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Fabulous Digital Writer (casual shifts)

Location:

London

Department:

The Sun

Salary Details:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

24 Nov 2024

Job Description

Fabulous Digital Writer (casual shifts)

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Our exclusives set the news agenda and our campaigns have changed the lives of many.

Fabulous is the leading women’s lifestyle brand in the country and we are looking for the most talented and committed journalists to join us.

Purpose of role:

To work within the digital team to generate traffic-driving stories and engaging features which lead the agenda among women’s lifestyle sites.

This is a hybrid role and you will need to be available to travel to London three days a week.

Day to day you will:

• Spot and produce brilliant, traffic-driving stories and always beat competitors to the biggest talkers of the day

• Create a varied ideas lists taking in viral stories, emerging trends and original takes on news stories

• Be comfortable producing hard hitting features relevant to the Fabulous audience

• Have a keen eye for visuals to ensure stories are always illustrated with the best pictures, videos and graphics

• Be happy interviewing a wide range of people including celebrities, experts and real life case studies

• Be able to produce sparkling copy at speed and to tight deadlines

• Use your Knowledge of SEO and web publishing

• Be a self-starter - you will need to thrive under the pressure of a busy newsroom

• Use your knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct, media law and ethical considerations

What we are looking for from you:

• At least a year working at a major digital brand, including in women’s lifestyle

• Experience of features or real life writing

• Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard quickly

• Pro-active, adaptable and displays a willingness to take on any task

• Positive attitude and good team players

• Takes initiative in order to achieve desired results

• Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand

• Willingness to work flexible hours over a seven-day rota pattern

We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News : At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We championdiversity and inclusion (https://www.news.co.uk/diversity-and-inclusion-at-news-uk/) , we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting theHealth and Wellbeingof our staff.

Some of what we offer includes:

• A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• 30 daysholidayand up to 4volunteeringdays per year;

• Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks;

• Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.

• Private medical insurancecovering pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’scheme

• Access towellbeing benefitssuch as physio/massage and counselling

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require anyreasonable adjustmentsduring the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.