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Job Description

We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning audio, TV and video content for millions of people across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio - home to The Chris Evans Breakfast Show. talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is an official broadcaster of the Premier League. Launched in June 2020 Times Radio brings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including John Pienaar and Aasmah Mir. Plus Talk The Home Of Common Sense, hosting Jeremy Kyle and Julia Hartley-Brewer.

The Team: We are the News Broadcasting Marketing team, dedicated to building campaigns, creativity, media planning and growing our broadcasting brands - including talkSPORT, Virgin Radio and Talk.

Your Role: As CRM Executive, reporting to the CRM Lead, you will work across our popular and dedicated radio brands - talkSPORT and Virgin Radio, plus Talk. Supporting the wider team, you will be responsible for building engagement plans that drive acquisition for our online competitions business, driving core revenue targets. You will have access to cutting edge data and marketing technology to engage with customers on a personalised cycle and build audiences. You will also be responsible for driving players for talkSPORT’s new free-to-play game, launching in 2026, building engagement from our listeners and pointing towards our betting brand, talkSPORT BET. Lastly, you will also support the CRM Lead on wider campaigns that drive engagement for our other radio brands, Virgin Radio and Talk.

Day to day you will:

• Support on comms to drive acquisition and retention of our new online competitions website, driving core revenue targets.

• Support with comms on our brands event calendar with key tentpole moments in sport, news and entertainment.

• Build and drive players to our new talkSPORT free-to-play game

• Support campaigns and initiatives to recruit into News Broadcasting's in house audience panel, The Dugout.

• Work collaboratively with Data and Insight on customer centric data projects.

• Supporting wider Betting and Gaming initiatives to drive talkSPORT audiences into our betting brand, talkSPORT BET

• Support wider campaigns to build engagement from our talkSPORT, Virgin Radio and Talk listeners

• Build and manage CRM campaigns utilising Adobe, CDP’s and other CRM tools.

  
  

What we’re looking for from you:

• Technical Proficiency: At least 1 year of hands-on experience with an ESP or Marketing Automation platform (e.g., Adobe Campaign, Braze, Iterable, Salesforce Marketing Cloud).

• Data Logic: A strong understanding of relational databases, audience segment building and logic required for journey orchestration.

• Attention to Detail: High standards for QA and testing

• Stakeholder Communication: Ability to translate technical CRM concepts into clear updates for non-technical stakeholders.

• Agility: You can pivot at pace and remain focused in a fast-paced environment with multiple technical deliverables.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.