Senior Reporter required by an exciting travel industry media brand to join their growing team where you will source and write breaking news stories for their website and daily emails. This B2B news provider is incredibly popular amongst its peers in the travel sector and due to their fast growth needs to add a new reporter to their small friendly team. 38-45K. Fully remote role, however candidates need to be based in close proximity to London.
Senior Reporter Responsibilities:
Be an instrumental part of the team that writes daily editorial output
Write fast accurate copy, meeting tight deadlines
Identification and publication of breaking news stories
Generation of on and off diary stories
Publish content utilising WordPress
Attendance, networking, and reporting from travel industry events within the UK and also overseas
Promote stories and events via social media channels
Instigate, Nurture and Grow relationships with PR Managers/Agencies, Travel Firms and Industry Suppliers of all shapes
Represent the company at Travel Industry events, Conferences (UK and abroad) and on Press Trips
Host tables at Industry Award evenings
Occasional requirement to film travel agents on overseas familiarisation trips
Senior Reporter Experience Required:
2-3 years’ experience as a Senior Reporter
NCTJ qualified (inc. shorthand)
Exceptional news judgement with an eye for a travel industry story
Strong writing and headline curation skills
Confident Interviewer
Au Fait with Social Media
Needs someone who loves networking in order to discover stories and find out what happening under the surface of the travel trade
At ease editing and publishing news content, including sourcing and editing images
Happy to attend travel industry events such as press conferences, product launches and other media events, mainly in London but often also in other parts of the UK and overseas
If you have the above requisite experience and you would happy and able to take on this exciting new role please send your CV with a short cover note to (url removed)