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Air Cargo News, Senior Reporter

Employer
DVV Media International Ltd
Location
Sutton, London
Salary
£30,000 - £35,000 DoE per annum + benefits
Closing date
Jun 24, 2019

Job Details

DVV Media International Ltd is recruiting for an experienced journalist to join the Air Cargo News business division and contribute to the on-going development of the brand’s leading print and digital products.

The job will be based in Sutton, Surrey, though the successful candidate will be expected to travel internationally as part of the role.

Supporting the Editor and other contributors, your key tasks will involve:

  • Help populate the Air Cargo News website with news articles on a daily basis
  • Promote articles and the Air Cargo News product on our social media channels
  • Assist in the production of our twice weekly email news bulletins
  • Write feature articles, news analysis and interviews for our Air Cargo News monthly print edition and quarterly Freighters World publication based on phone and face-to-face interviews
  • Upload articles onto our content management systems for layout in print editions and publication on the website. A familiarity with Wordpress will be an advantage
  • Sub edit and proof read content and pages
  • Represent Air Cargo News at conferences, exhibitions and press events around the world
  • Source and take photos for articles you submit
  • Build and maintain a network of industry contacts


The successful candidate will demonstrate the following key skills:

  • You will need to be diligent, flexible, well organised and able to work independently
  • You must have a full understanding of written English and its application in both news and feature-based articles
  • You must be available to travel at the company's request as you will be expected to travel both within the UK and internationally
  • You will be able to meet strict deadlines


Benefits:

  • Pension – employee pays 3%, we pay 5%
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
  •  Life assurance of 4 times salary (up to state pension age – currently 65)
  • Generous maternity, paternity and sickness benefits.


The ideal candidate for this position will have experience of writing in the business-to-business media sector and will be looking to take on more responsibility as they settle into the role.

Those invited for an interview will be asked to provide two or three examples of your published work online or in print (PDF).

If you are offered the job, references will be required

To apply:

Please complete the application form with your CV and covering letter, highlighting why you are the ideal candidate for this role, to Damian Brett.

Company

DVV Media International is the UK division of German publishing company DVV Media, comprising of four divisions: Road; Rail; Air and HR and Recruitment Services.

Within the Road division, Commercial Motor is a weekly print publication with a pass-on readership of 25,000 engaged in the compliant running; buying and selling of commercial vehicles in the UK.

Commercialmotor.com – winner of the Media and Entertainment award at the 2017 Acquia Engage Awards and shortlisted for Digital Initiative of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2017 - tailors to much the same audience and has over one million page impressions a month.

Motor Transport is the UK road transport and logistics industry newspaper read by over 38,000 business owners, managing director and senior managers. Motortransport.co.uk has over 20,000 registered users more than two-thirds of which are senior decision makers within their organisation.  

Company info
Website
Location
6th & 7th Floor. Chancery House,
St Nicholas Way
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 1JB
GB

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