Deputy Editor

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🕒 July 15

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dmg media

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1001 - 5000 employees

📱 Media

🛍️ eCommerce

Media • eCommerce

dmg media is a prominent media company known for delivering engaging and trusted content to millions of customers worldwide, 24/7. With brands such as Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, and MailOnline, dmg media reaches over 24 million people daily, including more than 10 million in the UK alone. Their focus is on providing insightful and entertaining news that resonates with their audience.

📋 Description

• Reports directly to the Senior Executive Editor, who retains final authority under the Editor-in-Chief on all assignment and publishing decisions • Work closely with the Senior Executive Editor to co-lead the reporting staff, jointly setting daily priorities, assignments, and editorial direction • Serve as a quality gate for stories—reviewing sourcing, structure, and exclusivity before stories move to final approval • Run or co-run daily pitch meetings, sharpening pitches and pushing reporters toward genuine exclusives rather than "me-too" coverage • Coach reporters on developing proprietary sources and original angles across celebrity, politics, crime, and general-interest beats • Provide fast, in-the-moment feedback on breaking news and deeper mentorship on longer-lead enterprise stories • Determine when a story is ready to publish and when it requires further development to protect its exclusivity • Help staff and manage coverage across a near-24/7 news cycle, including nights, weekends, and breaking news • Partner with photo, video, and social teams to maximize the reach and impact of exclusive stories • Apply sound judgment on sourcing standards, embargoes, and source protection, flagging issues to the Senior Executive Editor as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years in digital or newspaper journalism, including senior editing experience partnering with or reporting to a top editor (Executive Editor, Editor-in-Chief, etc.) • A track record of personally breaking exclusive stories or developing reporters who have • Demonstrated experience co-managing a newsroom staff—assigning, coaching, and evaluating reporters • Strong news judgment and the instinct to separate a routine story from one with real exclusive value • Excellent line-editing skills—able to rewrite and restructure quickly under deadline without losing a reporter's voice • Comfort moving between hard news (politics, crime, and breaking news) and lifestyle/entertainment coverage (celebrity) without sacrificing rigor • Solid understanding of sourcing standards, verification, and legal/defamation risk, especially for crime and political coverage • Familiarity with CMS platforms and analytics tools (e.g., Chartbeat and Google Analytics) to inform coverage decisions • A calm, decisive presence under deadline pressure, with the judgment to know which calls need to go to the Senior Executive Editor • A true editorial partner—someone the Senior Executive Editor can delegate judgment to, not just tasks • A trusted leader reporters bring ideas and problems to, confident their input will be taken seriously • Relentlessly focused on exclusives: first interviews, leaked documents, original investigations, and angles competitors don't have • A clear, direct communicator who can align a news team around a shared editorial vision

🏖️ Benefits

• Attractive benefits package, including healthcare, vision, dental, and 401(k) • Generous PTO allowance