Director of Digital Programming

This is a Full Time Job

We're seeking a Director of Digital Programming, Weekends to report into the VP of Programming and lead the editorial team responsible for curating and optimising the content experience across our core digital surfaces - web, mobile web, and mobile apps.

This role is at the intersection of journalism, audience behaviour, and product innovation. The ideal candidate brings sharp editorial judgment, strong people leadership, and a strategic mindset grounded in data. You ensure our digital front doors consistently reflect the urgency, depth, and breadth of our journalism - and that they serve the evolving needs of our audiences around the clock.

The Weekend Director will play a critical role helping to develop and lead execution of the weekend homepage strategy. Please note: This role is based out of our London newsroom, working a 4-day, 40-hour week inclusive of Saturday and Sunday.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Lead a team of editors programming the organisation's home and front-door digital experiences (web, mobile web, and app)
• Guide programming strategy across formats - including live video, text, audio, and visuals - ensuring each is optimised
• Exercise strong editorial judgment in real-time, particularly during high-pressure breaking news and questions of content hierarchy, timing and rotation
• Ensure content selection aligns with core editorial values while meeting the needs of users (Catch me up, Take me deeper, Entertain me)
• Frame stories with clarity, accuracy and impact, including writing or approving high-quality headlines, teases, and promotional language
• Demonstrate ability to make sophisticated editorial decisions and seamlessly curate across live, text, visual and video formats
• Monitor real-time analytics to inform programming decisions and adjust content placement dynamically, partnering with the Audience, Data, and Research teams to deepen understanding of audience segments and consumption habits
• Manage and mentor a distributed editorial team, providing direction, feedback, and growth opportunities

Qualifications & Experience…
• Extensive experience in digital journalism, audience programming, or editorial operations within a fast-paced news or media environment
• Experience managing teams in a 24/7 publishing operation, ideally with global coordination
• Demonstrated ability to balance real-time editorial instincts with long-term strategic thinking
• Deep understanding of audience engagement, digital consumption behaviours, and cross-platform storytelling (text, video, audio)
• Experience working with product and design teams to enhance digital storytelling or homepage surfaces

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Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.