Racing Post - Racing Journalist

Spotlight Sports Group is a global media and technology company specialising in sports betting content and data. We have over 500 staff, and operate multiple award-winning B2C brands including Racing Post, MyRacing, Soccerbase & Free Super Tips in the UK. In the US we operate Pickswise & Fantasy Alarm. Our other businesses in the group are ICS-digital and ICS-translate. Our global B2B division provides sports betting and fantasy sports content, media partnerships (including a joint venture with Spanish publisher, AS) & much more.

Location: IRELAND

Our industry-leading newspaper, the Racing Post, is looking for talented, enthusiastic and driven individuals to develop careers in horseracing journalism, helping create and prepare content for our daily newspaper, app, website and other outlets under the Spotlight Sports Group umbrella.

As a racing journalist in our editorial team, you will work across a wide range of tasks including writing news stories and features, editing the work of others for publication in print and online, live coverage, racecourse reporting and more.

You must be hard working, ambitious, be comfortable working at pace, have strong writing ability and a passion for horseracing. An ability to learn quickly, grasp opportunities and develop a feel for the stories that matter to our readers will also be important. Training and mentoring will be provided, and you'll have the opportunity to work closely with our team of award-winning reporters and editors in a fast-paced and exciting publishing environment.

Job purpose:

To generate fresh, compelling and industry-leading editorial content.

Accountabilities:

• Research, write and edit news, features and other content
• Prepare content for digital publication in line with required standards
• Develop an appreciation of our audience so as to tailor content for maximum impact
• Pitch story ideas to editors and execute those ideas with flair
• Check content prior to publication and undertake post-publication checking
• Produce audio-visual output as part of editorial content packages
• Monitor the daily news environment in racing, betting and beyond to identify and report upon potential items of interest
• Adhere to and stay up to date with media and copyright laws
• Any other duties as and when required

Requirements

• Keen interest in horse racing and an understanding of the betting industry
• Ability to work under pressure on varied tasks with demanding deadlines
• High standard of written English
• An affinity for social media publishing
• Appreciation of visual aesthetics
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to use initiative and work without supervision
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Team player
• IT literate

We are looking for people who share an affinity for our values:

Trust is Everything

We are One Team

We are Focused but Flexible

Our goal is Excellence

If you feel aligned to these values, we would love to hear from you.

Spotlight Sports Group recognises the value of employing people from a range of different backgrounds who come with a variety of experience, views and opinions. Please let us know if you require any flexibility or adjustments to enable your application.

Any role that has access to employee, client or financial data will be required to go through background checks.

Benefits

The position will come with a competitive salary, bonus, 25 days holiday, Private Healthcare and a great pension. We also give you your birthday off. We think we have an amazing working environment and culture and hope you will do too.