Out Law Journalist

Here at Pinsent Masons, we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking, and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team. We’re currently recruiting an Out Law Journalist to play a pivotal role in championing and demonstrating the vital role data plays to drive business development initiatives.

Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

This is a crucial position within our Corporate Communications team. You will work closely with the Out-Law editor as part of a team of journalists whose reporting helps readers understand complex legal issues and maintains the reputation of Pinsent Masons as a source of expertise and excellence.

We are looking for candidates who hold the following skills and experience:

Be able to write original news, analysis and guides explaining complex issues in clear language.
Have experience working in a fast-paced publishing environment, such as a national news outlet or trade magazine.
Have digital publishing experience, including use of content management systems (ideally Sitecore) and optimising content for SEO purposes.
Be good at helping colleagues understand our innovative approach to publishing.

This job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role. Therefore, the successful candidate will be required to carry out other tasks as required.

What can we offer you?

Funding towards completing APMP certification (upon successful completion of probation)
Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to commitments)
Carers’ leave (up to five paid days’ leave towards caring responsibilities)
25 days’ annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days.
Contributory pension of up to 5%.
Private healthcare policy
Death in service cover (4 x base salary).
Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan.
Cycle to work scheme.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.