Management Today is one of the UK’s oldest and most respected business media brands, helping our readers become better leaders.

We do this through exclusive interviews with high-profile CEOs, reporting on the latest thinking by leadership experts, demystifying major topical business stories, and running practical content on how to run a business successfully.

The senior staff writer will play a crucial role in creating must-have content for best-in-class and aspiring leaders, as part of a dynamic and highly-intelligent content team. You will be at the heart of content creation working across all channels of a multimedia portfolio.

Your primary responsibility will be to deliver content that builds the brand’s audience digitally, with the key objectives of increasing logged-in, registered and highly engaged users for the website to support paid content revenue growth.

The senior staff writer will generate a constant stream of ideas for fresh content and new editorially-driven products to serve the leadership community.

Person Specification

• A creative, highly-motivated journalist who is able to produce daily stories and longer features to Management Today’s style

• Razor-sharp writing skills to ensure all content is of the highest quality and accuracy

• A nose for spotting a unique angle to a story as well as a clear understanding of the kind of entertaining, shareable content to help grow traffic and drive engagement

• A desire to produce award-winning journalism

• The ability to remain calm under pressure in the face of daily and weekly deadlines

• The ability to build exceptional contacts

• A team player able to adapt to and operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment

• Willingness to attend occasional evening events

• Knowledge of business journalism – and an interest in leadership

• Understanding of media law

• Willingness to work 3 days a week in our Twickenham HQ or at meetings in town, 2 days from home

• A portfolio of published articles demonstrating your competence and versatility as a writer

Core Responsibilities

• Content creation for our newly-relaunched website and our upcoming podcast, with a focus on increasing digital engagement

• Sourcing, writing and editing exclusive features, opinion and analysis pieces, interviews and other forms of content that offer practical insight to leaders

• Secure, write and record interviews with high-profile CEOs for our website and podcast

• Monitor social media and other publications to highlight potential stories or topics

• Build long-term relationships with contacts

• Ensure the MT site is always looking fresh, relevant and sharp, to showcase our content

• Running our social media channels to ensure our content is being read by a wide audience

• Covering conferences and reporting on key leadership events, generating contacts and fresh features ideas

Why work with us?

Haymarket is a successful international specialist media company. We have over 60 market-leading brands in the consumer and B2B markets across the UK, US, Asia, India and Germany, connecting people and communities across digital, print, festivals, awards, conferences, and exhibitions.

We are a socially and environmentally responsible business. The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our business.

Our conveniently located Twickenham HQ (30 mins from central London) is home to around 600 employees with a vast array of careers from journalism,  marketing, sales and events to technology, digital development and product management.

With flexible hours, great brands, and a modern open plan environment, we attract great people. We offer a market-leading benefits programme, tailored to individual needs and preferences. The range of benefits are vast and include a generous pension plan, life assurance, up to 30 days holiday and a fabulous income protection policy. Oh, and our annual employee party is pretty special too.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary

• Comprehensive training and career development programme

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)

• Flexible working schedule

• Generous contributory pension scheme

• Access to Perkbox

• Health Cash Plan

• Family friendly policies

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Generous maternity policy

• Season ticket loan

• Regular individual and team rewards and incentives for outstanding performance

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@haymarket.com

Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work. Please mention us at Journo Resources when you apply, it really helps us out.