Travel Writer, 6 month FTC

Location: i Headquarters – London
Position: 6 month fixed term contract

Job Introduction

We are recruiting an experienced travel writer to support the expansion of our travel vertical across all platforms.  

The successful candidate will work alongside i’s Travel Editor and Deputy Travel Editor to support digital growth, as well as developing coverage in the daily and weekend print editions, working closely with teams across the newsroom.  

They will understand the unique demands of digital publishing and enjoy being part of a small, hard-working and ambitious team. 

They will have a reflexive instinct for inspirational travel features and trends, their finger on the pulse of fast-developing and complex travel news stories and a robust list of industry contacts, as well as a sound understanding of digital engagement and audience growth.  

They will be able to write quickly and accurately, often to tight deadlines, and to use analytics tools to inform story ideas. 

Key areas of responsibility

• Using audience data and trends to inform commissions. 
• Writing unique features, SEO and news stories that build a habitual audience online, including impactful journalism that will run on the homepage and the front of the iweekend print edition.  
• Optimising content to grow our digital presence from key editorial pillars. 

Skills and experience

• Experience working in travel for a national, major regional or magazine publisher or similar, and in digital publishing.  
• A watertight understanding of tourism and transport sectors, trends and consumer issues.  
• Experience and understanding of SEO, social media, analytics and achieving audience growth and engagement.  
• Experience with print production systems and digital CMS.   
• Industry contacts.   
• A self-starter who consistently offers compelling ideas with brilliant execution.   
• Ability to write quickly, accurately and with flair.  
• Confidence in scouting out new opportunities for travel content.  
• Commitment to i’s editorial standards of impartial and incisive coverage.   
• Good knowledge of media law and the Editors’ Code of Practice.  
• A committed team player, comfortable working under pressure to deadlines. 

About us

i is Britain’s youngest national news publisher – and one of the most trusted. i has a unique mission: publishing non-partisan reporting and intelligent opinion. With a strong digital subscriber audience and a healthy print circulation, i has also grown digital reach to 11m users a month. Its newsroom breaks some of the biggest stories in UK journalism. Growing in influence and profitable, i is shortlisted for News Website of the Year and National Newspaper of the Year in the 2024 Press Awards, and is a recent winner of Daily Newspaper of the Year (London Press Club) and News Website of the Year (Online Media Awards). We pride ourselves on having a dynamic, collegiate work environment that celebrates creativity, innovation and success.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.