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The Telegraph, Digital Sports Production Journalist

Employer
The Telegraph
Location
London (Central)
Salary
Competitive + excellent benefits
Closing date
19 Oct 2020

Job Details

As a Digital Sports Production Journalist, you’ll be working as part of a fast-paced, creative digital sports team. You will publish content from the UK’s leading sports writers and generate your own high quality journalism.

You’ll join a team which works closely together to produce the best sports coverage and support The Telegraph’s subscription strategy.

This is a varied role where you’ll have the chance to work across a range of sports and contribute in all aspects of digital publishing.

Key responsibilities

  • Producing online content to the highest possible standard, making use of multimedia elements
  • Writing original features and liveblogs
  • Curating and managing homepages
  • Publishing content filed by a range of sports reporters
  • Generating creative solutions to presenting content online
  • Contributing to The Telegraph’s subscription strategy

 

Essential skills required for the role

  • Proven experience of an ability to write engagingly, preferably about sport, for an online audience
  • Experience with content management systems
  • Proven experience of digital publishing at a high level
  • Quick, accurate subbing
  • Broad knowledge of men’s and women’s sport, including football, rugby union and cricket, but other specialisms welcomed
  • Able to respond well under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines
  • Understanding of social media and SEO
  • Knowledge and understanding of The Telegraph’s subscription strategy


Additional skills useful for the role

  • Spotting news and writing to a high standard at speed
  • Strong news sense and judgement


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 The Telegraph’s goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds.

We are an equal opportunities employer, hiring solely on merit and business need. We encourage applications regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood and disability. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

Company

The Telegraph is an award-winning, multimedia news brand synonymous with quality, credibility and authority for more than 160 years. 

We are renowned for the analysis, perspective, opinion and insight our journalism provides to a discerning audience. Every day the content we create sets the news agenda, sparking debate and provoking comment.

Our vision, with quality journalism at the heart, is to pioneer new ways to serve 10 million registered users and 1 million subscribers. We’ll achieve this with a constant focus on our journalism, and by using the data and understanding we have of The Telegraph’s audience to successfully grow our revenue streams from subscriptions to advertising, travel, events, and financial services.
We want to capture diversity of thought through our people, create inclusive working environments that allow everyone to be their authentic selves at work while creating a sense of belonging to ensure we have the highest performing teams.

The Telegraph is proud to be a WORK180 endorsed employer for women in 2021.

For more information on our purpose, beliefs and people values, please visit our website. Visit our careers website to learn more about our people and jobs.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7931 2000
Location
111 Buckingham Palace Road
London
London
SW1W 0DT
GB

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