Newsquest Media Group

Journalist

• Cover breaking news and produce engaging stories for digital audiences
• Build strong relationships on patch to source stories and reflect community interests
• Use social media to identify trends, engage audiences and promote content
• Produce a wide range of content including live blogs, features and human-interest stories
• Cover key topics such as crime, local politics and community issues
• Work collaboratively with the wider digital reporting team
• Be open to using AI tools to support your work
• Attend events and report from across the patch where required

Trainee Reporter

• - Grow and engage our digital audience across platforms
• - Use search data and SEO to identify and maximise story opportunities
• - Cover breaking news, community stories and in-depth features
• - Build strong relationships both online and in the community
• - Use analytics to understand audience behaviour and inform coverage

Reporter

Business Development Rep

• Drive new business across the York territory through proactive outbound activity, cold calling, and face-to-face meetings with local business owners and decision-makers
• Sell display advertising into the York Press, Gazette and Herald and the Yorkshire Life & Living magazine, alongside a suite of digital marketing solutions including paid social, digital display, and video
• Manage and grow a portfolio of existing client accounts, identifying upsell opportunities and delivering ongoing value through strategic recommendations
• Develop and maintain a healthy sales pipeline, using a consultative approach to guide prospects through the full sales cycle
• Build genuine, long-term client relationships - acting as a trusted partner and brand ambassador for some of Yorkshire's most prestigious media titles
• Collaborate with internal editorial, marketing, and campaign teams to ensure seamless delivery and client satisfaction
• Stay across industry trends, competitor activity, and the evolving LOCALiQ product suite to stay sharp and relevant
• Consistently meet and exceed monthly revenue targets and KPIs

Business Development Consultant

Account Executive

• Proactively prospect and qualify new business opportunities across the UK general insurance market using phone, email, LinkedIn and events.
• Manage the full sales cycle for new subscriptions: discovery, product demos, proposals, negotiation and closing.
• Build and maintain a high‑quality pipeline, updating the CRM with accurate contact, activity and forecast data.
• Conduct needs‑based discovery calls to understand client objectives around market insight, competitor intelligence, distribution and growth.
• Present and demonstrate Insurance Times subscription products, clearly articulating value, ROI and use‑cases for different stakeholder groups.
• Prepare compelling, data‑led proposals and commercial offers tailored to client size, segment and usage.
• Negotiate terms and pricing within defined parameters to achieve or exceed monthly and quarterly new business targets.
• Collaborate closely with Customer Success/Account Management to ensure smooth onboarding, early adoption and strong first‑year renewal potential.
• Work with marketing to follow up campaign leads, contribute to outbound campaigns and refine messaging based on client feedback.
• Monitor competitor activity and market trends in insurance and B2B media to inform targeting and proposition development.

New Business Sales Executive – Subscriptions

• Cover breaking news and write stories from a lively patch.
• Immerse yourself in social media, developing relationships with the local community.
• Utilize AI in the role to tell stories audiences care about.
• Cover crime, local politics, human interest pieces, and champion local causes.
• Get out on patch and some flexible home working.

Sales

• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of advertising business across agriculture, forestry and arboriculture sectors, with a balance of existing accounts and new business development.
• Represent and sell the full portfolio of **print, digital and multi‑media advertising solutions**, with a strong emphasis on digital revenue growth.
• Support the development and delivery of integrated, cross‑platform campaigns, including print, digital display, sponsorships and bespoke solutions.
• Use a consultative, data‑led approach to understand client objectives, create tailored proposals and demonstrate campaign performance and ROI.
• Work collaboratively with the wider sales team, editorial and marketing colleagues to ensure successful campaign delivery and strong client relationships.
• Contribute ideas and insight to identify new digital products, commercial opportunities and ways to innovate within the portfolio.
• Track, analyse and report on sales performance, market trends and pipeline activity to support revenue targets and business planning.
• Ensure all activity aligns with company policies, processes and performance expectations.

Media Sales Lead

• Drive business-to-business sales through a mix of telephone, video and face-to-face meetings with prospective clients across the wider Cheshire region
• Deliver a consultative sales approach, identifying customer needs through effective questioning and discovery before recommending the most suitable digitally led solutions
• Conduct thorough research into each client’s business or industry, ensuring proposals are relevant, tailored and commercially impactful
• Maximise marketing spend within your territory by continually sourcing new and lapsed business opportunities
• Maintain a high standard of account management, building strong relationships and providing excellent service at every stage of the customer journey
• Grow your customer base through strategic territory planning, competitor awareness and proactive prospecting
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities from inbound leads, referrals and self-sourced prospects
• Consistently meet and exceed key performance indicators, including call volumes, meaningful conversations, booked meetings and timely follow-ups

