Advance Content Writer - Lancashire Live

We're looking for an Advance Content Writer to join our new project in Lancashire.

Working from the heart of the county you'll be tasked with building up our Best in Lancashire content, which aims to showcase what's great about the county while also giving you the honest truth about where to spend your hard-earned cash.

Lancashire and its key towns and cities have a vibrant nightlife, restaurant and going out scene - so Lancashire Live aims to show this, from both the view of the restaurant owner and the restaurant goer.

You'll be ensuring Lancashire Live is first at the table of the newest openings, comfortable taking pictures and video to show people what it's like at all the great places you're experiencing.

Lancashire Live aims to ensure whenever people have time spare and want to do something in the city, then we're the place they turn - because they know they can trust us for a recommendation. Your writing and content should ensure they know to follow us.

We are Reach because it's what we do.

Every day our newsbrands - national and regional, in print and online - reach millions of people up and down the country. We are the UK's largest news publisher, with influential national newsbrands such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday People, Daily Record, and more than 100 distinguished regional titles.

Our brands have a long heritage of being trusted sources of news and information, with our editorial conviction and high standards of journalism providing audiences with timely information and opinion across multiple platforms.

Last year we sold 540 million newspapers, and our network of over 70 websites provide 24/7 coverage of news, sport and showbiz stories, viewed by 110m unique browsers every month.

• Sourcing original content, stories and features for the Lancashire Live digital site
• Writing directly to the web as required to a high standard taking a 'right first-time' approach to all content and have a pedantic attitude to accuracy.
• Using digital storytelling tools including live blogs, interactive features, galleries and videos to create the richest possible online experience for readers.
• Identifying breaking news by the correct use of social media as well as contacts, to know how to quickly establish further factual information, pictures, and video to enhance coverage.
• Submitting daily ideas to the Content Editor for stories that will engage our audience and stimulate debate and interaction.
• Assisting in building communities and brand visibility.
• Generating and publishing SEO-focused content to drive search traffic.
• Sourcing or shooting relevant video content and still images for publication on the web and social sites.
• Taking a leading role in creating exclusive content and developing relationships with key figures.
• This role requires working shift patterns which include regular early morning, evening and weekend working.

We're looking for someone with at least 18 months content experience, preferably NCTJ qualified (or without equivalent time-served experience or qualifications) and a track-record in digital storytelling. Experience at covering news and dealing with commercial colleagues and partners is beneficial.

This role will require some evening and weekend working.

A full clean drivers licence is mandatory.

In addition to competitive salaries, 25 days holiday, bonus structures (if applicable) and a contributory pension scheme, Reach plc have a wealth of flexible benefits on offer. These include holiday purchase up to ten days per year, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, a technology scheme in conjunction with Curry's PC World, car scheme, health cash plan, employee loans and lots of high street discounts! Our business is fully committed to health and wellbeing in the workplace with an employee assistance programme and trained mental health first aiders across the business.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.