Senior Entertainment Reporter - Break News & Trends

PA Media Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK news agency seeks a dynamic individual for its Entertainment team to create high-quality, multi-media content. The role involves shaping entertainment coverage, monitoring trends, and producing diverse outputs, from news stories to live blogs. Ideal candidates have strong self-management, editorial judgement, and experience with WordPress. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contributing to a leading content production team while enjoying various employee benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Holiday purchase scheme

Annual wellbeing day

Annual volunteering day

Annual eye care vouchers

BUPA Health cash plan

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Onsite gym

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong self-management and proactive content improvement.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Experience in producing error-free content under pressure.
• Excellent editorial judgement and keen news spotting.
• Understanding of journalism law for accuracy.
• SEO knowledge for engaging audiences.
• Experience working with WordPress for content management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, multi-media content across platforms.
• Shape entertainment coverage and create original content.
• Monitor breaking news and lead news lists.
• Track content performance and audience habits.
• Produce news stories, opinion pieces, and live blogs.

Skills

Self-management skills

Relationship building

Fast content production

Editorial judgement

Journalism law understanding

SEO knowledge

WordPress experience

Education

NCTJ standard qualification

Tools

WordPress

Job description

A prominent UK news agency seeks a dynamic individual for its Entertainment team to create high-quality, multi-media content. The role involves shaping entertainment coverage, monitoring trends, and producing diverse outputs, from news stories to live blogs. Ideal candidates have strong self-management, editorial judgement, and experience with WordPress. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contributing to a leading content production team while enjoying various employee benefits.