Journalist

Location:

Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 11 Dec 2024

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date of Applications - 25/12/2024

Our Story

Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.

Our Written Content team bring Manchester City stories to life, allowing fans across the world an insight into what goes on inside our club every single day. As a Journalist, you’ll be a custodian of our history, using the power of football and journalism to engage with supporters across digital our digital platforms, with high-quality news and feature writing at the heart of our offering. A pro-active self-starter, you’ll be joining an inclusive team within a fast-paced environment. Driven by collaborative working and a passion for storytelling, you’ll be a key player in delivering a best-in-class product.

Our Winning Team

MCFC is built on a vision for sustainability, with an academy structure designed to support long-term first team success, to engagement with the communities in which we reside. Together with our passionate fans and valued network of partners, we are developing Manchester City’s future history.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

1. Assist the Head of Editorial and Managing Editors in all daily tasks.
2. Cover live matches across men, women, EDS and U18s, producing match reports, live blogs, interviews and match galleries. Ability to write accurately under pressure is vital.
3. Able to provide high quality written copy for web/app, digital magazine and matchday programmes.
4. Assist with content optimisation, maintaining high standard of website hygiene and best practice in SEO.
5. Assist Matchday Live team and help drive their news agenda.
6. Help maintain excellent stats, records and milestones database, which help service video, social and design teams
7. Create and execute new content ideas, always looking to find innovative strands that challenge our readership.
8. Lead on sub editing duties for the web and app, ensuring the right content appears in the right place at the right time.
9. Lead on preserving the hygiene of our official app, especially across all new sections including CITY+ trending, Live & Upcoming and Long Read carousels

What we are looking for

Essential

• Professional qualification in journalism and at least one year of experience on fast-paced news desk
• Ability to develop contacts with former Manchester City players/managers/staff.
• Experience using CMS
• Excellent knowledge of Manchester City men, women, EDS and U18s

Desirable

• Full Driving License

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.

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