Defence Journalist

Clarion Events Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

End of year wellbeing shutdown

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Cycle to work

Job summary

Clarion Events Ltd. is seeking a talented Defence Journalist to join our London-based team, shaping editorial voice for a leading global defence brand. You will deliver original, high-impact journalism focused on the global defence industry and build credibility for DSEI’s brand.

You will secure senior interviews, craft news, features, and explainers, and contribute to the monthly/weekly newsletters, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and audience relevance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a journalist/reporter, preferably within a B2B media environment.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex, technical, or 'dry' subjects into engaging, concise editorial content for a high-level audience.
• Strong news sense and dedication to accuracy and ethics.
• Proven skills in building rapport with senior stakeholders and conducting high-level interviews.
• Foundational understanding of the global defence industry, platforms, geopolitics, and procurement processes.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple deadlines in a dynamic team.
• A relevant degree is advantageous (IR/War Studies/Journ).

Responsibilities

• Craft concise, engaging news articles, features, and explainers for the defence industry.
• Identify breaking stories within the defence sector.
• Secure interviews with senior leaders, government officials, military personnel, and experts globally.
• Produce content for monthly and weekly defence industry newsletters.
• Maintain consistency with the content and style guide.
• Contribute ideas for coverage and the editorial calendar for DSEI website and Defence Digital ecosystem.
• Uphold journalistic integrity, accuracy, and compliance for a senior B2B audience.
• Support live coverage of defence events (e.g., DSEI) and adapt to various formats, including video.
• Represent Clarion at conferences, events, and public forums.

Skills

Journalist experience

B2B media experience

Interviewing senior figures

Editorial writing

Defence knowledge

Education

IR/War Studies/Journ degree (advantageous)

Job description

At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do. We’re proud that our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our teams.

If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity: Clarion Defence & Security delivers world‑class defence events, such as DSEI, connecting global industry leaders and driving innovation worldwide. DSEI Gateway is our rapidly growing digital media offering under DSEI, designed to enhance the brand’s online presence and build a highly engaged B2B audience.

We achieve this by publishing defence‑focused industry news, features, explainers, video reels, and webinars on our website, while also reporting at all our events. Building on a successful year of growth, we launched a new editorially‑first website for DSEI in March, with high‑quality, authoritative defence industry content at its core. We are seeking a talented and driven Defence Journalist to join our expanding London‑based team.

This is a critical role for someone passionate about the defence sector and eager to shape the editorial voice of a leading global defence brand. You will be instrumental in increasing the authority and credibility of DSEI’s brand, by delivering original, high‑impact journalism focused on the global defence industry.

This role offers the chance to make a real impact on growing a publishing brand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Craft compelling content: Write concise, engaging news articles, features, and explainers that keep readers informed about the latest developments and opportunities in the defence industry.
• Identify breaking stories: Have a keen eye for uncovering significant news within the defence sector.
• Stakeholder engagement: Proactively identify and secure interviews with senior industry leaders, government officials, military personnel, and subject matter expert globally to uncover compelling stories and unique insights.
• Newsletter production: Research, write, and curate content for our highly successful monthly and weekly defence industry newsletter, ensuring its continued growth and engagement.
• Ensure consistency: Maintain consistency with content and style guide.
• Content strategy input: Actively contribute ideas for coverage, helping to shape the editorial calendar and content strategy for the new DSEI website and the wider Defence Digital ecosystem.
• Editorial excellence: Uphold the highest standards of journalistic integrity, accuracy, and compliance, ensuring all content is timely, editorially sound, and relevant to a senior B2B audience.
• Event coverage: Support the live coverage of our key defence events, including DSEI, to deliver customer‑centric content.
• Flexibility: Willing to work with different content formats, such as video.
• Represent Clarion: A professional individual that represents Clarion at conferences, events, and public forums.

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

• Demonstrable experience as a journalist/reporter, preferably within a B2B media environment.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex, technical, or 'dry' subjects into engaging, concise, and credible editorial content for a high‑level professional audience.
• Strong news sense and dedication to the highest standards of accuracy and ethics.
• Proven skills in quickly building rapport with senior stakeholders and conducting high‑level interviews.
• A keen interest in and a foundational understanding of the global defence industry, including key platforms, technologies, geopolitics, and procurement processes.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple assignments and deadlines and highly motivated, who thrives in an expanding, dynamic team environment.
• Relevant degree in International Relations, War Studies, Journalism, or a related field is advantageous.

About Clarion Events Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market‑leading events since 1947.

Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do.

We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone.

Blackstone is one of the world’s leading global investment funds, investing capital for the long term in order to build successful, resilient businesses.

Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count. Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight.

Benefits:

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• End of year wellbeing shutdown (closed for the last week of the year)
• Employees on a permanent or fixed‑term contract are gifted an extra day of leave that can be used for a celebration of your choosing, e.g. birthday, Eid, Diwali, etc.
• Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
• Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter to carry out charity work
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Wellbeing Library (MYNDUP)
• Mentoring Programme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free on‑site gym and shower facilities
• Free eyesight tests
• Free flu vaccination – offered on site once a year for all employees

PASSION

We deliver all our events with passion for people, the environment and businesses.

We form connections with those who are just as passionate about what they do as we are.

We always strive to exceed expectations and celebrate success.

We love what we do, and it shows.

CARE

We care about our people and our products and work tirelessly to achieve lasting connections and satisfaction for ourselves, our customers and the businesses they support.

We really get people.

• everyone is welcome.

IMAGINATION

Everything is possible.

We constantly challenge the status quo and create amazing experiences and opportunities.

We take huge satisfaction in solving problems.

As open‑minded and fun‑loving people, the sky is our limit.

TRUST

We trust our skills, people and partners to deliver extraordinary events our customers have come to rely on.

We support everyone around us and always learn through our experiences.

We are honest and straight forward.

You can always rely on us.

Equal Opportunities

We encourage employees to be open and confident and recognise that every member of the team makes a vital contribution.

Clarion embraces equality, diversity and inclusion and seeks to promote these principles in all of our business activities.

When recruiting new employees or providing opportunities for promotion, we will:

• Recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of background, and make the best use of their talents;
• Ensure that no person is unlawfully discriminated against;
• Select the best person for the role based on their skills, qualifications and abilities. This statement sets out our commitment to equal opportunities and to preventing discrimination in the workplace.