Building, Building Design & Housing Today, Reporter

Reporter,  Building, Building Design, Housing Today (full-time, hybrid role)

Description

We are looking for an experienced or aspiring reporter who loves to break exclusive stories, interview company bosses and cover business controversies. 

As part of our award-winning team you’ll be working across our three B2B titles: Building, Building Design and Housing Today, bringing impactful news, insight and analysis to professionals in the built environment. 

You’ll build up trusted industry contacts to produce high-quality, award-winning journalism for specialist audiences. You’ll develop a deep understanding of business markets and contacts. Every day you’ll be generating ideas, unearthing new information and making new contacts. 

All our reporters are central to driving our editorial ambitions, deepening our coverage of issues, attending industry events, growing our network of contacts and feeding into our strategic ideas at team meetings. 

Everyone on the team receives support and coaching to develop their skills and expertise in their industry ‘patch’.  

Responsibilities

• Contribute to daily news output to ensure the websites has up-to-date content
• Break off-diary stories
• Build up relationships with key industry contacts 
• Monitor industry events and developments and write relevant stories 
• Generate ideas for in-depth analysis pieces, interviews and other features, including listicles and explainers
• Attend internal content meetings (including one day a week in our central London co-working space)
• Attend conferences/ industry events

Skills/experience desirable 

• Journalism qualification or proven experience as a reporter
• Clear and accurate writing
• High level of numeracy
• Good organisational and communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure 
• Ability to take ownership of a story and differentiate it from the competition
• Track record finding fresh angles on running stories
• Social media experience

 
About us and our values

• Assemble Media Group's events and media solutions include some of the most iconic and award-winning brands serving the built environment: Building, Building Design and Housing Today, as well as the online directory for event professionals, Venuefinder. 
• We are committed to investing in best in class, independent journalism that these brands are renowned for whilst delivering a suite of innovative and high quality digital/live experiences to serve our communities.
• We can offer our staff interesting work and career progression in a truly flexible way that allows people to work from home or use our London office space. We also provide training and development to help you boost your profile among the audiences we serve.
• We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and under-represented groups. We know that such candidates often only apply for roles they believe they match exactly, but what counts most is your attitude and ambition to build on your journalism skills. So, do apply even if you don’t think you meet every single criteria listed.
• We have regular opportunities for social contact for our teams including off-site meetings, retreats, social clubs, as well as summer and Christmas events. We also love to make a difference together in the communities we serve, by supporting local charities and fundraising in a variety of ways at our business events and awards.   

Flexible working

• At AMG there is no top down, standardised model for flexible working.
• We offer flexible working to suit your needs, whether from our base camp in Wanstead, a variety of co-working spaces in central London or remotely from home. 
• For some of our team flexible working involves different start and finish times, or working part-time to fit in other commitments. And we are open to customising arrangements for the right candidate. 
• In short, we endorse creative working patterns, as long as you’re available online and to meet in person when required.  

Benefits

• Agile working policy meaning staff can work from home or use London office space.
• Enhanced pension contributions.
• Development and training programmes.
• Medical insurance with link to Vitality rewards programme.
• 25 days holiday (plus extra day’s leave for your birthday and bank holidays).

Salary range: £19k-£24k DOE 
Applications will be reviewed from w/c 22 Jan
Email CV and covering letter to Chloe Mcculloch.