Digital Journalist Football Sky Sport

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The role of Digital Football Journalist is to produce, create and co-ordinate digital editorial content across Sky Sports Digital Media platforms ( www.skysports.com , and Sky Sports Mobile applications) and third party distribution channels. Reporting to the Output Editor this is a key role that will ensure Sky Sports remains the destination of choice for sports fans, creates revenue opportunities and continues to add value to the Sky Sports subscription.

The role will involve regular weekend working, ad hoc shift patterns and may include some overnight working.

What You'll Do:

• Creating and writing vibrant digital football content - football news and live football coverage - of the highest standard.
• Writing under pressure to tight deadlines, especially in a live blogging / match reporting environment.
• Supporting the production of video and audio content when required.
• Producing in-depth features and conduct interviews.
• Working closely with digital video and social teams to place relevant video in most popular stories to support commercial targets
• Assisting in making editorial decisions and manage digital football indexes.
• Collaborating with multiple areas of Sky Sports to ensure we are producing aligned and consistent content that showcases the best of Sky Sports and supports specific business KPI's.
• Ensuring optimum search engine optimisation techniques are applied to all content.
• Conforming to the highest standard of web writing by ensuring that relevant guidelines (including brand guidelines), processes and policies for digital content are fully adhered to Maintain excellent knowledge of current sporting issues and stories.

What You'll Bring:

• Deep, insightful knowledge of football and a genuine passion for the sport that goes beyond the surface.
• Previous experience in a similar role, with a proven ability to deliver high-quality content.
• High motivation, creativity, and a self-directed approach, backed by a strong work ethic.
• A collaborative mindset with adaptability, initiative, and a team-first attitude.
• Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Confidence in using new technologies and thriving in fast-paced environments.
• Calm, methodical, and analytical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong verbal communication skills and ability to meet editorial deadlines.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of best-in-class Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How You'll Work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our outstanding office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your Office Base:

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications.