Journalist

As a Journalist, you will work across our UNILAD brand. You will be utilising creative skills to enhance the LADbible Group brands image whilst continuously developing and improving the quality of articles by reviewing and responding to audience feedback.

Using awareness of current news, trends and viral content to produce quality articles at speed to both engage and maximise audience potential, the preferred candidate would be locked in to social and across the biggest stories of the day

Reporting into our Editorial Lead, there will be plenty of interview opportunities for you...so if you specialise and/or have a passion for film and/or TV, even better; as you'll probably get to rub shoulders with a few stars!

What the opportunity looks like

Ensure all deadlines and quotas are met within set timeframes
Ensuring editorial execution across the websites
Pitching original ideas and follow-up angles for the biggest stories across our brands
Growing and utilising contacts for leads
Remaining proactive by researching and seeking the latest news, trends, gossip and reports ahead of competitors
Working as a proactive member of Editorial team
Producing trending articles at speed while maintaining impeccable grammar
A strong understanding of the tone of the brand
Actively contributing to team meetings, pitches and article ideas
Monitoring user activity on articles and using it to inform pitches for original content and follow-up stories
Qualitative and Quantitative: daily monitoring of content performance (shares, likes, comments, clicks)

Skills and experience we’d like you to have

Have a journalistic background with newsroom experience
NCTJ qualified
Previous experience within a similar role
Target driven and the ability to meet tight deadlines
A demonstrably high standard of written English
A proven ability to think, imagine and produce new and original ideas whilst continually delivering unique and engaging content in the UNILAD tone.
Outstanding writing, research and writing skills
Proven SEO knowledge/experience
Experienced user of Microsoft Office