Sports Writer

**Location**:
London

Department:
talkSPORT

Salary Range:
Not Specified

**Advertising End Date**:
18 May 2025

**Job Description**:
**talkSPORT** is the world’s biggest sports radio station. From World Cups and European Championships to the Premier League and the Champions League, through to Test cricket and world class boxing, the talkSPORT network is at the heart of the world’s major sporting events.

You’ll be expected to break stories, create compelling headlines, spot trending topics before they go mainstream and write sharp, entertaining and accurate copy for a global audience.

**Day to Day You Will**:
+ Write and publish high-quality, engaging and accurate news, features and analysis across a range of sports

+ Spot trending stories early and react quickly to breaking news with confidence and clarity

+ Generate fresh, original ideas and contribute to daily editorial planning meetings

+ Work closely with the SEO and audience team to ensure content performs strongly

+ Liaise with social media, video, and broadcast teams to maximise the reach and impact of your stories across platforms

+ Conduct interviews and source unique quotes and insight to enhance your stories

+ Ensure all content meets our editorial standards in terms of quality, style, tone, and accuracy

**What are we looking for from you**:
+ Proven experience in digital sports journalism

+ Deep knowledge and passion for sport - particularly football

+ Fast, accurate writer who can craft compelling copy under tight deadlines

+ Excellent news judgement and a nose for a story

+ A strong understanding of SEO and audience engagement strategies

+ Confident communicator and collaborative team player

+ Experience working with a CMS (e.g. WordPress) and analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Parse.ly)

+ Flexible and willing to work evenings and weekends in line with the sports calendar

**News UK** is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

**Life at News**

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

**Benefits**

Some of our benefits include:
+ Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

+ Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

+ Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions

+ Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

+ ‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

+ Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

+ Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

+ Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

+ A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

+ 25 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year