• Working closely with the Head of Live and senior editors to align live coverage with newsroom goals
• Using analytics tools to monitor performance
• Collaborating with engagement teams to maximise reach
• Fostering an inclusive, supportive newsroom culture
• Building relationships with local contacts and community voices
• Championing SEO best practice

Live News Editor – One-year Secondment

Manager

• Drive subscription growth across Local News and Energy Communities.
• Maximize digital subscription revenue (ARPU, LTV), reduce churn, and optimize conversion.
• Develop optimal subscription pricing and promotional offers.
• Build and implement initiatives to convert high-value audiences.
• Lead and support upgrade and retention initiatives.
• Own the lapsed customer segment to win back previous subscribers.
• Play a key role in acquisition campaigns by planning and managing trading initiatives.
• Monitor and report on effectiveness of conversion and retention initiatives.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure customer-focused offers and share actionable insights.

Digital Trading Manager

Content Manager

• **ABOUT THE ROLE**Working with the editorial team, this role will see you shaping the content of our broad newsletter portfolio. You will lead the team in idea generation for articles on everything from shopping to careers, and will decide what articles will be created for our newsletter audiences, working closely with a team of writers to ensure deadlines and standards of quality are met. You will be responsible for building each newsletter, deciding on the optimal subject line, and scheduling the sends. The email content editor will also attend meetings to report on email content performance and should be comfortable advising other parts of the business on newsletter best practice as needed.
• This is a part-time role, working 1 day (7 hours) per week. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, combining office-based and (predominantly) remote work.

Email Content Editor – Stylist

Customer Success Manager

• Be the expert in CRM within cross-functional groups, building campaigns or automations that will achieve the objective
• Be a key player in the community OKR teams, flexing the approach and choosing the right tools for the situation
• Manage and optimise any BAU elements to our subscription lifecycle communications, e.g., onboarding, renewal, win back, event programs, plugging any gaps vs CRM best practice or searching for improvements that will help achieve and beat goals
• Report on success of campaigns both to the OKR group, community and into the Customer and Trading team
• Look for new tools and ways of working to achieve the goals set

Senior CRM Executive – Fixed-Term Contract

Customer Support

• Handling customer enquiries efficiently and effectively, answering any questions and queries via live chat, email, telephone (inbound and outbound)
• Managing and resolving customer complaints to a high standard
• Providing support and comprehensive product/service information to our customers
• Building relationships and engaging with customers and providing a human approach
• Identifying opportunities to enhance customer experience and turn dissatisfied customers into happy customers
• Working with both customers and internal departments cross functionally, problem solving and resolving customer issues
• Co-ordinating closely with Marketing, Content and Engineering teams
• Identifying and reporting any potential website or user issues
• Accurately capturing customer data where required to help influence business decisions
• Contributing to the overall achievement of agreed response times/SLAs
• Delivering personal KPIs and objectives, as agreed with your line manager

Customer Support Advisor

Business Development Rep

• Take full ownership of the growth pipeline across the Americas, from prospecting and outreach to qualification, proposal and close
• Lead networking and outbound efforts; convert marketing-qualified leads into high-value opportunities
• Collaborate with Group BD Director, Marketing Manager, Client Services and Delivery teams to win work from target clients
• Identify and direct new business opportunities aligned to Fifth Ring’s offer and target industries
• Embody consultative selling and achieve Trusted Advisor status with contacts
• Be highly visible online and in person in Houston to position Fifth Ring as marketing communications consultants of choice
• Immerse in and speak knowledgably about target industries to understand trends, threats and opportunities
• Lead exploratory calls with marketing qualified leads to establish core challenges and propose Fifth Ring solutions
• Work with subject matter experts to deliver effective briefs and construct compelling proposals demonstrating impact
• Respond to appropriate tenders and attend local and regional networking sessions and events
• Keep abreast of latest news and trends in the marketing and communications space
• Act as an ambassador for the agency’s values, people and commercial interests
• Work with the Traffic Manager to ensure client requirements are being met
• Line Manager: Group Business Development Director; Reporting team: Business Development
• Any other duties compatible with skills and experience

Business Development Director

Growth Marketing

• Manage digital marketing campaigns across DC Thomson magazine brands (The People’s Friend, My Weekly, The Scots Magazine).
• Deliver growth through paid search and paid social and broaden activity across additional channels where appropriate.
• Optimise performance to target CPAs, maximise conversions and identify opportunities for growth while managing budgets.
• Lead use of Google Ads (Search, Display, Shopping) and Meta Ads Manager; manage audiences and retargeting.
• Be a lead user of Google Merchant Centre and ensure product feeds are complete and optimised.
• Develop campaigns utilising in-house ad slots on owned sites; plan assets and liaise with internal teams and book ads where necessary.
• Ensure all marketing activity is tracked; use Google Analytics, Looker Studio and Microsoft Excel for analysis and reporting.
• Track spend, provide detailed reporting and follow finance team processes to meet financial targets.
• Brief creative to designers; manage, deploy and test assets to maximise marketing impact.
• Write copy for ads and content, adhere to SEO best practice and ensure accuracy and creativity.
• Integrate audience management tools (HubSpot) to improve targeting and acquisition campaigns.
• Report to Growth Marketing Manager and work within the Growth Marketing Team as a centre of excellence/internal agency-style resource.

Growth Marketing Specialist

Communications

• Reporting directly to the Head of Marketing for Beano Studios, the B2B Marketing and Communications Manager will set and deliver the annual strategic marketing plan for our B2B services, with a focus on our insight agency, Beano Brain. Taking the lead in telling our B2B stories across channels, the B2B Marketing and Communications Manager will work closely with our commercial teams to drive awareness and consideration of our B2B services to deliver new business and deepen relationships and engagement with our client roster.
• What you’ll deliver:
• Use customer insight, data and analysis to develop a clear commercial marketing strategy accelerating growth
• Lead our PR and thought leadership marketing efforts to drive brand awareness of our B2B services and agencies, whilst strengthening their parent brands
• Oversee PR and marketing budgets and optimise spend in line with commercial goals
• Alongside the commercial teams, identify and define key target markets and develop bespoke content to drive new business leads
• Influence the development of new products or enhancements for our B2B agencies and services and own marketing strategies to take these to market in a creative and impactful way
• Create and implement metrics designed to demonstrate and measure the value and impact that the B2B marketing strategy and plans have on commercial growth