19 Assistant Editor jobs in the United Kingdom
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Assistant Editor – Energy Team
Location: London
Location type: Hybrid
Who we are…
GlobalData is a specialist information services business on a mission to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions and reach more customers. Using our unique data, expert analysis and innovative solutions we deliver intelligence on the world’s largest industries for companies, government organisations and industry professionals.
We began our journey in 2016, by combining a diverse range of specialist information services companies, with decades of trusted customer relationships and deep sector specialisms. Today, we operate as a single company and one fully integrated platform, with more than 3,500 colleagues worldwide, across 20+ industries, delivering value for over 5,000 customers.
Why join GlobalData?
GlobalData is at a pivotal point in its growth journey. Following multiple acquisitions and having recently received transformational investment we need curious, ambitious, courageous people to support us in achieving our vision of becoming the world’s trusted source of strategic industry intelligence.
Our big ambitions mean that life at GlobalData is fast paced, entrepreneurial and rewarding. We recognise the collective power of our people, and it’s the collaboration of our teams that have shaped our success and will continue to do so in the future.
The role…
We are looking for a passionate journalist with an interest in the energy industry to help oversee the energy editorial team’s offshore (oil and gas) publications as well as write and edit across a range of sites and digital magazines in our energy portfolio, which includes power, offshore and mining. The successful candidate will support senior editors in delivering coverage of the energy sector, collaborating with sales, analyst and design teams to grow and develop our brands.
If you’re passionate about the ideas and science driving the energy sector and would like to write for a global audience, this may be the role for you. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced candidate looking to develop their career in journalism or step up from a reporter role into an assistant editor position.
What you’ll be doing…
- Help oversee offshore (oil and gas) publications, including managing the offshore site, magazine and newsletter, commissioning offshore features to reporters and freelancers, representing the Offshore Technology brand at industry events and more
- Pitch, write and edit news and features for Power Technology , Offshore Technology and Mining Technology , delivering high quality stories on time
- Keep up to date about the latest information and developments in the energy industry
- Conduct thorough research, including arranging interviews with industry leaders for expert insight and collaborating with market analysts to produce data-driven reports
- Attend industry events and press conferences, at times involving international travel, to pick up stories and build a comprehensive source book of industry leaders and experts
- Upload and schedule stories through a content management system
- Optimise pieces for SEO and use social media to share stories, engage with readers and promote the energy team’s publications
- Support senior editors with team strategy – such as compiling insights on content performance and suggestions for improvement – and otherwise where necessary
What we’re looking for…
- At least two years’ experience in journalism, ideally including editing, with a track record of published work
- Sector knowledge/experience (demonstrable understanding of energy industry and landscape, especially oil and gas sector) is desirable
- Strong writing and research skills
- Detail-oriented and passion for fact-checking
- Excellent communication, networking and interviewing skills
- The ability to work in an interactive, time-sensitive and deadline-driven environment
- Adaptable to working independently as well as coordinating with team
- Experience working with data to produce compelling stories is a plus
- Experience in digital publishing, social media and SEO is a plus
In addition to a rewarding career, we support our GlobalData colleagues with a range of benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more. To find out more about the roles and benefits on offer in your region, visit (url removed)
GlobalData believes strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
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Assistant Editor
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Reward and benefits
Salary guide £35,000-£38,000 plus annual bonus (average 5% of salary)
- 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off, and Xmas Eve
- Generous Westfield health cover for everyday healthcare (after probation)
- Pension plan with BMG 3% contribution (after probation)
- Cycle to work scheme and commuter season ticket loan
- Commit a working day to charity each year on us
- Early finishes on a Friday, even earlier on payday
- Free fortnightly online yoga class
- Free access to our Mortlake office's micro-gym
- Vaccinations and eye tests funded
Burlington Media Group overview
Join our dynamic and innovative team at Burlington Media where we specialise in creating cutting-edge content for decision-makers in legal businesses. Our market-leading brands are renowned for their deep insights and engaging narratives on legal business management. We are passionate about delivering content that drives business growth and leadership within the legal sector.
About the role
We are seeking a skilled and motivated B2B journalist/editorial writer to generate and shape the content for our market-leading B2B magazine and content brands, Briefing and Legal Practice Management. This is an exceptional opportunity for a budding star writer to influence and grow our established titles with strong industry followings.
You will work collaboratively with our commercial, marketing and events teams and the executive leadership to deliver exceptional content, build industry relationships and take significant roles in our in-person events.
About our content brands
We don’t do ‘law’ – we make content about people, technology, finance, operations, business management and more, in legal business.
Briefing has been running since 2010 and has a deeply established place at the heart of legal business management, and alongside the content arm we run a roster of ‘Leaders’ events and communities for the most senior decision makers in top-tier law, as well as a multi-role annual event (Briefing LIVE) and a highly regarded Supper Club.
LPM (Legal Practice Management) is a digital publication, newsletter, annual conference and online community for business leaders and managers at smaller (SME) law firms operating across the UK and Ireland.
What the content team at Burlington Media do
Our content team produces and innovates our content range, including
- Digital and print magazines, supplements and special reports
- Online content, communities and social
- Deep audience research and market-leading report publications
- Real-life and virtual roundtables
- Conference-style events
Content is the ideas engine in our business, as well as the listening post, feeding input from the market into everything we do.
What’s involved in your role
Representation
- Represent the Briefing and LPM brands to our audience online and in person
- Assist internal learning and knowledge-sharing inside the business around brand audience interest areas — communicating well with others about what you hear and know
- Collaborate with our advertisers and key clients alongside the sales team to drive brand revenues
- Ensure the highest quality of content — relevance, accuracy, depth and style — across all brand publications and online
- Foster audience growth and engagement in partnership with the marketing team
Creation and commissioning of content
- Research, write, and commission compelling content for our publications, special supplements and brand sites
- Produce in-depth interviews, analysis pieces, and sponsor case studies and advertorial interviews
- Commission thought leadership articles from a wide range of industry experts
- Project-manage publishing projects, digital and print, ensuring timely delivery and high quality
- Work on layout for occasional print products using Adobe InDesign software, working closely with external designers
Events
- Work with the editor, our conferences lead and the head of content to help inform compelling agendas for brand events
- Work on and over time chair and facilitate both virtual and in-person events, driving meaningful discussions and audience engagement
- Attend and facilitate in-person lunches/dinners with brand audiences as required
Marketing activities
- Partner with the marketing team to promote the brands through email and social media channels
- Work on and deliver the brands’ regular content newsletters
- Analyse content performance and engagement and strategise for improved engagement across email and social
Commercial/sales
- Be highly aware of the commercial goals of both brand titles and help to ensure every issue and project is a commercial success
- Always be alive to and thinking about new commercial opportunities in collaboration with the sales team
- Maintain good relationships with clients, liaising proactively to ensure each content journey is a positive one that meets expectations and delivers against their goals
Community engagement
- Build networks and connections with the audience to increase your knowledge of the market and brand visibility
- Go out and meet audience members/law firm leaders on a weekly basis and build a useful group of contacts you can use as a sounding board
- Engage with our online communities for law firm leaders – posting, responding, connecting and building conversations
- Work closely with the communities manager to foster membership and participation in our communities
- Seek out and attend relevant real-world events – run by third parties as well as our own
General/admin
- Maintain and update our CRM system, ensuring accurate audience and supplier information is added whenever you come across it
- Collaborate with the marketing team to grow brands’ email subscriber lists
- Communicate with printers/couriers as necessary concerning print products
- Stay informed about industry trends and news, people moves and market trends
- Be one of our guardians of quality in the business across all products and platforms
Skills and experience required
We will only shortlist candidates who can demonstrate many of these attributes:
Experience/business skills
- Experience – at least 1 year of experience in an editorial position on a commercial title, preferably in B2B publishing/content
- Education – a recognised qualification and/or formal education in journalism, content or media would be an advantage
- Writing chops – you should be comfortable bashing out thousands of words a week
- People friendly – you should be up for meeting lots of people and be happy to get on the phone
- Proactive and organised – you don’t need a qualification in project management, but you will need to be an organised worker, able to work in structured ways with others, and to time-manage effectively
- Logical/data mindset – an interest in working with data and exploring how it can create stories – we work regularly with our own market research/survey data to create content
- Commercially aware – B2B media is about commercial success as well as audience satisfaction, which means being client-conscious and able to see and help the business grasp every possible opportunity
- Brand representation – you should be comfortable representing the brands and speaking/presenting in front of an audience/camera, or be willing to go on that journey with us
Technical skills
- Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop (or similar) and InDesign
- Experience working with website CMSs, optimally WordPress
- Knowledge of basic HTML, SEO and/or analytics
- Proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro/video-editing software (this is not a required skill)
Assistant Editor
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Reward and benefits
Salary guide £35,000-£38,000 plus annual bonus (average 5% of salary)
- 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off, and Xmas Eve
- Generous Westfield health cover for everyday healthcare (after probation)
- Pension plan with BMG 3% contribution (after probation)
- Cycle to work scheme and commuter season ticket loan
- Commit a working day to charity each year on us
- Early finishes on a Friday, even earlier on payday
- Free fortnightly online yoga class
- Free access to our Mortlake office's micro-gym
- Vaccinations and eye tests funded
Burlington Media Group overview
Join our dynamic and innovative team at Burlington Media where we specialise in creating cutting-edge content for decision-makers in legal businesses. Our market-leading brands are renowned for their deep insights and engaging narratives on legal business management. We are passionate about delivering content that drives business growth and leadership within the legal sector.
About the role
We are seeking a skilled and motivated B2B journalist/editorial writer to generate and shape the content for our market-leading B2B magazine and content brands, Briefing and Legal Practice Management. This is an exceptional opportunity for a budding star writer to influence and grow our established titles with strong industry followings.
You will work collaboratively with our commercial, marketing and events teams and the executive leadership to deliver exceptional content, build industry relationships and take significant roles in our in-person events.
About our content brands
We don’t do ‘law’ – we make content about people, technology, finance, operations, business management and more, in legal business.
Briefing has been running since 2010 and has a deeply established place at the heart of legal business management, and alongside the content arm we run a roster of ‘Leaders’ events and communities for the most senior decision makers in top-tier law, as well as a multi-role annual event (Briefing LIVE) and a highly regarded Supper Club.
LPM (Legal Practice Management) is a digital publication, newsletter, annual conference and online community for business leaders and managers at smaller (SME) law firms operating across the UK and Ireland.
What the content team at Burlington Media do
Our content team produces and innovates our content range, including
- Digital and print magazines, supplements and special reports
- Online content, communities and social
- Deep audience research and market-leading report publications
- Real-life and virtual roundtables
- Conference-style events
Content is the ideas engine in our business, as well as the listening post, feeding input from the market into everything we do.
What’s involved in your role
Representation
- Represent the Briefing and LPM brands to our audience online and in person
- Assist internal learning and knowledge-sharing inside the business around brand audience interest areas — communicating well with others about what you hear and know
- Collaborate with our advertisers and key clients alongside the sales team to drive brand revenues
- Ensure the highest quality of content — relevance, accuracy, depth and style — across all brand publications and online
- Foster audience growth and engagement in partnership with the marketing team
Creation and commissioning of content
- Research, write, and commission compelling content for our publications, special supplements and brand sites
- Produce in-depth interviews, analysis pieces, and sponsor case studies and advertorial interviews
- Commission thought leadership articles from a wide range of industry experts
- Project-manage publishing projects, digital and print, ensuring timely delivery and high quality
- Work on layout for occasional print products using Adobe InDesign software, working closely with external designers
Events
- Work with the editor, our conferences lead and the head of content to help inform compelling agendas for brand events
- Work on and over time chair and facilitate both virtual and in-person events, driving meaningful discussions and audience engagement
- Attend and facilitate in-person lunches/dinners with brand audiences as required
Marketing activities
- Partner with the marketing team to promote the brands through email and social media channels
- Work on and deliver the brands’ regular content newsletters
- Analyse content performance and engagement and strategise for improved engagement across email and social
Commercial/sales
- Be highly aware of the commercial goals of both brand titles and help to ensure every issue and project is a commercial success
- Always be alive to and thinking about new commercial opportunities in collaboration with the sales team
- Maintain good relationships with clients, liaising proactively to ensure each content journey is a positive one that meets expectations and delivers against their goals
Community engagement
- Build networks and connections with the audience to increase your knowledge of the market and brand visibility
- Go out and meet audience members/law firm leaders on a weekly basis and build a useful group of contacts you can use as a sounding board
- Engage with our online communities for law firm leaders – posting, responding, connecting and building conversations
- Work closely with the communities manager to foster membership and participation in our communities
- Seek out and attend relevant real-world events – run by third parties as well as our own
General/admin
- Maintain and update our CRM system, ensuring accurate audience and supplier information is added whenever you come across it
- Collaborate with the marketing team to grow brands’ email subscriber lists
- Communicate with printers/couriers as necessary concerning print products
- Stay informed about industry trends and news, people moves and market trends
- Be one of our guardians of quality in the business across all products and platforms
Skills and experience required
We will only shortlist candidates who can demonstrate many of these attributes:
Experience/business skills
- Experience – at least 1 year of experience in an editorial position on a commercial title, preferably in B2B publishing/content
- Education – a recognised qualification and/or formal education in journalism, content or media would be an advantage
- Writing chops – you should be comfortable bashing out thousands of words a week
- People friendly – you should be up for meeting lots of people and be happy to get on the phone
- Proactive and organised – you don’t need a qualification in project management, but you will need to be an organised worker, able to work in structured ways with others, and to time-manage effectively
- Logical/data mindset – an interest in working with data and exploring how it can create stories – we work regularly with our own market research/survey data to create content
- Commercially aware – B2B media is about commercial success as well as audience satisfaction, which means being client-conscious and able to see and help the business grasp every possible opportunity
- Brand representation – you should be comfortable representing the brands and speaking/presenting in front of an audience/camera, or be willing to go on that journey with us
Technical skills
- Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop (or similar) and InDesign
- Experience working with website CMSs, optimally WordPress
- Knowledge of basic HTML, SEO and/or analytics
- Proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro/video-editing software (this is not a required skill)
Assistant Editor in Chief
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Our client is lifestyle and entertainment publication. The magazine has both a print edition and digital presence. With a focus on credible reporting, they reach millions through its magazine, website, and social platforms.
