Staff TV Writer

Entertainment Daily UK; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK entertainment website is seeking a passionate TV journalist to join its team. This full-time, remote position requires significant experience in crafting news and features about TV, particularly drama and entertainment. Ideal candidates will have excellent writing skills, strong SEO knowledge, and a deep understanding of TV content. Flexibility in hours is offered to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Significant experience crafting news and features for a busy TV desk or entertainment website.
• Demonstrable catalogue of features for similar titles.
• Experience writing about TV, particularly drama, entertainment, and documentaries.

Responsibilities

• Turn around a show announcement in minutes.
• Produce fact-packed opinion pieces.
• Spot details in previews that will engage viewers.

Skills

Excellent news and feature writing skills

Content idea generation

SEO knowledge

Proficient in analytics

Savvy with social media posting

Deep knowledge of TV content

Job description

TVGuide.co.uk is looking for a passionate and talented TV journalist to join its growing team.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will have significant experience crafting news and features for a busy TV desk or entertainment website.
• Turn around a show announcement in minutes, watch a preview and spot the split-second detail that will have viewers searching, spin up multiple on-the-credits ideas, and produce fact-packed opinion pieces.
• Please only apply if you have a demonstrable catalogue of such features for similar titles - this is not an entry level role.

Qualifications

• Excellent news and feature writing skills, bottomless well of content ideas, SEO-trained, proficient in analytics, savvy with social media posting, deep knowledge of a wide mix of TV - especially drama, entertainment and documentaries on both linear and streaming.

How to apply

If interested, please send your CV, a covering letter AND examples of your TV content to [e-mail] - to reiterate, you will need to evidence your experience writing about TV to be considered for this role.

TVGuide.co.uk is part of the Entertainment Daily Group at Digitalbox, the leading UK publisher also behind sites such as The Tab, Daily Mash and The Poke.

Job details

• The full-time staff position is remote, generally 9am - 5.30pm, with some flexibility around hours required to meet business needs.
• Competitive salary (depending on level of experience - which will shape responsibilities within the role).

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Other

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

• Book and Periodical Publishing

TVGuide.co.uk is part of Entertainment Daily Group at Digitalbox.