About this role
Role Overview
- Identify, pitch, and report on breaking news stories across consumer tech, gaming, streaming, and digital entertainment.
- Extract the core of a story quickly to deliver highly accurate, informative, and timely reports in a fast-paced environment.
- Pitch unique, reader-obsessed news angles and trending pop culture updates to our Editorial team regularly.
- Input work into our in-house CMS, as well as find and format images, according to our guidelines.
- Stay up to date on the latest tech hardware releases, streaming platform updates, and industry announcements.
- Coordinate with the editorial team for rapid assignments, breaking coverage, and feedback.
- Follow Pocket-lint’s general Editorial Guidelines while producing unique, high-quality, and voice-driven news content.
Requirements
- Relevant experience writing and editing breaking news or tech/entertainment content for a digital publication in the English language.
- Deep passion for consumer tech, movies/TV, gaming, and the streaming ecosystem is mandatory.
- Ability to track trending topics, monitor press releases, and cover breaking developments quickly under tight timeframes.
- Ability to think analytically; providing insightful commentary and context to an event or product drop rather than just rewriting a press release.
- Proficiency with SEO practices and experience using a custom CMS.
- A self-starter attitude with an exceptional quick-response availability during peak news hours.
Benefits
- Competitive per-story compensation.
- Flexible schedule.
- Remote position to work from a location of your choice.
- Exposure to Pocket-lint’s massive audience.
- Long-term growth paths, including training workshops and potential for fixed base roles or advanced coverage opportunities.