Here’s a scoop: PCGamesN is looking for a News Editor to lead its pack of talented newshounds. If you’re unashamedly enamoured with PC gaming, keen to tell the stories of the myriad communities of our native platform, and good at packaging stories and writing engaging headlines, you might just be who we’re looking for.
The gig is a full-time position, based either locally in Bath (where you’ll attend our fancy newly refurbished office at least two days a week) or remotely within the UK, with much more occasional office visits required with all expenses paid. As our News Editor, it’ll be up to you to plan and execute a long-term news strategy, ensuring regular coverage of the biggest games on PC while also chasing and breaking original stories and taking care of our talented news team.
You’ll also write some stories of your own and edit those of others, explaining those edits to help the team improve. As such, you’ll be an exceptional writer, and ideally have some experience of managing a team. You’ll be able to write lively, authoritative copy about the latest triple-A games, old-school classics, the occasional niche PC gem, and the business dealings and communities behind it all.
You’ll be equally hungry to break original stories, or add original value to developing ones, as you are to pick up stories breaking elsewhere to ensure regular coverage of our biggest games. You’ll know where to look for such stories, be comfortable chasing leads and following up for comment, and be willing to work occasional irregular hours to cover events such as Gamescom or The Game Awards (we have time-off-in-lieu policies to ensure you can reclaim that time). Just as importantly, you’ll be a good egg, and help senior staff to look out
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