Racing Writer/sub-editor

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom News UK Ltd Full time

The Sun is the UK's biggest-selling newspaper, with a Sport team which leads the way with the biggest exclusives, up-to-the-minute news stories, razor-sharp columnists, and must-read features.

Our Racing team is the best in the business, creating industry-leading content every day online and in print.

We're proud to break stories, provide up-to-the-minute news and produce the number one supplement, The Favourite, every Saturday and during all the big racing Festivals.


Purpose of role:


Write engaging, entertaining and accurate stories for our digital and print platforms that will help drive new fans to the sport and enlighten seasoned followers.

You will be a passionate, knowledgeable writer/sub-editor eager to work within the racing team, also helping to design racing content and pullouts.


Key accountabilities:

  • Writing engaging, accurate and concise content suitable for both print and digital audiences.
  • Recognising unique, fun angles to stories that promote Sun Racing as the No1 voice in the sport.
  • Producing engaging, SEOfriendly headlines to maximise visibility and possessing a savvy understanding of social media.
  • Breaking news, generating ideas for stories and features and driving the daily agenda.
  • Ensuring accuracy and precision at all times, while maintaining The Sun's unique voice.
  • Taking on adhoc responsibilities as and when required to ensure the success of the team.
  • Helping out to subedit copy and produce and design the racing pages.
  • A keen eye for layout and a strong attention to detail.

Key Skills and Experience:

  • Demonstrable knowledge and interest in racing
  • Experience of digital publishing, ideally with some knowledge of Wordpress CMS and optimising stories for SEO
  • Works well under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard
  • Taking initiative and willingness to adapt
  • Positive attitude and good team player
  • Selfstarter, organised and a good problemsolver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
  • Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
  • Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand, both print and digital
  • Flexibility to work shift patterns across seven days

Life at News
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued.

We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes.

We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women's Steering Group.


We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the
Health and Wellbeing of our staff.

We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a 'Bikes for Work' scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counseling and legal support.


In addition we also offer:

  • A generous
    pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
  • 25 days
    holiday and up to 4
    volunteering days per year;
-
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &
paternity leave up to 2 weeks;

  • Wide range of
    training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any

reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

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