Money & Lifestyle Reporter - Content Hub

Do you stay up to date on the latest lifestyle and wellness trends? Are you just as comfortable giving tips to help students make £10 last a week as you are writing about the newest health products?  Do you have the skills to write for and engage with our under 35s audience? Then you may be our Content Hub’s new Money and Lifestyle Reporter.

This is a fantastic opportunity to write engaging money and lifestyle content for more than 50 major news sites including some of the biggest publishers in the UK including the Daily Express, Mirror, Star, Manchester Evening News, Daily Record, Liverpool Echo and Birmingham Live. 

The Content Hub is home to around 300 journalists from across our business and powered by our amazing brands, delivering brilliant content that drives engagement, impact and results. You’ll be part of our Money and Lifestyle team, publishing original content across our network based on audience data.

So, who are we?

We are Reach Plc, you might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.

Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too. 

This role is home based and we are therefore open to candidates based across the UK.

What will the role involve?

You will source, write, edit and share money and lifestyle focussed, shareable content stories across our brands web, mobile, app and social platforms. You will tell stories through a variety of channels including videos, pictures and written articles with engaging captions and headlines that specifically engage our under 35s audiences. You will use effective social searches and social media to source stories and push your content.

You will utilise AI tools, in line with company policies, to optimise content creation, improve accuracy and efficiency and deliver engaging articles for the vertical that resonate with our audience. If 18 - 35 year-old’s care about something, you will be writing about it, from personal finance, to health, wellness and beyond. This role will involve working shifts on a rota basis including weekends and occasional evenings, so a flexible approach is required.

Who are we looking for?

You are an experienced NCTJ qualified journalist (or have relevant time served experience) with demonstrable experience writing engaging news content in a regional or national newsroom and excellent media law knowledge. You are an expert digital storyteller with a keen news sense who can leap onto the trending issues of the day. You have a good understanding of how referrers like Google Discover work and have a proven track record in writing articles which reach a wide audience.

You are bursting at the seams with content ideas and you have a keen interest in money and lifestyle content. Ideally you will have prior experience writing and publishing money and lifestyle consumer driven content, though this is not essential. You are social media savvy and have proven experience promoting your content across various platforms.

What can we offer you?

We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

• Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and well match contributions up to 6%
• 25 days holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years service with Reach, youll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Giving back day - an additional days leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
• Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and youll be eligible after just six months employment
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
• As one of the UKs top 50 Inclusive Employers everyones invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
• Awesome career opportunities - youll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
• We are also a member of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.