They’re now seeking an experienced, sharp, highly-motivated and organised Assistant Editor in Chief from a celebrity/entertainment news background.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about celebrity news, be bursting with agenda-setting news ideas, an impressive track record of landing world exclusives, a keen eye for visually-stunning layouts, and a flair for writing and editing under pressure and within tight time constraints.
As Assistant Editor, you will work oversee all the news coverage of the magazine, manage the news editor, news team and writers to produce high-quality news content, ensuring it aligns with the magazine’s tone, style, and values and be up to date on law for journalism.
You need to be connected to the top entertainment PRs and publicists in the UK and the US with examples of your latest exclusive news stories and top contacts across the world of celebrity, TV, film and music.
Key Responsibilities:
•Assist the Editor and Deputy Editor with the editorial planning, production, and execution of the magazine from a news angle
•Cover for the Deputy Editor when they are away
•Line manager for the News Editor and work closely with them, overseeing the news coverage, setting the news agenda for the week in the magazine
•Work with the Deputy Editor on the daily content workflow, ensuring news articles are produced on time and meet editorial standards.
•Improve authority and competitive standing in the weekly market through news contacts and exclusive news stories
•Develop fresh news angles on trending stories to stand out in a competitive media landscape
•Monitor analytics to guide content strategy and increase audience engagement.
•Strong existing relationships with the relevant celebs, PRs, publicists, agents and other industry contacts
•Regular weekly attendance entertainment industry events
•Proven track record of breaking exclusive news stories which appeal to the audience
•Forward plan covers, around key entertainment and news events
•Pitch news ideas every day at conference for online/print and at the weekly features meeting
•Coordinate with writers, the picture desk and other contributors to oversee assigned articles, interviews, and features
•Has a sharp eye for elevated layouts and work closely with the Art Department on stunning layouts for relevant articles
•A sharp eye for storytelling through photos and can guide the Art Department to produce exemptional layouts on news articles
•Write sharp, compelling print headlines and coverlines
•Contribute to brainstorming and developing new ideas for upcoming news features, features and special issues.
•Work on social media content and digital platforms, contributing to the promotion of magazine articles
Assistant Editor in Chief
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Our client is lifestyle and entertainment publication. The magazine has both a print edition and digital presence. With a focus on credible reporting, they reach millions through its magazine, website, and social platforms.
They’re now seeking an experienced, sharp, highly-motivated and organised Assistant Editor in Chief from a celebrity/entertainment news background.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about celebrity news, be bursting with agenda-setting news ideas, an impressive track record of landing world exclusives, a keen eye for visually-stunning layouts, and a flair for writing and editing under pressure and within tight time constraints.
As Assistant Editor, you will work oversee all the news coverage of the magazine, manage the news editor, news team and writers to produce high-quality news content, ensuring it aligns with the magazine’s tone, style, and values and be up to date on law for journalism.
You need to be connected to the top entertainment PRs and publicists in the UK and the US with examples of your latest exclusive news stories and top contacts across the world of celebrity, TV, film and music.
