Fabulous Digital Writer - London, United Kingdom - News UK Ltd

News UK Ltd
News UK Ltd
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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month.

Our exclusives set the news agenda and our campaigns have changed the lives of many.


Fabulous is the leading women's lifestyle brand in the country and we are looking for the most talented and committed journalists to join us.


Purpose of role:

To work within the digital team to generate traffic-driving stories which lead the agenda among women's lifestyle sites.


This is a hybrid role and you will need to be available to travel to London three days a week.


Key accountabilities:


  • To spot and produce brilliant, trafficdriving stories and always beat competitors to the biggest talkers of the day
  • Experience of creating varied ideas lists taking in viral stories, emerging trends and original takes on news stories
  • A keen eye for visuals to ensure stories are always illustrated with the best pictures, videos and graphics
  • Strong understanding of The Sun's audience
  • Ability to produce sparkling copy at speed and to tight deadlines
  • Knowledge of SEO and web publishing
  • Being a selfstarter is key and you will need to thrive under the pressure of a busy newsroom
  • Have a thorough knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct, media law and ethical considerations

Key Skills and Experience:


  • At least a year working at a major digital brand, including in women's lifestyle
  • Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard quickly
  • Proactive and displays a willingness to take on any task
  • Positive attitude and good team player
  • Takes initiative in order to achieve desired results
  • Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand
  • Willingness to work flexible hours over a sevenday rota pattern
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


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:

  • Private medical insurance covering preexisting conditions
  • Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
- 'Bikes for Work' scheme

  • Physio/massage,
  • Counselling
  • A generous
    pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
  • 23 days
    holiday and up to 4
    volunteering days per year;
-
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.
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.


News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500.

At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.

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