Sky Watching Writer

If you’re fascinated by the night sky and have a passion to share your knowledge and wonder with a wider audience then this is the place for you. Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, transporting our visitors across the solar system and beyond and we’re looking for someone to help guide our readers through the amazing astronomical calendar.

What you'll be doing...

Reporting to the Editor-in-Chief, the Sky Watching Writer will be responsible for planning and writing feature and educational content throughout the astronomical calendar, ensuring all articles are search engine optimised and engaging to our readers. You’ll also identify trending news and lead breaking sky watching coverage across the site and our social channels. 

• Create engaging content 
• Ensure the sky watching channel is fresh and engaging
• General editorial tasks, working with the content team

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• An in-depth knowledge of the night sky
• Experience in a content role on an editorial website
• Someone looking to enhance the way we approach content
• Sub-editing/proofreading skills

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level E7

The expected range for this role is £24,000 - £28,000

This is a Remote role.

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of …