Digital Journalist, LBC Full Time

Global

Job Description

Digital Journalist, LBC

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to the Deputy Digital Managing Editor, News

Overview of job

Come join Global’s newsroom, as we evolve and expand our digital offering across our market leading apps and websites

We’re looking for online journalists who live and breathe news. As an all-rounder – you’ll be able to write, edit and curate news, and have good knowledge of SEO and social media.

3 best things about the job

• Working on one of the UK’s leading news brands
• Utilising a variety of skills to bring your journalism to a wide audience
• Covering a wide variety of news for LBC’s digital audience

Measures of success –

In the first few months, you would have:

• Covered multiple stories for LBC’s website
• Pitched ideas, carried out interviews
• Reacted to breaking news
• Written live blogs
• Built partnerships with multiple internal partners in the London and regional newsrooms
• Contributed towards LBC’s digital readership targets

Responsibilities of the role

• Write and distribute the news across our digital and social platforms, including desktop and mobile web, apps, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
• Report news as it happens online with strong breaking news skills, and source stories to generate web traffic.
• Keep readers up-to-date with the latest news stories.
• Work with Global’s Newsrooms across the UK to create digital versions of their exclusive stories.
• Help to formulate a well-rounded daily coverage plan that gives people the news that interests them.
• Identify compelling, outstanding stories and user-generated content of interest to our audience.

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

• Experience of working in a newsroom.
• All the skills needed to be an online journalist.
• This will require overnight and weekend work.
• You’ll be working from our London office, in Leicester Square.

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global.