You’ll be joining the Strategic Development team working across multiple strategic projects that ensure we are maximising our commercial and customer revenues across the whole of News UK, reporting to the Head of Strategic Development.

The Strategic Development team is responsible for growing and diversifying revenue streams through evolving and enhancing our products and processes, always leading with data and insight.

At the end of the 2 year program you’ll complete your apprenticeship in Market Research.

Being an apprentice at News UK:  During your time with us you will earn above living wage, get full training, study towards Market Research qualification (with your course fees paid). You will also receive mentoring/coaching from the industry’s best, as well as any other equity you might need to fulfil your full potential.

Day to day you will (these will be split into planned segments throughout the apprenticeship):

• Our main stakeholders are Tech, Editorial and Commercial departments. This means we are always analysing internal and external factors and produce a project strategy and outcome.
• You will be working across a variety of topics such as Video/ Ad Strategy, Subscriptions/ Membership, Editorial products, section performance and our flagship first party data platform, Nucleus.
• Working with external platforms such as Tik Tok, Apple, Google, Meta

What we’re looking for from you: 

• You have a genuine thirst for knowledge and are excited about the future of publishing with a particular focus on digital.
• Have a passion for wanting to work in a fast paced environment across multiple departments.
• Organised and able to deliver but when presented with change in direction are able to adjust accordingly

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.

Application Process 

Online Application > Google Meet Interview > Assessment Centre

As part of the Online Application process, we would like you to provide answers to our application questions that explains why you want to join the Strategic Development team at News UK.

Please answer the following 3 questions, this is how we initially review your application.

1. Why have you applied for this apprenticeship and tell us about yourself outside of the working world?
2. How do you see the role of News (and News Publishers) in the next 5 years? Think about different audiences, consumption of media and the challenges against social platforms.
3. Can you give us a recent example of innovation that you have seen, experienced or bought and why this appeals to you?

Please note assessment centres will be taking place during November 2024.

To find out more about apprenticeships at News UK, click here.

We are News UK: 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, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat – they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive.  Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like.  Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I  strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes.  We also have 11 employee-led networks.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays  and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
• Apprenticeship Society that provides community support throughout your apprenticeship.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.