Business Development Manager

• Driving B2B sales across the North East through a mix of telephone, video and face‑to‑face meetings
• Using a consultative sales approach to uncover customer needs and recommend the most suitable digitally‑led solutions
• Researching client businesses and sectors to deliver relevant, tailored proposals
• Identifying and developing new and lapsed business opportunities within your territory
• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships through high‑quality account management
• Growing your own customer base through effective territory planning and competitor awareness
• Generating opportunities via inbound leads, referrals and self‑sourced prospects
• Consistently meeting and exceeding KPIs, including activity levels, meetings booked, pipeline management and follow‑up

Media Sales Consultant

• Drive new business sales across North London through a mix of telephone, video and face‑to‑face meetings.
• Identify and qualify new prospects via outbound activity, inbound leads, referrals and self‑sourced opportunities.
• Deliver a consultative sales approach, uncovering client needs through effective questioning and recommending tailored digital solutions.
• Sell a suite of digital marketing products including paid social, digital display, video and websites.
• Conduct thorough research into client businesses and industry sectors to produce relevant, data‑led proposals.
• Build and grow a pipeline of new business, converting clients into long‑term accounts over time.
• Provide high‑quality account management as accounts develop, ensuring strong relationships and excellent service.
• Work collaboratively with sales colleagues, editorial and marketing teams to ensure campaign success.
• Manage the territory effectively through planning, competitor awareness and proactive follow‑up.
• Consistently meet or exceed KPIs, including activity levels, appointments, revenue and conversion targets.

Media Sales Executive

• Drive business-to-business sales through a mix of telephone, video, and face-to-face meetings with prospective clients across your territory.
• Deliver consultative selling by identifying customer needs through effective questioning and discovery, then recommending the most suitable digitally-led solutions.
• Conduct thorough research into each client’s business or industry vertical to ensure tailored and relevant proposals.
• Maximise marketing spend within your category or territory by continuously sourcing new and lapsed business opportunities.
• Maintain a high standard of account management, ensuring strong customer relationships and excellent service at every stage.
• Grow your unique customer base through strategic territory planning and proactive competitor awareness.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities from a variety of sources, including inbound leads, referrals, and self-sourced prospects.
• Consistently meet and exceed key performance indicators (KPIs), including call volumes, meaningful conversations, booked meetings, and timely follow-ups.

Media Business Development Consultant

Video Editor

• Edit and produce high-quality video content using footage provided by the videography team
• Interpret client briefs, scripts and concepts to deliver content aligned with brand objectives
• Transform raw footage into engaging, audience-focused content across digital and marketing channels
• Ensure all content is delivered on time and to a high standard, meeting agreed deadlines and budgets
• Collaborate closely with videographers and the wider video team across multiple projects and regions
• Contribute to creative discussions and support the development of video concepts
• Manage multiple editing projects simultaneously, maintaining strong organisation and workflow management
• Build positive working relationships internally and represent LOCALiQ professionally when working with clients

QA Engineer

• Join Newsquest Digital Media, the digital division of one of the UK’s leading local media publishers, and play a key role in ensuring the quality and performance of the backend systems that power our extensive network of trusted local news brands, helping to shape the future of digital journalism at scale.
• Working as part of an agile, cross-functional team, you’ll be involved throughout the full product lifecycle, from initial requirements through to release.
• This role combines manual and automated testing, with a strong focus on improving quality standards and helping to evolve our automated testing capability.
• You’ll collaborate closely with product, UX, development and editorial teams to deliver high-quality, user-focused digital experiences at scale.

Consultant

• Drive B2B sales across your territory through a mix of phone, video, and face-to-face meetings
• Take a consultative approach by understanding each client’s goals and recommending the right digital solutions
• Sell a full suite of digital products, including paid social, digital display, websites, and video advertising solutions
• Identify and convert new business opportunities, as well as re-engage lapsed clients
• Build strong, lasting relationships through excellent account management and delivery
• Research your clients and local marketplace to develop relevant, insight-led proposals
• Manage and grow your own customer base through proactive territory planning
• Hit and exceed KPIs, including revenue targets, meetings booked, and pipeline activity
• Maintain accurate records and follow up consistently to maximise conversion

Digital Advertising Consultant

Content Manager

• - Design and produce front pages for a variety of print titles
• - Use InDesign and Photoshop to create visually impactful layouts
• - Apply a strong understanding of what makes a front page stand out on the newsstand
• - Work collaboratively within the hub to meet production deadlines
• - Support basic copy sub-editing where required

Print Audience and Content Editor – Print Hub

• - Building our digital audience following to bring our content to even more people in the community
• - Using search tools to research and understand the topics people are searching for
• - Use your SEO skills to reach the largest possible audience
• - Building communities online and in real life, with whom to share your stories once published
• - Covering breaking news, local news and features
• - With guidance from editors, using analytics to identify what our readers like and what they want next from our coverage