Arts and Culture Correspondent

The Guardian; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 49 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Volunteer days

Season ticket loans

Résumé du poste

The Guardian is seeking an experienced arts and culture correspondent in London to lead exclusive coverage and ambitious features across the arts spectrum. You’ll interview artists, spot trends, and deliver reporting that informs and engages a wide audience.

This 12-month fixed-term contract or internal staff secondment offers a hybrid working pattern, with a requirement to be in the King's Cross offices at least three days a week.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated arts and culture journalism experience across online and print platforms.
• Familiarity with digital and print demands.
• Proven ability to write news and features for a major outlet.

Responsabilités

• Write news, features, live blogs, interviews and background material.
• Break exclusive arts stories.
• Check stories for accuracy and legal compliance.

Connaissances

Arts and culture journalism

Digital journalism

Social media proficiency

Interviewing

Formation

Journalism degree or equivalent

Outils

WordPress

CMS

Video editing

Podcasting

Description du poste

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We're looking for an arts and culture correspondent to be at the forefront of the cultural conversation. You'll generate exclusives, break major stories, identify the trends everyone will be talking about, and produce ambitious features spanning the full breadth of arts and culture. From interviewing the artists shaping the moment to investigating the forces transforming the creative industries, you'll deliver original journalism that informs, surprises and sets the agenda.

This position is as a 12-month fixed-term contract or internal staff secondment. This role follows a nine-day fortnight schedule.

About the role

• Write news, features, liveblogs, interviews, background and other material to ensure that important arts stories are covered
• Break exclusive arts news stories
• Check stories for accuracy and legal compliance
• Source interviews and stories
• Monitor a range of sources and diaries for breaking/developing/upcoming stories
• Participate and shape thinking on the subject across the newsroom, spotting the broader social, cultural and political trends as well as being confident in analysing the significance and direction of the arts and culture specialism
• Contribute reporting for the Guardian's range of multimedia formats, including social media, podcasts and video

About you

• Demonstrable experience of working as a journalist, including arts and culture coverage, online and in print, on a major news website, newspaper or magazine
• Knowledge/ awareness of the demands of digital platforms and print
• Proven experience of writing news and features
• Experienced in effectively utilising social media and multimedia
• Ideally, you'll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role, seeking out underreported parts of the arts and culture landscape in all their diversity

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

We operate in a hybrid environment working at least three days a week from our offices in King's Cross in London.

The salary range for this NUJ position starts at £54,239, with the final offer determined by the successful candidate's skills, experience, and responsibilities.

The closing date for applications is Friday 6 November 2026.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs.

Benefits at the Guardian

• You'll have six weeks of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
• Season ticket loans are also available.
• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests.
• You can also opt in to dental insurance.
• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
• We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.
• We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought.
• Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace.
• We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
• We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing.
• In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes.
• These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development

• We encourage personal and professional growth.
• Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.