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Reference: 99918

Date Added: 4 August 2026
Closing Date: 24 August 2026

Job Title: Head of News and Media

Working For: Demos

Location: London

Salary: £58,000 - negotiable based on skills and experience

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

This is a career-defining opportunity for an experienced media operator to play a key role in shaping the voice of one of the UK’s most dynamic and influential think tanks, as we enter an exciting new phase of growth.

We want you to develop a new media strategy for Demos, building our team’s voices in the national media, helping us to narrate the democratic emergency that our work is designed to address and ensuring our ideas are reaching their intended audiences.

A skilled storyteller, you will write, edit, coordinate and publish content across multiple channels, ensuring consistent, distinctive tone of voice and strong and clear narrative in the crowded communications spaces we work in. An authoritative media operator, you will be comfortable advising colleagues on where our media investment will have the most impact.

Full details: https://demos.co.uk/head-of-news-and-media/ 

Closing Date: 24 August 2026

Interview/Start Dates

First stage interviews online via Google Meet: Tuesday 1st/Wednesday 2nd September (30 minutes)

Final stage interviews in person: Tuesday 8th/Wednesday 9th September (50 minutes)

Application Details

To apply, please complete our online application form by 09:00 GMT (UK) on the closing date

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAa4uXf9aPre5VM2TXZjRqPm7NIRon98q8dDH4we9wLqnZhg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100601847689636116139 

Website: https://demos.co.uk/

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