Features Editor, The Grocer - Crawley, United Kingdom - William Reed Ltd

William Reed Ltd

Verified Company

Crawley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Who we are:

We are William Reed.

We are the leading expert in the global Food & Drink industry.

The Grocer is the flagship of William Reed, a family-owned publishing, events, conferences, and research business, whose interests include operations in the UK, US, France and Singapore.

Position:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Features Editor to join The Grocer - the UK's biggest, most interesting and most high-profile business media publication.

The features desk is where The Grocer gets to set the agenda, providing thought leadership via original research, investigations, rankings and in-depth reports, as well as offering fresh and fun insights via interviews, profiles, listicles, podcasts etc.

It's a fascinating time in the market, with the cost of living crisis, ongoing regulation around health & obesity, and plans for packaging and recycling legislation, as well as concerns and opportunities from the multiplicitous impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit, and upheaval caused by technological and societal changes.

Requirements:

You'll need proven long-form features commissioning and writing experience, and the editing skills to craft sometimes average content into something snappy, engaging and insightful - at pace.

You'll also need a decent head for figures, strong analytical skills, creativity, an understanding of digital and social media smarts.

You will also be expected to build strong industry contacts, and to represent The Grocer at key grocery events and on TV and radio.

Other information:

Company Benefits Include:

25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays

- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.

An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you At William Reed, we call this our "MeDay".
A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
Opportunity for hybrid working
Contributory Pension
Life Assurance Scheme
Group Income Protection
Enhanced familyfriendly leave pay entitlements
Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme and a 12month wellness calendar for companywide health, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion awareness dates.
Cycle to Work Scheme
Electric Car Scheme

Why work for us?

We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees.

Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.