We’re seeking to rent a brand new UK-based {hardware} author at to jot down information, critiques, guides and op-eds about all the most recent PC gaming tech. This function is good for a PC gamer who loves tweaking their machine to get the very best body charges, and who’s keen to dissect the inside workings of the most recent GPUs and CPUs.
You’ll want an excellent technical grounding within the tech that powers the most recent PC gaming parts, and also you’ll be captivated with discovering out extra. You’ll additionally want the power to jot down shortly, coherently, and precisely, producing informative and fascinating copy that can interact our readers.
As a part of the deal, you’ll obtain 28 days of vacation, plus financial institution holidays and a break day in your birthday to rejoice. Different perks embody a non-public medical plan with enhanced psychological well being provision, an auto-enrolment pension, and extra. Sound good? You’ll find out extra concerning the function beneath.
{Hardware} author – PCGamnesN
- Position: {Hardware} author
- Location: Absolutely distant or hybrid (inside UK solely)
- Deadline: twenty third Might 2024 (we reserve the best to shut this advert early if a adequate variety of functions has been obtained)
- Kind: Full-time, everlasting
- Wage: £27,553 – £30,000 every year, depending on expertise
Apply right here!
The function
You’ll be working with, and studying from, a number of the most skilled {hardware} writers within the business, and we’re on the lookout for a author to hitch the crew who’s equally as eager to share their ardour for PC {hardware} in an informative and fascinating solution to interact our readers. As somebody who is aware of their stream processors from their Steam Decks, you’ll write correct and informative information tales concerning the newest advances in PC gaming {hardware}, and discover the best angle to allow every story to achieve the widest viewers.
As a {hardware} author, additionally, you will have the prospect to get your palms on the most recent thrilling tech that powers the video games we love, and discover out precisely what makes it tick. You’ll be researching how the most recent PC gear works, and likewise reviewing it. This can embody 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 concerning the PC {hardware} panorama, in addition to contributing to our system necessities and greatest settings guides. You’ll even have a job in workshopping headlines and discussing technique.
It is a diversified function 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 strong basis of technical PC element data, significantly relating to CPUs and GPUs, is essential, as is the power to jot down tight and fascinating copy that demonstrates experience in your topic.
Duties
- Writing information and options each week, together with 5 information tales a day if you’re on the information shift
- Writing and sustaining a library of information content material
- Working with the {hardware} editor and wider crew 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 so on.
- Representing Community N at business occasions
- Creating consciousness of and deploying search engine optimization greatest practices to maximise 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}, similar to CPUs and GPUs, work in video games. You already know the distinction between FSR and DLSS and you may’t wait to search out out extra
- Capable of write coherently, shortly, and precisely throughout a variety of content material kinds to hit day by day departmental targets
- An curiosity in studying extra about PC {hardware} and enhancing your technical data is crucial
- In a position to clarify technical ideas in clear, comprehensible language that’s accessible to each novices and tech consultants
- Keenly in PC gaming {hardware} and has an excellent data of the business
- Proactivity, consideration to element, and wonderful group abilities
- Data and expertise of greatest search engine optimization apply is fascinating, however full coaching could be offered
- Proficiency with G Suite, e mail, and picture modifying instruments (similar to Photoshop) is fascinating, however full coaching could be given
- Meets the requirements of degree 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 observe, the wage vary for this function is right down to our openness to listening to from candidates who’re both roughly skilled of their {hardware} data and/or writing for publications.
Apply right here!
Working for Community N Media
We’re a enjoyable and pleasant firm providing a casual working surroundings with workplaces in central Tub. We’re all the time rising, we work quick however precisely, we’ve a world 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 Girls, Neurodiversity, Range and Delight.
Our persons are accountable for our success, so it’s only truthful we give lots in return, together with:
- 28 days vacation, plus financial institution holidays
- Celebration Day Depart – A break day to rejoice your birthday, or one other particular annual occasion that’s private to you
- Personal medical plan by way of Vitality with enhanced psychological well being provision
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Worker Help Programme
- Techscheme
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Present Card scheme
- Worker social occasions, together with Christmas & summer time events
About Community N Media
We’re a worldwide media enterprise specializing within the gaming business. We’ve a publishing arm consisting of a dozen owned web sites together with .com, and over 100 community web site companions similar to TrueAchievements.com. We produce class-leading content material for shoppers through our artistic company crew and work with publishers and advertisers to unlock viewers worth. We’re based mostly in Tub however are open to taking over distant workers inside the UK too.
