Evening News Writer, PCGN Remote
Job description
Working for Network N Media
28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Your birthday off
- Private medical plan through Vitality with enhanced mental health provision
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Resident Career Coach
- Techscheme
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Gift Card scheme
- Employee social events, including Christmas & summer parties
About us
PCGamesN is the world's second-biggest PC gaming website, dedicated to finding and serving the most entertaining news, the most helpful guides, the most thought-provoking features, and up-to-the-minute hardware coverage to help PC gamers worldwide get the most from their hobby. The successful candidate will have a hunger for juicy news stories, and a keen eye for potential exclusive opportunities.
The Role
You will be responsible for:
- Writing daily news stories, with a focus on original reporting, and occasional opinion pieces and features
- Ensuring consist editorial standards across all published content
- Uploading stories to site CMS
- Conducting interviews and transcription
- Using all appropriate tools and resources to search for daily news
- Keeping up-to-date of industry trends and talking points
- Spotting, pursuing, and researching opportunities for original investigations
- Identifying opportunities for further coverage of, or alternate angles on, trending stories
- Building and maintaining relationships with PRs, developers, publishers, community sources etc
- Attending and reporting from industry events
- Other as requested by the News Editor, Deputy Editor, or Editor
You will have/be/be able to:
- Able to write efficiently, quickly, and to task across a range of disciplines, especially news
- Able to find the most interesting, important, and urgent news stories on their shift, and the most interesting angles upon them
- Able to write and publish at least five news stories per shift (unless otherwise agreed with News Editor)
- Able to process and apply feedback, including on rapidly changing SEO best practices, to ensure every story has its best chance of finding its audience
- Plan and prioritise workload to meet agreed deadlines
- Experience writing news or features, preferably online
- Applies expertise; use basic company tools effectively to achieve work objectives
- Proactivity, attention to detail, and a good standard of organisation
- Bring new ideas for longer-form opportunities for coverage by the team, discussing in weekly meetings with the team
Must be able to produce proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment
You will ideally have/be/be able to:
- An interest in PC games and a good knowledge of them
If it sounds like you are the right fit, please apply with a CV, covering letter and relevant writing sample.
Please note this role is working 4pm-Midnight, Mon-Fri.
*Please note that we do not have a sponsorship licence*
Network N celebrates and supports a diverse and inclusive work environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It is important to us that our organisation is more diverse and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, neurodivergent condition, and/or impairment. If you think you may benefit from some adjustments and support then just ask; we dont want our hiring process to be a barrier for you. Our recruiters will work with you to learn more about your support needs and identify reasonable adjustments that will help you to be at your best and have a more personalised experience. Just drop us an email at [email protected] and we will be happy to help.
As part of our commitment of being a Disability Committed employer, disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy will be offered an interview. To be considered under the Disability Confident Interview Scheme, applicants will need to tick the box in the Disability Confident Interview Scheme on the job application form.
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