Key Responsibilities:
•Assist the Editor and Deputy Editor with the editorial planning, production, and execution of the magazine from a news angle
•Cover for the Deputy Editor when they are away
•Line manager for the News Editor and work closely with them, overseeing the news coverage, setting the news agenda for the week in the magazine
•Work with the Deputy Editor on the daily content workflow, ensuring news articles are produced on time and meet editorial standards.
•Improve authority and competitive standing in the weekly market through news contacts and exclusive news stories
•Develop fresh news angles on trending stories to stand out in a competitive media landscape
•Monitor analytics to guide content strategy and increase audience engagement.
•Strong existing relationships with the relevant celebs, PRs, publicists, agents and other industry contacts
•Regular weekly attendance entertainment industry events
•Proven track record of breaking exclusive news stories which appeal to the audience
•Forward plan covers, around key entertainment and news events
•Pitch news ideas every day at conference for online/print and at the weekly features meeting
•Coordinate with writers, the picture desk and other contributors to oversee assigned articles, interviews, and features
•Has a sharp eye for elevated layouts and work closely with the Art Department on stunning layouts for relevant articles
•A sharp eye for storytelling through photos and can guide the Art Department to produce exemptional layouts on news articles
•Write sharp, compelling print headlines and coverlines
•Contribute to brainstorming and developing new ideas for upcoming news features, features and special issues.
•Work on social media content and digital platforms, contributing to the promotion of magazine articles
Assistant Editor, 12 Month Maternity Cover
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The Week Junior is looking for an assistant editor as maternity cover. The role is part-time, four days a week, with three days a week in the London office. The Week Junior is a multi- award-winning, market-leading magazine for children. Its mission is to explain complex news, events and ideas clearly and concisely to a curious audience of eight to 14-year-olds,
- You will be working on a fast-paced weekly news magazine for a young and inquisitive audience.
- The role is a key position in a creative and enthusiastic team.
- We’re looking for someone who can juggle multiple deadlines, cares about the details and enjoys collaborating with others to conceive and create engaging content for curious young readers.
What you’ll be doing…
You will be covering the assistant editor’s maternity leave. Reporting to the deputy editor, you will be working within a busy team to help produce our award winning weekly newsmagazine for children. You will pitch ideas for stories and sections, write and edit copy and work with colleagues to create and approve layouts. You will assist with longer-term planning, nurture relationships with contributors and take a proactive approach to identifying new talent and opportunities that will benefit the brand. From time to time you may also be required to contribute to The Week Junior’s weekly podcast, and the magazine’s monthly sister title, Science+Nature.
- Planning, pitching, writing, commissioning and first-editing features and sections of The Week Junior magazine.
- Working closely with the senior editors, pictures, design and production teams to ensure pages are put together efficiently, accurately and to the highest standards.
- Supporting the editor and section editors.
- Contributing to the weekly podcast, creating social media posts and getting involved in events and other initiatives as required.
- Occasionally deputising for section editors (e.g. during periods of annual leave or sickness absence).
Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…
- A keen nose for news and an intuitive sense of what our readers require to help them make sense of a story.
- Strong writing, editing, organisational, planning and communication skills.
- Ability to work quickly and accurately, turning out work that is of a consistently high standard.
- Attention to detail – from rigorously checking sense, clarity, tone, accuracy and spelling to ensuring the overall mix and balance of stories and images is right for our readers.
- Flexibility – in a fast-paced, demanding environment you may be called on to assist others. Responsibilities may change to ensure the team is playing to their individual strengths.
- Knowledge and understanding of the target audience – their reading and comprehension levels as well as their interests, abilities, challenges and lifestyles, and the wider conversations around representation, diversity and inclusion that are shaping their lives.
- Insatiable curiosity – seeking out stories, challenging information and checking the facts are all key to maintaining the reputation for quality that is core to The Week Junior’s success.
- Commitment to honouring the values and principles underpinning the brand – particularly accessibility, diverse representation, objectivity and positivity.
- Respect for the children and families who invest in The Week Junior and trust us to provide content of the highest quality.
What's in it for you…
We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience
And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.
Internal Job Family E6
The expected budget for this role is £26,000
This is a part time (30 hour) hybrid role from our London Office, working three days from the office, one from home
Who are we…
We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future
We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!
Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
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Copy Editor for General News
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Copy Editor for General News,CGTN
Location : Beijing, China
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Length: 12-Month renewable contract
About the job
The ideal candidate has a solid background in journalism or editing. He or she will be joining CGTN at a time of major expansion. Successful candidates need to be experienced at handling breaking news. Candidates should have a high tolerance for ambiguity and be independent to thrive in a country where they likely don’t speak the language. Preferred candidates have previously lived and worked abroad.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review scripts for accuracy, style, balance and conformity. Check source material and ensure scripts are ready for air.
