Your Team: We are The Scottish Sun. The Scottish Sun is Scotland’s No.1, award-winning newsbrand. The Scottish Sun cares about quality of life, the kind of world we live in, and about people. The Scottish Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse and a daily relationship. The Scottish Sun strives to the very highest standards of accuracy in its reporting, and continues to invest in original journalism in print and online.
Your Role: As an Online Sports Reporter, and a member of the wider sports content team, you will be responsible for sourcing and producing unmissable sports stories which keep our audiences engaged and updated on all things sport.
Day to day you will:
- Create high quality sports stories from end to end, including; sourcing, writing and building multi-platform content with an emphasis on engaging, shareable stories
- Assist with all aspects of our video production to ensure our content stands out from the crowd
- Stay on top of the UK and Scottish sports conversations and developments, spot and quickly turn round agenda-setting stories to ensure we are the first with breaking news and live stories
- Be an advocate of the newest digital platforms and look to always be thinking how we can adapt to successfully tell our stories on them
- Manage the production and presentation of newspaper stories with a particular emphasis on identifying the best lines for an online audience
- Stay updated on what engages our readers and get them coming back, and keep them engaged.
- Manage the Scottish Sun football page to ensure it is packed with outstanding, creative and engaging content to maximise traffic