Digital Assistant/ Junior Reporter

Trading as emap for its B2B division, Metropolis International is a fast-growing business, privately owned Media Group with over £50m of annual revenue, structured in two divisions – consumer media, and business-to-business media. In both parts of the business, we run print magazines, digital content and both face-to-face and virtual awards, conferences and other events. Metropolis is actively looking at acquiring more media businesses. We employ over 480 people in offices in West London, Croydon, Fleet street, Devon and Dublin.

Property Week is the leading news magazine in the commercial and residential property market. Packed with news, features, opinion and analysis, Property Week keeps readers fully briefed on all the latest information from the industry, including major property deals, development opportunities and investment prospects.

Property Week’s award-winning editorial team also produces various Supplements, Sector Reports and Special Focus Features. Each feature will concentrate on important topics within the industry, from international matters to financial analysis.

Overall Purpose of the Role:

Reporting into the digital editor, the digital assistant will help produce and edit regular editorial content across all channels, with an emphasis on digital and social media. They will help with the day-to-day maintenance of the Property Week website, edit editorial content and help develop Property Week’s strategy to drive user engagement. They will also help develop our social media strategy and post daily engaging content across all PW social channels.

Key responsibilities:

Produce regular online web articles
Investigate and report on industry news under the guidance of the news editor
Helping with overall maintenance of website
Helping upload weekly PW magazine content to the website
Help develop and implement a new social media strategy
Responsible for posting engaging social posts each day across our Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram channels to help drive digital engagement and followers
Support on upcoming digital projects
Help to promote and support annual industry events

Skills and experience:

Educated to degree level or equivalent, preferably with a journalism, digital or media qualification
Ability to produce engaging written articles for both print and digital
Experience of implementing a social media strategy desirable
Knowledge of current social media trends
Property industry knowledge desirable but not essential
Excellent communication skills
Excellent time-management skills
Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines

Core competencies:

Ability to writing engaging social media posts
Ability to write clean, accurate and informative news copy for the website
Basic CMS/web experience a plus
Basic ESP experience a plus
An ability to think analytically and grasp complex new subjects quickly

Personal Attributes:

Pro-active
Strong work ethic
Tenacious
Highly organised
Positive attitude
Focused
Good interpersonal skills
Collaborative team player
Thrives in a fast-paced news environment

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.

To support our employees' career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy.

This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell)
Health plan
Life assurance
Cycle-to-work scheme
Discounted gym memberships
Retail discount vouchers
Rail season ticket loans
Private virtual GP access
Pension scheme
Income protection and more
Continuous learning & development opportunities
Seasonal flu jabs on site
One paid volunteer day per year
Summer and Winter parties
Work from home during August
In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects