Football Journalist

An opportunity for aspiring and existing football journalists to join the Sky Sports Digital football team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months, based predominantly from our Osterley campus.

Reporting to the Output Editor this is a key role that will ensure Sky Sports remains the destination of choice for sports fans, creates revenue opportunities and continues to add value to the Sky Sports subscription.

What you'll do:

- Create and write vibrant digital football content - football news and live football coverage - of the highest standard.
- Write under pressure to tight deadlines, especially in a live blogging / match reporting environment.
- Ghost-write for Sky Sports talent / showcase Sky Sports linear output online.
- Support the production of video and audio content when required.
- Work closely with digital video and social teams to promote relevant video in most popular stories to support commercial targets.
- Assist in making editorial decisions and manage digital football indexes.
- Collaborate with multiple areas of Sky Sports to ensure we are producing aligned and consistent content that showcases the best of Sky Sports and supports specific business KPI’s.
- Build and maintain relationships with wider stakeholders around Sky.

What you'll bring:

- Highly motivated, enthusiastic with a strong work ethic.
- A team player.
- Able to readily embrace new technology.
- A calm, detailed and methodical approach to work.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are mandatory.
- Must believe in teamwork, collaboration, adaptability and initiative.
- Must have a passion for football
- NCTJ qualified or equivalent.
- Knowledge of working on Content Management Systems
- Possess a working knowledge of media law
- Role entails working some evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Sky Sports

We deliver the most innovative and best Sports content experience to our customers across all platforms. We promote continuous innovation, driving value for our customers and high-quality output. Everyone is passionate about sport and proud of the work that they undertake both on screen and behind the scenes.

The Rewards:
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

- Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounts and cashback at over 800 Retailers

How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.