Digital Spy, the UK’s biggest entertainment website, is looking for a Movies Editor who can be the brand’s chief authority on all things film.

Someone who loves big Hollywood franchises – Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Harry Potter, Fast & Furious – but also has an encyclopaedic knowledge of cult and mainstream film.

Reporting to our Associate Editor, this is a role for an experienced and energetic digital journalist with a track record in the field of movies, excellent news instincts and a contact book stuffed with publicists, industry figures and freelancers of all varieties.

The successful applicant will be both a funny and stylish writer and an innovative and highly organised self-starter full of ideas, with Google Analytics at the top of their bookmark list.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Be the chief authority on movies and all film-related events at Digital Spy.
• Manage the movies planning process from start to finish.
• Work with Digital Spy’s news department to help steer the brand’s movie coverage.
• Source and conduct interviews with an aim to providing exclusive stories.
• Source, write and ideate movies news stories, features and videos. 
• Plan and implement SEO wins within the field of movies.
• Attend and report on relevant movies-related events, from red carpets to junkets.
• Manage a monthly budget and commission freelancers.
• Maintain good contacts with movie publicists and the wider industry.
• Work with Social Media Editor on objectives across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
• Work with Video Editor on the creation of movies video content.
• Present video content at junkets and as part of regular Digital Spy video franchises.
• Analyse, report and respond to real-time and historical audience data.
• Stay abreast of relevant websites, magazines and social channels to ensure we're one step ahead.

Click 'Apply' and please send us your CV along with the following task:

• Three feature ideas (headlines and a short explanation) for Digital Spy Movies
• 200 or so words on your vision for Digital Spy Movies: what are we doing right and what more could we do?