Your Role: Broadcast Journalist (London) / Classic FM
You’ll find, write, verify and tell the stories that matter to our audiences, producing accurate, compelling and timely news content for Classic FM news bulletins and Global’sother broadcast platforms.
As a Broadcast Journalist at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities:
What You’ll Love About This Role:
Think Big: Tell important stories that reach and connect with the Classic FM audience and audiences across Global’s brands.
Own It: Take responsibility for understanding what’s of interest to the Classic FM audience. Use content gathered by our reporting teams across the country and key guests on our platforms to craft news bulletins that inform our audiences with an engaging delivery.
Keep it Simple: Turn complex information into clear, relevant journalism our audiences can understand.
Better Together: Work with experienced journalists in the London newsroom and across the UK, Classic FM presenters and production colleagues.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
What You’ll Need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
Skills Required
- At least three years of experience gathering, writing, and producing news content in a broadcast, digital, or newsroom environment
- Strong news judgment and ability to identify relevant, accurate, and meaningful stories
- Excellent clear and concise writing skills, adaptable across platforms
- Accuracy, integrity, fact-checking, impartiality, and compliance with editorial and legal guidelines
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and remain calm during fast-moving news events
- Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills
Global Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Global and has not been reviewed or approved by Global.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ annual leave plus an extra work‑anniversary day, with the option to buy up to five additional days, points to broad time‑off flexibility. Enhanced family and accessibility leave further expand coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Access to a 24/7 virtual GP, health and dental discount programs, long‑term sickness insurance, and life assurance at 4x salary indicate robust health protection. Free Headspace membership and nutrition coaching complement the core offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Discounted gym memberships, cashback benefits, discounted travel insurance, and access to company‑sponsored music events contribute lifestyle value. Feedback suggests these extras add to a fun, wellbeing‑oriented culture.
Global Insights
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
