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Media&CampaignsLead.

Part-time, 20 hrs/week · 6-month contract · £15,000 · Remote, UK-based preferred
NewsCord's first hire. You will work directly with the founder and shape how a growing media accountability platform speaks, campaigns and grows.

This role is no longer accepting applications.

Thank you to everyone who applied. The description below stays published for reference.

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01The mission you join

NewsCord analyses how news outlets cover the world's biggest stories. We compare coverage across hundreds of sources, expose bias with data (omissions, double standards, sanitised language, buried perpetrators) and turn the findings into action: media complaints, regulator submissions and public campaigns that thousands of people have joined. Our analysis has forced corrections and formal responses from some of the biggest names in news.

We do not pretend the mainstream frame is neutral. From Israel's genocide in Gaza to state surveillance deals at home, we name what is happening, show our working, and give readers a way to act on it.

02What you will do

Hold the media to account.

A hands-on, cross-disciplinary role for someone who lives and breathes the news and wants to hold the media to account rather than just complain about it.

01

Manage newsroom relations and press.

Build relationships with journalists, editors and press offices. Write and coordinate press releases around our investigations, campaign launches and campaign wins.

02

Coordinate campaigns and volunteers.

Liaise with our volunteer network, manage campaign launches end to end (timing, copy, outreach, follow-up) and keep momentum going after launch day.

03

Critically analyse the news.

Read coverage the way we do: spot the framing, the omissions, the double standards and the sourcing tricks. Evaluate which stories deserve a NewsCord response.

04

Produce short media analysis pieces.

Use our in-house tech stack (cross-source coverage data, our bias-scoring pipeline, Claude) to turn raw analysis into sharp, evidence-led pieces.

05

Create social content.

Design and craft compelling posts for X, LinkedIn and Instagram, including images and infographics. You will have Canva Pro and our visual identity to work with.

03Who you are

01

You look beyond the mainstream narrative. You connect struggles to each other and to the powers at play, and you can back that instinct with evidence.

02

You write with precision and restraint: no filler, no jargon, every claim checkable.

03

You are organised enough to run a campaign calendar and a volunteer rota without being chased.

04

You are comfortable being employee number one: scrappy, self-directed and happy to build the playbook as you go.

05

Design sense matters. You know what stops a scroll and what gets skipped.

Nice to have

Recording short videos or voiceovers for news analysis explainers. Not required, but if you are comfortable on camera or behind a mic, we will put it to good use.

04Pay and contract

Part-time, paid properly.

£15,000

for the 6-month contract

£115

a day (4-hour day, Mon to Fri)

£28.85

an hour (£577 a week)

~£60k

full-time equivalent salary

20 hours per week, worked flexibly: roughly 4 hours a day, Monday to Friday.

Contractor basis, fully remote, with the possibility of extension or expansion as the platform grows.

05What you get
01

Canva Pro subscription

02

Claude Max subscription

03

Thaura Pro subscription

04

Access to media events, press briefings and industry gatherings

Where this stands

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06Applications

Applications are closed.

We are no longer accepting applications for this role. Thank you to everyone who applied. We are reviewing every application we received and will be in touch with applicants directly.

To hear about future openings, email [email protected]. In the meantime, the best way to get a feel for the work is to browse our editorials and live campaigns.