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Mirror Online, Sports Social Writer

Employer
Reach plc
Location
London (Central)
Salary
Competitive salary + company benefits
Closing date
9 Apr 2019

Job Details

Mirror Online Sport are looking for a Sports Social Writer to join our team here at Lower Thames Street, London.

You will be working alongside our existing correspondent team and have a particular focus on news across a range of Sports, including interviews, feature writing, opinion and analysis. Within this role you will cover major stories and breaking news in a fast-paced digital environment.

We are Reach because it's what we do.

Every day our newsbrands - national and regional, in print and online - reach millions of people up and down the country.

We are the UK's largest news publisher, with influential national newsbrands such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday People, Daily Record, and more than 100 distinguished regional titles.

Our brands have a long heritage of being trusted sources of news and information, with our editorial conviction and high standards of journalism providing audiences with timely information and opinion across multiple platforms.

Last year we sold 540 million newspapers, and our network of over 70 websites provide 24/7 coverage of news, sport and showbiz stories, viewed by 110m unique browsers every month.

Key Responsibilities

 

 

 

  • Suggesting/sourcing/producing football and sports stories for the mirror.co.uk and Reach PLC national titles across print
  • Take direction from the Sports Editor in producing fan-based, social-led content and distribution to maximise valuable audiences
  • Be a personality and face for Mirror Sport's output
  • Have a proactive approach to content production and promotion
  • Work across video, podcasts and social media platforms to deliver content
  • Attend events, telling stories in a way that is optimised for online audiences
  • Create and maintain contacts to source stories, break exclusives, interviews and features on topics on and off the pitch
  • Work collaboratively with other members of the team over ways to improve and innovate the site's output
  • Use social media to engage with and build our audiences
  • Assist with long-term planning and produce content ahead of major events
  • Use analytics and data intelligence to guide your own content production


The Ideal Candidate:

You could be a recent graduate with some great experience and/or be an 'old-hand' at sports journalism.

One of the most important things to us is that you possess a NCTJ or BJTC qualification and have a minimum of a year's experience in a digital sport environment.

You will have a good grasp of media law and social media writing. Good understanding of digital publishing including experience of using web publishing systems, understanding of SEO, digital audience behaviour and analytics.

Being a sports role, there are a variety of daytime, evening and weekend shifts encompassed in the role. Additional languages and a knowledge of new and emerging platforms would be a bonus.

Most importantly, you will be driven by sport with a keen interest in football.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application - click 'Apply' now.

Package Description

In addition to competitive salaries, 25 days holiday, bonus structures (if applicable) and a contributory pension scheme, Reach plc have a wealth of flexible benefits on offer.

These include holiday purchase up to ten days per year, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, a technology scheme in conjunction with Curry's PC World, car scheme, health cash plan, employee loans and lots of high street discounts!

Our business is fully committed to health and wellbeing in the workplace with an employee assistance programme and trained mental health first aiders across the business.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the application deadline/closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Company

As one of the UK’s largest multimedia companies our award-winning portfolio includes five national newspapers, over 100 regional newspapers and a range of websites and digital products. But it’s our people who make Reach plc what it is.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7293 3000
Location
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5AP
GB

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