News Writer, Homes & Gardens (6 month FTC)

As the UK’s first-ever home interest magazine, Homes & Gardens has been shaping British style for 100 years. The Homes & Gardens website brings all our beautiful content online, with a focus on stunning room ideas, expert advice from interior designers, architects and design professionals, and more practical expertise, too, on caring for and improving your home.

Homes & Gardens is looking to hire a News Writer on a 6 month fixed term basis to generate high-quality, compelling short-form content for its award-winning website. If you’re a journalist and digital native who is used to the pace and ideation required on a news beat, we want to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

As News Writer at Homes & Gardens you’ll pitch and write multiple unique daily news pieces to optimise against and increase traffic through Google News and Discover, as well as Social and Partnerships channels (eg Apple News).

You’ll work alongside the social media editor and team to translate news content onto relevant social platforms, including first-person video and stills, and combine ecommerce opportunities alongside news-led content to support revenue and traffic goals.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• Relevant editorial experience with background in digital.
• A keen interest in homes and interiors, and an ability to engage with American audiences.
• First-rate SEO expertise and a keen interest in and understanding of analytical tools, which you’ll use to form your content crafting.
• Understanding of media law and image rights.
• Passion for the data side of web editing and closely monitor and interpret performance and trends.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year

* Internal job family level E7.

Please note, the salary for this position is up to £30,000.

This is a 6 month fixed term position.

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Want to know more… https://youtu.be/xxfSvjPuZdc

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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