Post Title
Club Journalist.

Department/Location
Communications, the John Smith’s Stadium.

Reports To
Head of Content.

Purpose of the Role
Reporting to the Head of Content, the Club Journalist will be responsible for creating content around the Club’s sporting endeavours across the First Team and Academy. The post holder will be required to produce daily football content for the website and social media, plus match day coverage for all First Team games, both home and away. In brief, you will focus and help innovate on all football content, including on Academy reporting.

Functional Links

Internal: Head of Content.
Chief Operating Officer.
Communications Team.
Sporting Director
First Team Coaches and Players.
Academy Staff.
Heads of Department.
Staff and managers throughout the organisation.

External: Other football clubs.
Former Huddersfield Town Players.
Members of the press.
Football bodies including the EFL, Premier League, and Football Association.
Social media and content companies / platforms.
Club partners
Supporters and members of the community.

Key Performance Indicators

• To consistently produce a high standard of communications output and digital content for the Club and Huddersfield Town Foundation as required.

• Able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, without compromising on quality of work.

• To ensure communications output and digital content are consistent with the Club’s brand guidelines and best practice standards.

• To have strong football / supporter knowledge and be innovative and creative with output.

• Be available/willing to attend all First Team games, and Academy matches as required.
Role Specific Responsibilities

The post holder will be required to:

• Be responsible for ensuring a consistent tone of voice, level of output, consistency of message, and quality across all online channels.

• Collaborate with the Creative team to create bespoke and entertaining content for communications channels encompassing graphics, design, and video.

• Be creative, proactive, and forward-thinking in populating existing content streams while contributing fresh ideas and concepts to evolve all Club output.

• Monitor how supporters and others engage with the Club’s social media content, to gauge its effectiveness and impact.

• Maintain understanding and up to date knowledge of communications and how video and graphics can be used to best effect across different platforms.

• Work closely with all members of the Communications team and assist colleagues with other work as required.