Newsquest Media Group

Consultant

• 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.

Digital Advertising Consultant

Journalist

• Work with an AI system to help write national, local and hyper-local news articles while maintaining journalistic quality and authenticity
• Ensure that all content produced meets legal and ethical standards, including media law, plagiarism, privacy, and accuracy
• Efficiently upload and manage stories using time-saving AI tools and techniques
• Contribute to development of AI technology by monitoring AI-generated content and identifying areas for improvement
• Work closely with existing editorial teams to integrate AI-generated content across newsrooms and titles
• Train other reporters in the use of AI technology
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices related to AI and journalism
• Meet story count targets
• Report to Robert Scott and work across offices in Haddington, Dunfermline and Galashiels for multiple east of Scotland titles

AI-Assisted Reporter

• LOCALiQ, part of the Newsquest Media Group, is offering a Media Sales Consultant role in Kendal
• Work across local brands: The Westmorland Gazette, In-Cumbria, and News & Star
• Engage existing, lapsed, and new customers to understand advertising and marketing needs
• Hybrid role: mix of office-based and home working once training is complete
• Trained to sell print and online display advertising, Facebook advertising, and video marketing services
• All calls are unscripted, allowing personal style in conversations