Chief Reporter

TieTalent; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK financial sector is seeking a sharp, driven Chief Reporter to lead its news agenda. In this senior role, you will generate high-impact exclusives, mentor reporters, and contribute to innovative editorial strategies. The position offers a dynamic hybrid working environment, focusing on digital transformation and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Health plan

Life assurance

Private virtual GP access

Continuous learning & development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in news journalism, ideally in B2B or financial services.
• Excellent writing and editing skills across both news and features.
• Understanding of digital publishing including content planning and SEO.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exclusive, off-diary news stories that set the industry agenda.
• Pitch, write and edit engaging feature content.
• Support the development of audio and video content strategy.

Skills

News journalism

Writing and editing

Content planning

SEO

Audience engagement

Multimedia

Mentoring

Job description

Money Marketing, the award-winning title for the UK’s financial adviser profession, is looking for a sharp, driven and digitally minded Chief Reporter to lead our news agenda and help shape the future of our editorial output.

This is a senior newsroom position with real influence. You’ll be responsible for generating high-impact exclusives, shaping feature content and playing a key role in the evolution of our online-first strategy.

You’ll also help mentor reporters, support content planning and commissioning, and contribute to audio-visual and editorial innovation.

Key responsibilities:

News leadership: Deliver exclusive, off-diary news stories that set the industry agenda. Build and maintain deep contacts within the financial services sector to ensure Money Marketing breaks stories first.

Feature development: Pitch, write and edit engaging feature content. Collaborate with the team on new section ideas and help refine best practices across interviews, opinion pieces and longform journalism.

Editorial strategy: Work with the editor to refresh and align our news and features content in line with our digital transformation. Help streamline workflows and forward planning across the team.

Commissioning and editing: Liaise with freelancers, help manage the feature pipeline and contribute to weekly scheduling and sub-editing.

Digital and multimedia: Support the development of a focused audio and video content strategy, with a view to boosting engagement and quality over quantity. Analyse performance data and shape future output.

Proven experience in news journalism, ideally in B2B or financial services

A strong news sense with a track record of breaking exclusives

Excellent writing and editing skills across both news and features

Experience commissioning and managing freelance contributors

An understanding of digital publishing, including content planning, SEO and audience engagement

Comfortable working across multimedia platforms (audio, video, social)

A collaborative mindset with a desire to mentor and share knowledge

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

What we offer

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.

To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy.

Equipment

Due to hybrid working laptops are provided.

Place of work

This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell additional days

One additional day of leave per year- Celebration Day

Health plan

Life assurance

Private virtual GP access

Seasonal flu jabs available at the office

Continuous learning & development opportunities

In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects