Digital Journalist (Freelance)
We think big, work hard and never stand still. It’s our talented and passionate people that make us leaders in creativity and innovation and the proud home to the best media and entertainment on the planet.
We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behind everything we do.
Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app, or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.
Description
Digital Journalist
Reporting of the Role
This role reports to Senior Digital News Editor
Overview of job
Come join Global’s newsroom, as we evolve and expand our digital offering across our market leading apps and websites. We are looking for bright, hard-working news journalists who want to excel at writing, editing, curating, SEO and social media
3 best things about the job
Working on one of the UK’s leading news brands
Utilising a variety of skills to bring your journalism to a wide audience
Covering a wide variety of news for LBC’s digital audience
Measures of success –
In the first few months, you would have:
Covered multiple stories for LBC’s website
Pitched ideas and carried out interviews
Written live blogs
Created multiple articles, video clips and social posts to highlight the best of LBC’s opinion and presenter content
Live streamed in-vision programmes across our digital platform
Pitched content ideas and developed them through to publication
Reacted to breaking news and amplified LBC’s ability to respond to developing stories around the world
Responsibilities of the role
Write and distribute the news across our digital and social platforms, including desktop and mobile web, apps, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube
Report news as it happens online with strong breaking news skills and generate web traffic through application of advanced social media showcasing skills
Keep users up-to-date with the latest news stories
Work with Global’s Newsrooms across the UK to create digital version of their exclusive stories
Identify compelling, outstanding stories and user-generated content of interest to our readers
What you will need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
Experience of working in a newsroom
All the skills needed to be an online journalist
This will require overnight and weekend work
You will be working from our London office, in Leicester Square