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talkSPORT is the world’s biggest sports radio station and a globally renowned digital publisher, with a social footprint of almost 10M followers. We are passionate about delivering engaging sports content to fans worldwide across multiple platforms, and we’re looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to bolster our combat sports coverage on talkSPORT.com.
Your Role: As an MMA and Boxing Writer, you will be responsible for producing high-quality, engaging, and insightful content that makes talkSPORT.com a must-visit destination for fight fans. If you have a deep understanding of mixed martial arts and boxing, a knack for storytelling, and a passion for digital sports journalism, we want to hear from you.
Day to day you will:
* Write engaging, accurate, and timely content covering MMA and boxing, including news, features, fight previews, analysis, and reaction pieces.
* Provide insightful coverage of major MMA promotions and boxing events worldwide.
* Develop and pitch original story ideas, ensuring a fresh and diverse range of coverage.
* Conduct exclusive interviews with fighters, coaches, and industry insiders.
* Work closely with editors to ensure content aligns with talkSPORT’s editorial tone and style.
* Utilise SEO best practices to optimise content for search and audience growth.
* React quickly to breaking news, ensuring talkSPORT.com remains ahead of the competition.
* Incorporate multimedia elements, such as images, graphics, and video clips, to enhance storytelling.
* Collaborate with social media and video teams to amplify content across platforms.
What we are looking for from you:
* Proven experience in sports journalism, with a strong emphasis on MMA coverage.
* A deep knowledge of mixed martial arts, from technical fight breakdowns to behind-the-scenes industry developments.
* A passion for boxing, with an understanding of key figures, events, and historical context.
* Exceptional writing skills, with the ability to craft compelling, accurate, and engaging content.
* Strong interviewing skills, with experience securing and conducting interviews with athletes and key stakeholders.
* An understanding of SEO principles and audience growth strategies.
* Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure, particularly during fight nights.
* Experience using content management systems (CMS) and basic image editing tools.
* A self-starter with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must-listens for millions across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio - home to Chris Evans at Breakfast and Graham Norton at the weekend. talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans.
Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
* A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
* 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
* Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
* Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
* Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
* Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
* Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non-visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Writing/Editing
* Industries
* Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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