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Metro.co.uk, Senior Entertainment Reporter

Employer
Metro
Location
Kensington, London
Salary
Competitive market rate
Closing date
16 Feb 2019

Job Details

Metro.co.uk, a division of Associated Newspapers Limited, delivers news, features, sport, opinion, and shareable content to a fast-growing global audience and we are looking for a talented senior entertainment reporter and feature writer to join the London team.

Ideal candidates will have experience in creating original content in a variety of forms, including interviews, videos and features. They will cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on celebrity, TV, music, movies, social media and even gaming.

You will have a talent for finding the strongest angles on the best stories and be confident in pitching your ideas to the entertainment editor and PRs to ensure you get the best content.

You will also be confident in leading a team and pursuing original angles for stories.

You should be passionate about online and have a distinctive, engaging and lively writing style. We’re not afraid of character here.

Responsibilities:

  • Working with the entertainment editor, social, SEO team as well as the picture and video desk to create bold, engaging and timely content
  • Spotting great stories and have a passion to cover them before competitors
  • Be confident in using contacts to create exciting exclusives
  • Writing the best and most engaging entertainment content, using a variety of formats
  • Creating/commissioning original stories and bringing in exclusives as well as making sure trending stories are covered in an innovative and imaginative way


Key requirements:

  • At least two years' experience reporting on entertainment for a media outlet
  • Understanding of the UK Editors’ Code of Practice, media and copyright law
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Broad industry contacts and good relationships with news agencies, bloggers and community groups
  • Being able to conduct interviews across a variety of platforms (from written to FB Lives) is a bonus


Apply by completing the application form below. 

Company

Metro is the UK’s leading urban media brand, delivering bite-size news, sport, entertainment and showbiz to its Urbanite commuter audience every weekday.

Our readers live and work in cities – thrilling places full of professional, social and cultural possibilities. We help them (and you!) get more from city life and feel in the know, to join in, experience and connect even more.

Our short, stimulating, espresso-style content complements how we all live, work and play in the urban environment we’re so passionate about.

Company info
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Location
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London
W8 5TT
GB

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