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Fabulous is the leading women's lifestyle brand in the country - with a weekly magazine, digital platforms and daily printed section inside The Sun newspaper. The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. In recent years, The Sun has campaigned for victims of domestic abuse, NHS workers and veterans to name only a few. The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond. Here at Fabulous we are looking for the most talented and committed journalists to join us.
The role
You will work within the Fabulous team - comprising the magazine, website and the women's section of the newspaper. Your role will be to fill the smaller entertainment sections of the magazine - including the back page and inside celebrity interviews - reporting to the Fabulous Celebrity Editor - and running the brand's highly successful Instagram account - reporting to the Executive Digital Editor .
Your role will involve generating ideas, setting up and writing interviews, sourcing pictures and working with the art team on the magazine and running our Instagram account posting daily posts, stories and reels. You should be completely up-to-date with the celebs we include and any news around them, have a good working knowledge of Instagram, be meticulously organised and buzzing with ideas for new content.
Day to day you will:
- Source newsy celebrity interviews for entertainment sections of the magazine
- Commission and edit freelance copy
- Forward plan along with the celebrity editor
- Schedule posts, stories and reels on Instagram
- Monitor the page for dips in views and react accordingly
- Write reports on follower insights
What we're looking for from you
- Enthusiasm, imagination, tons of ideas, a contacts book brimming with celebrity PR and entertainment journalists details
- Excellent interview skills
- The ability and desire to consistently write and edit sparkling copy
- A finger on the pulse when it comes to television and radio shows, as well as podcasts, and social media or digital trends
- Thrive in a busy environment where you can take initiative to find solutions. Prioritise and manage your time to meet strict deadlines, maintaining high standards.
- Willingness to be flexible as some out-of-hours working may be required.
Life at News
At News UK some of uswork flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
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 also have 8 employee-led networks;Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women's Steering Group.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting theHealth and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a 'Bikes for Work' scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.In addition we also offer:
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
- 30 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. We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate
