Staff Writer, News - GamesRadar

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  Location

  (UK) and Bath

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  Job Reference

  20083

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  Functional Area/Experience

  Marketing, advertising and PR / Fresh Graduate

Job Description & Qualifications

On GamesRadar+ we always aim to inform, entertain, and inspire through our mix of news, reviews, features, tips, buying guides, and videos. 

We are not condescending, elitist, assumptive, or deliberately argumentative. We are a celebratory site that reminds readers that games and entertainment are a force for good and for bringing people together. We're that voice of your pal bringing you cool tidbits of game trivia, awesome secrets to find, hidden gems, behind-the-scenes details, and more as we guide you to the best things to be watching, playing, and reading.

What you'll be doing…

As Staff Writer on GamesRadar+, you'll be responsible for helping to continue the rapid global growth of the website by delivering news content that connects with a global audience of millions of gamers and TV/Film fans.

You'll primarily help create daily gaming news content for the website, reporting to the News Editor and working with the games news team, building out our breaking news and community reporting work that is so crucial to the site's voice and growth. Ideally, you’ll be comfortable writing about AAA releases as you are with indie titles or Steam Next Fest. You'll uncover great stories, interviews and angles before rival sites, being able to create news and angles for articles from your sources, contacts, or your expertise.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• A passion for games, the developers, and players alike.
• Proven ability to write high quality engaging, relevant content for the sector.
• Proven ability to deliver high volumes of content at pace.
• Understanding of SEO, and methods of identifying and ranking for, targeted terms.
• A global outlook, and understanding of the international video games market.
• Numerate and analytical.
• Experience of content management systems.
• Ability to work as part of a wider team.
• Good communication skills.

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 in to 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 colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

* Internal job family level E7.

The expected range for this role is £24,000 - £26,000.

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath Office, working three days from the office, two from home.

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.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.