Company Description
Are you an experienced journalist, with a passion for all things TV? Do you keep up with the soap dramas, TV awards and behind the screen scandals? Then you might just be our next TV Writer!
This is a fantastic opportunity to source and write engaging TV content, including exclusive interviews, news and shoots for our print outlets The Mirror, We Love TV, Saturday Magazine, Hot TV, OK! New, S magazine, Notebook and Love Sunday, as well producing daily content for our websites Mirror.co.uk and OK.co.uk.
We're looking for fresh ideas from people from a wide range of backgrounds and to add new perspectives to our multi-platform TV content and celebrity interviews.
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.
This role is home and hub based, linked to our Canary Wharf Hub in London. We are therefore open to candidates based in and around London.
Job Description
What will the role involve?
You will write exciting TV content for The Mirror and our print & digital magazine brands, from interviewing TV celebrities to covering live TV shows, you will be at the centre of all things TV. You will develop and pitch fresh and engaging ideas for TV content, whilst keeping our brand styles in mind. You will help grow our audiences with your live reporting, preparing and scheduling of spoilers and entertaining coverage of breaking TV news.
You will attend exciting events, covering red carpets and live TV moments, building your contacts as you go. You will utilise various social media platforms to further drive traffic to your content on TikTok, Instagram Live and more.
This position involves working Tuesday to Saturday on 7am - 3pm or 3pm -11pm shifts on a rotating basis.
Qualifications
Who are we looking for?
You are an NCTJ qualified journalist or equivalent, with a passion for all things TV, from dramas and soaps to reality TV, documentaries, film and beyond. You have a proven track record of writing TV or entertainment content within an established, fast paced newsroom, or magazine environment. You have exceptional writing skills and you are a pro when it comes to interviewing high profile celebrities. You have demonstrable print writing experience and the attention to detail to ensure all your copy meets our Mirror and magazine high standards.
You have experience publishing multiple stories a day at pace and meeting deadlines with ease. You have an enviable contact book of celebrities, PRs, sources and agents that you can use to develop exciting, traffic driving content. You understand how to utilise social media to drive traffic and have excellent legal media knowledge.
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 we’ll match contributions up to 6%
- 25 days’ holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years’ service with Reach, you’ll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
- Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you’ll 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 UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers everyone’s 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 - you’ll 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
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.
