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.Key skills & experience:Proven experience in news journalism, ideally in B2B or financial servicesA strong news sense with a track record of breaking exclusivesExcellent writing and editing skills across both news and featuresExperience commissioning and managing freelance contributorsAn understanding of digital publishing, including content planning, SEO and audience engagementComfortable working across multimedia platforms (audio, video, social)A collaborative mindset with a desire to mentor and share knowledgeAbility to work under pressure and to tight deadlinesWhat we offerLearning & 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.EquipmentDue to hybrid working laptops are provided.Place of workThis 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 daysOne additional day of leave per year- Celebration DayHealth planLife assurancePrivate virtual GP accessSeasonal flu jabs available at the officeContinuous learning & development opportunitiesIn-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projectsCycle-to-work schemeDiscounted gym membershipsRetail discount vouchersRail season ticket loansPension schemeOne paid volunteer day per yearAnnual Summer & Winter CelebrationsWork from home during AugustIncome protection and more