Sub-Editor

Position

: Full time (35hr per week), permanent

Location: London / Hybrid

Do you thrive in a fast-paced editorial environment? Are you an innovative thinker, always looking for new ways to enhance content and engage readers? Does the prospect of collaborating with a well-established and dynamic editorial team excite you?

The subeditor will be an essential part of Retail Week’s content team. Working across editorial and commercial content, including digital news, features, analysis, insight and reports across all sectors including fashion, grocery, health and beauty, sports and leisure, and home and DIY. The subeditor will be responsible for ensuring accuracy and clarity of written content. The subeditor will suggest creative, original and inspiring headlines, standfirsts and captions that perform on social media and retail-week.com. As well as publishing content on the site, you will send daily newsletters and subedit in-depth sponsored reports.

Retail Week has been at the heart of the industry since 1988, building the networks upon which retail thrives, through essential connections and game-changing insight. Together, we help our customers future-proof the health of retail, for businesses, people and the planet. We provide the most comprehensive business intelligence on the UK retail industry. With our deep knowledge and strength of relationships throughout the retail

ecosystem, we translate data and trends into important implications and actionable insights. We deliver the insights to inspire, data to guide and the confidence to act.

What you’ll be doing:

Subbing and production of news, features, analysis, opinion and special reports on retail-week.com.

Sending email newsletters, including being part of the early shift rota for creating the daily Morning Briefing.

Crafting headlines and standfirsts to sell our content on social media and in newsletters.

Subbing marketing material for reports and events

Liaising with editors, reporters and marketers with them on matters concerning copy.

Championing the brand’s house style and tone of voice.

Attending and contributing to editorial meetings.

Standing in for the production editor when necessary.

Creating and updating charts and graphs for reports and articles on an ad hoc basis.

Requirements

What you’ll need:

Previous experience with working in a fast-paced editorial environment.

Strong attention to detail.

Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage your time and tasks effectively.

Experience working with a variety of content management systems e.g. Webvision, Shorthand, WordPress.

Experience sending email newsletters.

Good knowledge of media law.

Experience in using Adobe CC suite is desirable but not essential.

Experience with using data visualisation tools desirable but not essential.