Assistant Editor, Yours - London, United Kingdom - Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Date:10 Aug 2023
Location:
London, GB, NW1 2PL

GB
Peterborough, GB, PE2 6EA
Req ID:1028
Our Team:

You'll be working within a small team to produce an incredibly successful national women's fortnightly magazine.

Yours is a well-established and much-loved title that through its varied and targeted content has a strong connection with its readers.

The magazine prides itself on its community focus, trusted advice and warm and friendly tone that resonates with so many of our loyal readers.

The Main Focus of the Role:

To support the group editor/deputy editor to help plan and commission the content, liaising with content teams to develop story ideas, guide writers and edit exceptional content across print and digital, setting deadlines and managing the workflow process.
This is a handson role involving writing, reviewing and editing their publication's core content and have an agile approach to meeting audience needs across different channels as required.
While the role is supportive, deputising and making editorial decisions in the absence of a senior editor, you will also oversee and take responsibility for your own editorial section (e.g lifestyle section, Specials & One Shots).

Key Responsibilities:

Will act up as Deputy Editor in their absence, making editorial decisions and creating covers
Key contributor in content planning meetings with key stakeholders/content leads
Work closely with commercial teams to help develop and write creative editorial/advertorial ideas
Plan and collaborate with online team helping to produce relevant and targeted affiliate content
Plan, manage and edit lifestyle section of the mag, with particular focus on Health and Wellbeing, alongside beauty, fashion, homes, cookery and gardening.
To maintain high standards and quality of content; editing team output to agreed quality (subediting, legals, photos ready to pass pages to production team)
Build relationships with internal and external partners e.g relationship with content hub/overseas
Ideation and content creation
Commissioning where required
Proofreading pages prior to publication and ensuring any changes are updated in the base article
Clear briefing to ensure quality and accuracy of content Ensure writers have the capability to write once and the process reduces reworks
What we're looking for:
Someone capable of deputising for deputy editor on all levels
Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills
To gain proficiency with Monday, WW Assets and Studio through training that is provided
Great planners: efficient, diarydriven and organised, with great attention to detail
To be capable of producing consistent, highquality core content across the portfolio
Excellent communication skills: ability to prioritise and multitask
Ability to collaborate with a number of different content teams and lead on content reuse

Closing Date: 28th August

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life. 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days

Internal Bauer Academy

Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
Opportunity to buy additional holiday
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)

Thrive initiatives

Wellbeing at Bauer
Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and moneyhelper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB. Familyowned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumerfirst mindset that guides us across our increasingly diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 15,000 shares a passion to deliver content and services that are popular with, and helpful to, our customers and partners.
As the UK's biggest selling magazine publisher, we create iconic and influential magazine media brands, digital properties and associated consumer and B2B live events for diverse, passionate audiences. We reach 25 million consumers through our portfolio, which includes heat, Grazia, Closer, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Parkers, Mother& Baby, TV Choice, Take a Break, Bella, Yours, Garden News and Country Walking. Our scale, coupled with the breadth of our portfolio, gives us an advantage over pure play magazine competitors. It also gives us a huge responsibility our brands become the lens through which our audiences see the world, and for this reason, we take our responsibilities as a media outlet very