Interior News Writer, Homes & Gardens

A nose for a what makes a great news story, an eye for style, a love of all the things interiors and a digital native - is this you? We’re looking for someone who can create interior design news content for one of the world’s best design and decoration websites, Homes & Gardens.

What you'll be doing...

Homes & Gardens is looking for an Interior Design News Writer to create high-quality, compelling short-form content for its award-winning website. If you’re a writer who is used to the pace and has the taste required to produce quick fire, high-quality interior design news pieces, we want to hear from you! Reporting to the Head of Interiors, you'll also:

• Pitch and write multiple unique daily interior design news pieces for Homes & Gardens to increase traffic through Google News and Discover, and Social and Partnerships channels (eg Apple News).
• Partner with the social media editor and team to translate news content onto relevant social platforms, including first-person video and stills
• Combine ecommerce opportunities alongside news-led content to support revenue and traffic goals
• Work as part of a team producing news traffic and collaborate to learn from experiences and skills of others
• Monitor news traffic opportunities for the sites and ensure content can be created to maximise that opportunity
• Create relationships with interior designers to ensure exclusive content
• Attend main industry events

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• Relevant editorial experience with a background in digital
• An interest in homes and interiors, and an ability to American audiences
• First-rate SEO expertise and an interest in and understanding of analytical tools, which you’ll use to form your content creating
• Writing and editing skills - from the ability to write snappy headlines to tight grammar control, through to the ability to source the right image to draw people in
• Understanding of media law and image rights. You will source your own images for stories and flagging any legal issues
• You will need to manage your own workload and deliver to expectations
• You’ll have a passion or experience with the data side of web editing and monitor and interpret performance and trends
• You will need to be a team player - both with the industry and the wider Future team - to allow you both to sell our brands to the industry but also extract the knowledge we already have in the business and apply it

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level E7

The expected range for this role is £26,000 - £28,000

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath, Cardiff or London Office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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