Senior Reporter
While professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.
£32,000 -£36,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Hybrid
London
Leading media publishing business seeks a talented Senior Reporter with around 2 years of experience to join their fast-growing team focusing on cutting-edge finance services related content.
The Senior Reporter is responsible for delivering high-quality, agenda-setting journalism across two industry leading brands.
The role plays a critical part in:
- Driving daily news output and content quality Supporting audience growth and engagement Contributing to commercial content delivery and event coverage
This is a senior delivery role combining strong journalistic instincts, industry engagement, and commercial awareness, with a focus on producing content that informs, engages, and supports the business wider business objectives.
Editorial Output & Content Creation
- Produce a high volume of accurate, timely, and engaging news and feature content Identify and write exclusive stories through strong industry contacts Monitor market developments, regulatory changes, and competitor activity Ensure all content meets editorial standards, tone, and compliance requirements
Audience & Engagement
- Contribute to audience growth through compelling, relevant content Support optimisation of headline writing, SEO, and digital performance Contribute to newsletter output and daily publishing schedules Engage with social and LinkedIn strategy to maximise content reach
Industry Engagement
- Build and maintain a strong network of industry contacts (lenders, brokers, stakeholders) Attend and report on industry events, conferences, and roundtables Identify emerging trends and sentiment to inform editorial direction
Commercial & Sponsored Content
- Support the delivery of paid-for content, ensuring it meets editorial and audience standards Work with commercial teams to deliver high-quality sponsored articles, video, and audio content Maintain clear distinction between editorial and commercial content while supporting business objectives
Profile of Candidate:
- Proven experience in financial services or mortgage journalism
- Strong news sense with ability to identify and develop exclusive stories
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Solid understanding of digital publishing, SEO, and content performance metrics
- Ability to work at pace and manage multiple deadlines effectively
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills across industry stakeholders
- Commercial awareness with ability to support sponsored content delivery
- Experience across multimedia formats (video, audio, live events) desirable
- Knowledge of media law and compliance preferable
- NCTJ qualification desirable
Lipton Media is a dynamic, proactive and progressive media recruitment agency solely dedicated to the media industry. We are leaders across media sales and creative opportunities. We cover: media sales, digital media sales, print sales, exhibition sales, event sales, conference sales, outdoor sales, radio sales, marketing, conference production and editorial jobs.
Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. xwzovoh We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.