We’re trying to rent a brand new UK-based {hardware} author at PCGamesN to jot down information, critiques, guides and op-eds about all the newest PC gaming tech. This position is good for a PC gamer who loves tweaking their machine to get one of the best body charges, and who’s keen to dissect the internal workings of the newest GPUs and CPUs.
You’ll want technical grounding within the tech that powers the newest PC gaming elements, and also you’ll be obsessed with discovering out extra. You’ll additionally want the power to jot down rapidly, coherently, and precisely, producing informative and attention-grabbing copy that can have interaction our readers.
As a part of the deal, you’ll obtain 28 days of vacation, plus financial institution holidays and a time off in your birthday to rejoice. Different perks embrace a personal medical plan with enhanced psychological well being provision, an auto-enrolment pension, and extra. Sound good? You’ll find out extra in regards to the position beneath.
{Hardware} author – PCGamnesN
- Function: {Hardware} author
- Location: Totally distant or hybrid (inside UK solely)
- Cut-off date: twenty third Could 2024 (we reserve the suitable to shut this advert early if a adequate variety of purposes has been obtained)
- Sort: Full-time, everlasting
- Wage: £27,553 – £30,000 every year, depending on expertise
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The position
You’ll be working with, and studying from, a number of the most skilled {hardware} writers within the trade, and we’re in search of a author to affix the group who’s equally as eager to share their ardour for PC {hardware} in an informative and attention-grabbing technique to have interaction our readers. As somebody who is aware of their stream processors from their Steam Decks, you’ll write correct and informative information tales in regards to the newest advances in PC gaming {hardware}, and discover the suitable angle to allow every story to achieve the widest viewers.
As a PCGamesN {hardware} author, additionally, you will have the prospect to get your palms on the newest thrilling tech that powers the video games we love, and discover out precisely what makes it tick. You’ll be researching how the newest PC gear works, and in addition reviewing it. This may embrace testing and benchmarking merchandise, and constructing in your data and experience to inform our readers whether or not they’re any good or not.
Along with writing information and critiques, you’ll even be writing technical how-to guides, op-eds, and options in regards to the PC {hardware} panorama, in addition to contributing to our system necessities and finest settings guides. You’ll even have a task in workshopping headlines and discussing technique.
It is a assorted position the place you’ll must pivot successfully from copy writing to testing and content material administration. Earlier expertise working in digital publishing isn’t important, however a stable basis of technical PC element data, significantly in terms of CPUs and GPUs, is essential, as is the power to jot down tight and fascinating copy that demonstrates experience in your topic.
Obligations
- Writing information and options each week, together with 5 information tales a day whenever you’re on the information shift
- Writing and sustaining a library of information content material
- Working with the {hardware} editor and wider group to enhance the amount and high quality of our {hardware} content material, rising the viewers and renown of PCGN as a {hardware} useful resource
- Benchmarking, testing, and reviewing newly launched {hardware} merchandise
- Working with our ecommerce editor to maximise affiliate alternatives within the {hardware} market
- Constructing and sustaining relationships with producers, PRs, and many others.
- Representing Community N at trade occasions
- Growing consciousness of and deploying search engine marketing finest practices to maximise site visitors
- Different as requested by the {hardware} editor, deputy {hardware} editor, or group editor
Necessities
- Strong technical data within the fundamentals of how key PC {hardware}, reminiscent of CPUs and GPUs, work in video games. You already know the distinction between FSR and DLSS and you may’t wait to seek out out extra
- Capable of write coherently, rapidly, and precisely throughout a variety of content material types to hit each day departmental objectives
- An curiosity in studying extra about PC {hardware} and bettering your technical data is important
- Ready to elucidate technical ideas in clear, comprehensible language that’s accessible to each novices and tech specialists
- Keenly in PC gaming {hardware} and has data of the trade
- Proactivity, consideration to element, and glorious group abilities
- Data and expertise of finest search engine marketing apply is fascinating, however full coaching will be supplied
- Proficiency with G Suite, electronic mail, and picture enhancing instruments (reminiscent of Photoshop) is fascinating, however full coaching will be given
- Meets the requirements of stage IC1 on our development framework at a minimal
- Should have the ability to produce proof of proper to work within the UK by the beginning of employment
Please word, the wage vary for this position is right down to our openness to listening to from candidates who’re both kind of skilled of their {hardware} data and/or writing for publications.
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Working for Community N Media
We’re a enjoyable and pleasant firm providing an off-the-cuff working atmosphere with places of work in central Tub. We’re all the time rising, we work quick however precisely, we’ve got a global attain and we’re nerdy as hell! We’re dedicated to being an inclusive office and have varied teams and occasions to listen to underrepresented voices together with Ladies, Neurodiversity, Variety and Delight.
Our persons are answerable for our success, so it’s only truthful we give loads in return, together with:
- 28 days vacation, plus financial institution holidays
- Celebration Day Go away – A time off to rejoice your birthday, or one other particular annual occasion that’s private to you
- Non-public medical plan by way of Vitality with enhanced psychological well being provision
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Worker Help Programme
- Techscheme
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Reward Card scheme
- Worker social occasions, together with Christmas & summer season events
About Community N Media
We’re a world media enterprise specializing within the gaming trade. We now have a publishing arm consisting of a dozen owned web sites together with PCGamesN.com, and over 100 community website companions reminiscent of TrueAchievements.com. We produce class-leading content material for purchasers through our inventive company group and work with publishers and advertisers to unlock viewers worth. We’re primarily based in Tub however are open to taking up distant workers inside the UK too.
