Company Description
Are you passionate about uncovering the extraordinary in everyday life and sharing those stories with national audiences? Do you have a knack for crafting compelling features that captivate readers both online and in print? Then you may be our new Features Writer!
You will generate engaging features for The Mirror and all Reach Magazine titles including OK!, New, S magazine, Notebook and Love Sunday. We’re looking for fresh ideas and new perspectives from people from a wide range of backgrounds so we can continue to diversify our content.
We are looking for our new Features Writer to join us from late June 2025.
This role is home and hub based linked to our Canary Wharf hub in London (3 days per week from hub minimum). We are therefore open to candidates based in and around London.
So, who are we?
We are Reach PLC. You might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.
Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.
Job Description
What will the role involve?
You will come up with brilliant exclusive features, splashes, and sparkling ideas with a focus on real life. Covering everything from uplifting lifestyle transformations and quirky relationships to hard hitting experiences about personal trauma and overcoming adversity. You will create engaging campaigns and comment pieces that ensure the Mirror and magazines features are both agenda-setting and consistent with brand styles.
You will generate and pitch exclusive daily ideas and features that will work across both print and digital, utilising your bursting contacts book to scoop high profile interviews. You will step up to edit copy and lead shifts when needed, collaborating with our social and picture desks to boost yours and your team’s content. This role will involve working shifts on a rota basis including evenings and weekends, so a flexible approach is required.
Qualifications
Who are we looking for?
You are an experienced NCTJ/NQJ (or equivalent) qualified journalist with up to date media law and IPSO code knowledge. You have a proven track record of writing similar features content in a fast paced national, magazines or large regional newsroom environment. Your contacts book is unrivalled and your proven track record for organising and undertaking high profile interviews sets you apart.
You have the empathy and versatility to write about people’s real life experiences with both understanding and flair. You are a self starter who is bursting with ideas for features content and is ready to hit the ground running. You are ready to step up to assist with copy editing and ideally have prior experience in leading shifts.
Additional Information
What can we offer you?
We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;
- Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and well match contributions up to 6%
- 33 days’ holiday per year (including bank holidays) - After three, five and ten years service with Reach, youll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Giving back day - an additional days leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
- Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and youll be eligible after just six months employment
- Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
- As one of the UKs top 50 Inclusive Employers everyones invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
- Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
- Awesome career opportunities - youll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
- We are also a member of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels
This advert will close on 22nd April, however we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
