Assistant Editor
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Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
Location | Redhill |
Area | Surrey, UK |
Sector | Media |
Salary | Up to £24,000 DOE |
Start Date | ASAP |
Advertiser | Andy Wilson |
Job Ref | AW-9392 |
- Description
Lloyd Recruitment Services are working with a leading media and events publisher who is looking to recruit an Assistant Editor in Redhill.
Have you got a background in journalism or relevant journalism degree?
Are you keen to work for a leading media company with great career prospects?
If the answer is yes then read on…
What’s in it for you?
The company has a reputation for superb staff retention, an excellent working atmosphere and giving staff a fast career passage moving forward! The role offers benefits such as overseas staff trips at the end of each year and company benefits. Salary up to £24,000.
What you will need:
Experience in journalism, preferably business to business, and/or a formal qualification in business to business publishing/journalism or PR/accredited industry experience and magazine layout
Previous experience writing for print and online
Subbing, proof-reading experience
IT skills: Design and layout (InDesign and Photoshop)
Microsoft Office
Good communication
A driving licence is desirable but not essential.
Fixable attitude to travelling as required in the UK and Overseas
What you will do:
Write, sub and proof editorial copy such as news and features, to ensure the quality of production, to maintain house-style, factual accuracy and objectivity and to meet deadlines
Produce weekly news letters
Progress editorial material to schedule to ensure that journals are planned for best use of space
Support the Editor in liaison with service departments and sales managers and sub-contractors (eg, printers) to ensure that deadlines are met
Attend press visits and represent the magazine at industry events as required by the Editor for a fact-finding purpose for writing articles, to see contacts and source new ones and to take relevant photos, to raise the profile of the journal and build up industry knowledge
Produce copy for our website, and update website with news, diary events and show information
Maintain our social media (Twitter and LinkedIn) profiles
Maintain awareness of all departmental activities and cover for colleagues in their absence
Respond to general external enquiries and problems
Suggest topics for publication and contribute ideas
Lay out pages (editorial copy and photography) using InDesign packages and to ensure that editorial pages are created to house-style and in a manner acceptable to the relevant industry efficiently, cost effectively and aesthetically
Process InDesign packages into print-ready PDFs. To process issues online
Salary of £24,000