Deputy Health Editor

US Deputy Health Editor

Position: Full Time/Permanent

Salary: $95k-$107,500k depending on experience

About Us

Daily Mail is one of the world's largest and most influential news publishers, reaching over a billion people globally every month. Renowned for its agenda-setting exclusives, breaking news, incisive commentary, and in-depth investigations, the Daily Mail delivers a unique editorial blend spanning showbiz, royals, lifestyle, health, sport, money, and more.

Its extensive reach, influence, and reader loyalty make it a premium destination for more than 300,000 digital subscribers across the UK, US, Australia, and beyond. Daily Mail also maintains a powerful presence across social media, engaging more than 150 million followers and delivering more than 6 billion video views each month across platforms including Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.

About the role

We are seeking a US Deputy Health Editor to join the team. Suitable candidates must have at least five years' previous experience at a national news outlet. The individual should be able to demonstrate an impressive track record of finding and breaking exclusive health stories of national and global interest.

Main Responsibilities

Include, but not limited to:

• Find and pitch exclusive content
• Identify important breaking and trending news
• Write and edit to extremely tight deadlines
• Edit our Health channel page
• Plan and develop long-term stories and projects
• Manage pool of freelance writers
• Edit weekend content when necessary
• Oversee the Health team when the Editor is away

Person Specification

A strong track record of news gathering, editing, and managing a team is essential, together with an understanding of digital 24-hour news and the processes and pressures that come with operating in this environment.

Outstanding candidates should also be able to demonstrate their ability to balance editorial objectives in a fast-paced news environment.

Other key requirements include:

• Ability to read complex scientific papers, understand them enough to turn it into engaging copy, and pick out important caveats that need to be addressed
• Ability to produce breaking news stories with speed and accuracy
• Possessing strong news and journalism ethics judgment
• Being a self-starter with the ability to work independently when necessary
• A solid contacts book, full of experts from different medical fields who can assist in answering queries and providing reaction
• Knowledge of medical matters and conditions
• Competent at sifting through raw data and spreadsheets to produce engaging numbers-led stories
• Ability to work self-sufficiently, generate own health stories and contribute newsworthy stories to the daily news list
• Ability to write strong first drafts that are informative, intelligible, engaging and accurate
• Ability to monitor analytics and adjusting strategy as needed to optimize KPIs that will include converting new subscribers and engaging current ones
• Ability to write moving real-life features
• Capability to write and edit in a pressurized environment.
• Applicable knowledge of multiplatform news gathering tools and resources.
• Must have a strong passion for finding the most interesting information to surface for our readership.
• Strong communication skills to direct and work collaboratively with a global team of editorial executives and co-workers
• Ability to mentor and lead junior and senior reporters

Why work for us?

We offer a competitive salary package in the range of $95,000 - $107,500 depending on experience, excellent staff benefits (healthcare, optical, dental, 401K) and a generous PTO allowance.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.