Content Writer

Content Writer

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000

Company Description

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We're home to market-leading brands in craft, cycling, science and nature, homes and music.

We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content – in print, video and online. Our much-loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Your Home, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

We also have an award-winning content agency that works with major charities, brands and membership organisations to help them tell their stories and engage audiences better – in print, video, and online.

Position

We’re looking for a Content Writer with excellent writing skills and a strong intuition for news trends, to work on digital titles across several platforms, including Apple News. You will be working on the weekly lifestyle magazine, Gathered, as well as other award-winning media brands based in Bristol.

Working closely with the Head of Content, you will help create engaging features from idea generation right through to publication, covering a wide range of lifestyle topics including health, mindfulness, beauty and relationships. This fast-paced role is exciting and varied, and we’re looking for individual who is highly organised, has an exceptional attention to detail and is constantly in touch with the latest topics of the moment.

You’ll bring plenty of ideas and be experienced enough to write accurate and engaging copy that is supported by expert commentary, as well as help sub content, commission content, source images and generate attention-grabbing headlines.

This is a great opportunity to build your career as a journalist and get experienced guidance in a growing sector of the media.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the job description on our website.

Requirements

Essential

• A background in journalism with a natural talent and genuine enthusiasm for creating engaging news content.
• The ability to write compelling features across a wide range of topics and build relationships with the very best industry experts.
• Brilliant communication skills.
• Able to be self-motivated, and work well as a team in a fast-paced environment, reacting to news and analytics to quickly to deliver great content to our readers.
• A keen eye for detail and accuracy, especially when working to tight deadlines.

Desirable

• An understanding of Apple News+ and awareness of best practises for creating editorial content for industry digital platforms, including websites.

Other information

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at [email protected].

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company benefits include

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in-house learning events
• 4x life assurance

Our values

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.

To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we recently co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:

• Be kind
• Always curious
• Be the best we can be

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Life insurance
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol, BS1 4ST