National and local media company with digital marketing and events divisions
USA TODAY Co. is a 10,000+ person diversified media enterprise operating the USA TODAY national publication, a network of local news organizations across the US, UK-based Newsquest, LocaliQ (SMB digital marketing software), and an events division. The hiring velocity is accelerating with 101 roles posted in the last 30 days, heavily weighted toward media (62 roles) and sales (40 roles) — a sales-led hiring posture centered on increasing local ad revenue and audience growth, which rank as their top two stated challenges.
Notable leadership hires: Associate News Director, News Director
USA TODAY Co. operates through four primary business units: the USA TODAY NETWORK (national and local news), Newsquest (UK media operations), LocaliQ (digital marketing software for SMBs), and an events division. The company serves audiences, advertisers, and SMB customers across multiple formats. The tech stack reflects a media-native footprint—Adobe Creative Suite, Parse.ly (analytics), YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Google Analytics drive content production and audience measurement. Sales infrastructure (Salesforce, Dayforce, Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager) supports advertising and marketing-solutions revenue. Active projects span sports coverage expansion, social distribution, recruitment marketing, and ops standardization, with particular focus on high school and college athletics.
Adobe Creative Cloud and Premiere Pro for production; Parse.ly, Google Analytics, and BigQuery for audience analytics; Salesforce for sales operations; YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and X for distribution; Google Ads and Facebook Ads Manager for advertising delivery.
Increasing local advertising revenue, growing audience engagement, achieving subscription growth, managing distribution logistics, and expanding high school sports coverage coverage—reflected in active projects and hiring priorities.
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