Date Posted: Monday 14th July 2025
Date Expires: Monday 21st July 2025
HELLO! is hiring an Online News Writer.
Your mission
The purpose of this role is to produce engaging, timely and high-quality news and feature content focused on the royal family and entertainment for HELLO! Online. The News and Features Writer plays a key role in shaping the site and print's coverage, offering readers a mix of breaking news, exclusive interviews and in-depth features - all delivered in HELLO!'s signature warm and respectful tone. This role supports the brand's mission to inform, entertain, and celebrate public figures in a way that resonates with a global, digital-first audience.
Key Responsibilities
- Research, write and publish accurate, timely and engaging stories about the British royal family and international royals.
- Cover celebrity and entertainment news, including red carpet events, interviews and trending pop culture topics.
- Develop and write in-depth features, exclusives and long-form content with a distinctive HELLO! voice.
- Pitch original story ideas that align with audience interests and trends.
- Provide live coverage of major royal and entertainment events (e.g., Trooping the Colour, royal weddings, BAFTAs, etc.).
- Write content optimised for SEO while preserving HELLO!'s editorial tone.
- Monitor audience metrics and adjust content strategy accordingly.
- Craft compelling headlines and subheads to drive traffic and engagement.
- Work closely with editors, social media teams, and video producers to package stories across platforms.
- Source and select images and videos in accordance with editorial guidelines and usage rights.
Your profile
- Exceptional writing skills with a flair for engaging, polished and positive storytelling in line with HELLO!'s tone.
- Proven ability to produce accurate, fast-paced news copy as well as thoughtful, well-researched features.
- Deep knowledge and genuine passion for the British royal family, international royals, and celebrity culture.
- Sharp editorial judgement to cover sensitive royal topics with accuracy.
- A strong eye for trending topics, breaking news and under-the-radar angles others may miss.
- Skilled in interviewing - from high-profile personalities to expert contributors.
- Proficient in SEO best practices, headline writing and traffic-driving techniques without compromising editorial integrity.
- Comfortable working with content management systems (CMS), analytics tools and digital publishing workflows.
- Able to juggle multiple stories across different formats (breaking news, long-reads, interviews) while meeting tight deadlines.
- Collaborative attitude with the ability to work across editorial, social and multimedia teams.
Experience
- Minimum 2-3 years of professional journalism experience. Ideally within digital media, covering lifestyle, entertainment or royal news.
- Experience writing for a digital-first publication.
- Demonstrated ability to produce clean, engaging copy to tight deadlines in a fast-paced online newsroom.
- Comfortable providing real-time updates and coverage during breaking news, royal appearances, or red carpet events.
- Advanced SEO knowledge
- Experience optimising articles for search and writing high-impact headlines while maintaining editorial integrity.
- Confident conducting interviews with celebrities, royal experts and public figures, with a network of industry contacts preferred.
- Experience working with CMS and analytics tools
Qualifications
- Degree in Journalism, Media, English, or a related field
- Postgraduate qualification in Journalism or Magazine Journalism
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Proven portfolio of published work
- Knowledge of media law and ethics
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
- 1 birthday day per year
- Private Medical Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance currently 6 x salary
- Generous Employer Pension contributions
- Group Income Protection Scheme
- Plus all of the perks of working for a fun media company!
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