Digital Staff Writer

Insider Media, the UK’s leading regional business media company, has a vacancy in its digital team.

We are recruiting for a full-time Digital Staff Writer to produce regional email news bulletins and contribute rolling business news to the Insider Media web hub. The digital news team is office based at Insider’s headquarters in central Manchester.

Reporting to the Digital News Editor, the Digital Staff Writer will have:

An instinctive nose for business news.
Ability to learn and take on new challenges.
Experience of a news environment and use of social media platforms.
Experience of working to deadlines.
Ability to communicate effectively with company directors and senior business leaders as well as maintaining good internal communication with members of the Insider team from editorial, sales, circulation and senior management

About you

Be educated to degree-level or equivalent in journalism, communication or business-related subject
Be a journalist with working knowledge of business concerns.
Have excellent writing and proofing skills and the ability to communicate information accurately.
Have a good nose for business news and understanding of what makes a story.
Be able to leverage content from other Insider platforms, such as the monthly magazines and the range of Insider events.
Deliver unique and engaging news but also integrate SEO keywords and meta data content.
Have a good understanding of how to use social media to distribute and source news, and build a community.

Insider Media will offer the right applicant an attractive remuneration package based on skill, experience and potential.

How to Apply

Please send a full CV to laurence.kilgannon@jpress.co.uk

About Insider

Insider is the UK’s No1 regional business-to-business publishing and events company.

A well-respected and highly trusted name, Insider produces six regional business magazines read by more than 200,000 company directors and business owners. It stages more than 185 events throughout the year, while its online newsletter subscriber base is more than 120,000 across the UK and continues to grow in every region.