- Edit copy to ensure scripts are easy to understand, interesting, creative and compelling. Work toward conversational anchor copy that is accurate and up-to-date.
- Serve as a close advisor on editorial, grammar and news language issues.
- Verify accuracy of all components of programs, including graphics and other on-air editorial elements.
- Correctly format scripts and view video and graphics to ensure scripts and images are in sync.
- Take a proactive and diplomatic role in many aspects of program preparation.
- Collaborate with other team members in order to help determine most creative and editorially accurate solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree
- 5+ years of experience with strong editing skills which includes accuracy, balance, language and style.
- Native English speaker.
- Proven accomplished writer who thinks in visuals.
- Flexibility to adapt during breaking news, and an ability to adapt to program or anchor style and rewrite when necessary.
- Must be able to produce quality work in a fast-paced and demanding live / 24-hour news environment.
- Previous experience working overseas preferred.
- Extensive knowledge of current events, geopolitics and international relations, especially China and APAC countries.
- Must be able to work irregular hours and work an extended schedule as the news cycle and deadlines require.
- Proficiency with desk-top editing software a plus.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to with “Copy Editor” in the subject line.
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Assistant Business Editor
Posted 26 days ago
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About The Role
You will be responsible for setting the agenda and the final news output for Telegraph Business and Tech across digital and print. This role is platform neutral, with the focus on identifying the day’s most important stories and deciding how we are going to treat them. You will be responsible for line managing the reporting team and will work closely with other desk editors to ensure priorities and targets are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, commission and edit business and economics news and features with a focus on exclusives, original reporting and adding value to drive subscriptions.
- Liaise with the Business Editor plus other key editors - including planning, digital, social and print - to ensure priorities on all platforms are met.
- Manage deadlines and resources across multiple channels
- Responsible for monitoring the wires, stock market announcements, rival publications and social media to spot opportunities for coverage.
- Generate original ideas for off-diary reporting.
- Working alongside reporters to ensure fast and accurate filing of stories.
- Editing and rewriting stories as required to make fit for publication.
Key Skills
- A proven journalist with considerable experience working in business journalism - across print and digital - at a national level.
- Proven experience of dealing with breaking news, commissioning analysis and delivering exclusives.
- Experience of managing reporters and getting the best out of them and their copy.
- Ability to edit, to write headlines and to sell a story. Ability to spot opportunities from an array of sources.
- A persuasive and excellent communicator.
- Highly numerically literate. Experience with data journalism and use of graphics.
- Digitally savvy - understanding of digital storytelling and optimisation of content through social media and SEO.
- Understanding of analytics to help guide commissioning process.
Additional skills useful for the role
- Good eye for visuals - pictures, video and graphics to illustrate stories.
- Understanding of both print and online production.
- Experience of working within a subscription model.
Our Benefits
The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Training and development
With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.
Our commitment to inclusion
At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.
Trouble Shooting Content Editor
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The Company: Our client, an expert in their field is well established and deliver world-class technical support on behalf of their impressive client base. They have a fun working environment and genuinely value their employees offering great staff incentives.
The Job:
On behalf of client, we are seeking a Temporary Troubleshooting Content Editor to join them on a temporary basis until the end of 2.
Summer work, AEM Content Editor, German - freelance
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TransPerfect is the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions, we help businesses thrive globally through translation, localization, and cutting-edge services.
Summer Job Opportunity: Freelance SEO Validation Specialist (German)
We're hiring a Freelance SEO Validation Specialist for summer work! If you’re detail-oriented, tech-savvy, and fluent in German and English , this could be a great fit. Must have immediate availability.
What You’ll Do:
- Check formatting of lists, tables, and text on web pages
- Spot typos and ensure content matches source material
- Compare live web pages with staging versions in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Review translations for accuracy in buttons, headers, and menus
- Make sure images and videos display correctly
- Flag any content issues or errors
What You’ll Need:
- Experience using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Trustworthy with access to web systems
- Previous web QA or content validation experience is a plus
- Native-level German and professional English
Why Apply?
You’ll join a collaborative digital team, work remotely, and focus on high-quality web content. Perfect for freelancers looking for flexible summer work.
Interested?
Apply now —we’d love to hear from you!