Right here’s a scoop: PCGamesN is on the lookout for a Information Editor to steer its pack of proficient journalists. For those who’re unashamedly enamoured with PC gaming, eager to inform the tales of the myriad communities of our native platform, and good at packaging tales and writing participating headlines, you may simply be who we’re on the lookout for.
The gig is a full-time place, primarily based both domestically in Tub (the place you’ll attend our fancy newly refurbished workplace at the very least two days every week) or remotely throughout the UK, with way more occasional workplace visits required with all bills paid. As our Information Editor, it’ll be as much as you to plan and execute a long-term information technique, guaranteeing common protection of the most important video games on PC whereas additionally chasing and breaking unique tales and caring for our proficient information staff.
You’ll additionally write some tales of your individual and edit these of others, explaining these edits to assist the staff enhance. As such, you’ll be an distinctive author, and ideally have some expertise of managing a staff. You’ll be capable of write vigorous, authoritative copy concerning the newest triple-A video games, old-school classics, the occasional area of interest PC gem, and the enterprise dealings and communities behind all of it.
You’ll be equally hungry to interrupt unique tales, or add unique worth to growing ones, as you might be to choose up tales breaking elsewhere to make sure common protection of our largest video games. You’ll know the place to search for such tales, be snug chasing leads and following up for remark, and be keen to work occasional irregular hours to cowl occasions similar to Gamescom or The Recreation Awards (now we have time-off-in-lieu insurance policies to make sure you can reclaim that point). Simply as importantly, you’ll be an excellent egg, and assist senior employees to look out for your staff’s wellbeing.
All eligible candidates are inspired to use, although we’re significantly keen to listen to from writers from BIPOC, LGBTQ, and different underrepresented backgrounds.
Position: Information Editor, PCGamesN
Location: Absolutely distant (inside UK solely) or hybrid (minimal expectation of two days per week in Tub head workplace)
Closing Date: Sunday fifteenth Might 2022 (We reserve the precise to shut this advert early if a adequate variety of functions have been obtained)
Kind: Full-time, everlasting
Wage: £35,000
The Position
You’ll run the Information division inside PCGamesN, managing the Deputy Information Editor and a global staff of Information Writers. With data of the PC gaming panorama, you’ll have an intuition for the tales our viewers needs to learn and the place to seek out them. You’ll set and prioritise a day by day information agenda, leaping on tales breaking elsewhere in addition to producing unique and unique information content material across the largest video games on PC, and set a long-term technique for rising the division’s visitors.
Duties
- Managing the information staff, guaranteeing all members carry out at their greatest and stay completely satisfied and motivated
- Holding abreast of breaking information throughout the PC gaming panorama and directing our protection of them, guaranteeing common protection of our core video games particularly
- Producing unique and unique information content material by conducting follow-ups, in search of remark, and figuring out alternatives for longer-form investigative work
- Writing, modifying, and updating information tales
- Monitoring out-of-hours information output and guaranteeing night and weekend employees are supported
- Constructing and sustaining relationships with PRs, builders, publishers, and so forth
- Growing consciousness of Google’s internal workings and Search Engine
- Optimisation (web optimization) greatest practices with the intention to enhance the visibility of reports protection and optimise visitors
- Plan forward for occasions similar to E3, embargoes, and different scheduled developments
- Occasional assessment, preview, or characteristic work, and occasional press journey attendance
- Utilizing monitoring and reporting instruments (e.g. Parse.ly, Google Analytics) to establish areas for enchancment, and responding accordingly
- Holding our in-house workflow instruments (e.g. Asana, Google Calendar) organised
- Different duties as requested by the Deputy Editor, Editor, or Publishing Director
Necessities
- Substantial expertise working for established on-line gaming manufacturers above entry stage
- Demonstrable expertise managing a staff, successfully planning and delegating duties
- Expertise of planning and writing information content material
- Sturdy data of PC video games and of the PC gaming information panorama
- A watch for tales more likely to excite or curiosity PC avid gamers, and for the sharpest angle on them
- Excessive requirements as each a author and an editor, with excellent consideration to element and the power to elucidate your copy edits sensitively to others to assist them enhance
- Perceive and act upon analytics knowledge in a strategic method
- Produce proof of proper to work within the UK by the beginning of employment
Find out how to apply
If it seems like you’re the proper match, please ship a protecting letter, a CV, and at the very least one related writing pattern utilizing this hyperlink. Good luck!
Working for Community N Media
We’re a enjoyable and pleasant firm providing a casual working setting with places of work in central Tub. We’re all the time rising, work quick however precisely, have a global attain and are nerdy as hell! We’re dedicated to being an inclusive office and have varied teams and occasions to listen to underrepresented voices together with Ladies, Range, and Satisfaction.
Our folks make our success, so it is just truthful we give loads in return, together with:
- 28 days’ vacation, plus financial institution holidays
- Your birthday off, plus two further company-wide days off a yr
- Non-public medical plan by Vitality with enhanced psychological well being provision
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Worker Help Programme
- Techscheme
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Present Card scheme
- Worker social occasions, together with Christmas & summer season events
We’re additionally hiring for different roles, too, for those who’re curious what else is on supply.