Hardware and Deals Editor, GamesRadar

Future; Bath; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented writer to join their dynamic eCommerce and Hardware team. This role involves creating engaging buying guides, reviewing the latest gaming products, and writing about exciting deals. You'll gain invaluable experience in digital journalism while working with a passionate team dedicated to delivering top-notch content. Enjoy unlimited holiday and a profit-sharing bonus scheme, all while contributing to a culture that values diversity and inclusion. If you're enthusiastic about gaming and tech, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Unlimited Holiday

Profit Pool Bonus Scheme

Professional Development Opportunities

Informal Lunch & Learns

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism or marketing with a focus on tech and gaming.
• Strong writing and research skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain high-ranking buying guides and deals guides.
• Review gaming hardware and tech products, and write deal news stories.

Skills

Journalism

SEO

Writing Skills

Research Skills

Analytical Skills

Knowledge of Gaming

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Journalism or Marketing

Job description

We’re looking for a talented tech, gaming and SEO-savvy writer with experience in journalism or marketing to join GamesRadar: one of the world’s biggest gaming and entertainment sites. You will form a crucial part of our eCommerce and Hardware team’s strategy, tracking all the latest deals and covering a variety of verticals around PC and console.

Our buying guides, product reviews, and deals guides are an essential part of our team’s content and you’ll get to test and write about a wide range of products across the world of console and PC gaming, popular consumer tech, streaming services, merch and more. You’ll also regularly write deal news stories on essential items we love, when they get a tempting price drop we want to share with our readers. We also cover the big annual sale events like Black Friday and Prime Day with targeted approaches to making sure GamesRadar highlights the best offers in our field of expertise.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a brilliant team and learn all of the skills you’ll need to further build your career as a digital journalist.

What you'll be doing...

• Create and maintain high-ranking buying guides and deals guides
• Review PC and console gaming hardware and tech products
• Write deal news stories on the latest offers for US and UK markets
• Write news stories on new hardware products
• Write informative supporting content on your area of expertise
• Research new eCommerce-friendly subjects to target
• Stay up-to-date on SEO best practices to utilise in your work
• Analyse article performance (page views, transaction conversion rate, commission earnings etc) and see what we can improve, what works well and how those learnings could help elsewhere

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• Spotless spelling and grammar
• Write insightful reviews and multi-product guides and news stories
• Able to write quickly and accurately
• Able to adapt and learn new skills
• A basic understanding of SEO - we’ll help you become a master
• An enthusiastic knowledge of gaming, tech and gadgets
• You know where to find great deals or compare prices
• Able to take the initiative and approach us with new ideas

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 into 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 joins our profit pool bonus scheme.

Please note, the salary for this position is up to £26,000.

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.

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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About the company

Future plc is a British media company founded in 1985.