Sub-editor, News - London, United Kingdom - Preqin

Preqin

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Overview:

Job Overview

We're looking for a diligent sub-editor with expertise in editing finance, business, or economics content, who is keen to focus on market-leading, data-driven news targeting the alternative assets industry.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of our Editorial team, the Sub-Editor will lead the editing of our news stories, aimed at a global audience of thousands of fund managers, investors, and other industry professionals.

Editing our news will entail working closely with Preqin's Content team, including experienced and highly skilled journalists and content creators.

The Sub-Editor will also work collaboratively with the rest of the Editorial and Content team, helping to ensure the smooth and timely delivery of our research and thought leadership publications, as well as with the Creative Services team.

About Preqin
You will be joining the world's leading data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.

We empower the global financial community with critical information and leading analytics solutions to help them make faster and smarter investment decisions, and to make them with confidence.

A forward-thinking company, we lead our industry through innovation. We trust in the power of data, and we use it to increase transparency in alternatives. We believe that access to information leads to more investment in the ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will:

Subedit and proof Preqin news (ca. 1⁄2 of working week), and format it for upload to Preqin Pro, our data platform
Work collaboratively with the Editorial, Content, Research Insights, and Creative Services teams across our content
Maintain quality standards to detect inconsistencies in data and figures and enforcing editorial tone of voice and house style
Adhere to all deadlines and manage content streams to meet them
Assist team members where required with wider content marketing activities, including editing and proofing research reports, thought leadership, and social media content

Qualifications:

You are a good fit if you posess:

Minimum 1-2 years' experience writing or copy-editing financial, business, or economics copy
e.g. from editing publications for an asset manager, investment bank, or a business/economics research unit
Familiarity with key economics/statistics concepts that an audience of investment industry professionals would know
Firstclass editing and proofreading skills, with excellent knowledge of grammar and linguistic nuances in English
A sound understanding of the qualities behind good writing and storytelling, and the ability to bring them to the fore in others' work
A keen eye for detail, able to consistently catch informational or stylistic errors
Ability to detect the level of subediting required and suggest clear, constructive improvements where necessary
Familiarity with data and statistics and a good standard of numeracy skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, adept at working across teams
Demonstrable ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects to meet deadlines consistently
Selfmotivation, with the ability to work independently as well as in a team
Experience using Adobe Suite, in particular InDesign, and Microsoft Office, as well as familiarity with CMS systems/digital publishing channels
Some knowledge of SEO practices

Other:

Company Benefits:

The opportunity to work within a wellregarded organisation in a fastgrowing sector.
Develop your career in a highgrowth company with an international presence.
Subsidized Private Medical Insurance via BUPA, after successful completion of 3 months should you wish to.
Interestfree season ticket loans on completion of probation.
A pension plan under autoenrolment which currently requires a minimum employee contribution of 5% of annual salary. This is matched by an employer contribution of 4%. You can opt to contribute more should you wish to. After your 1year service with the company the employer contribution will be enhanced to match your contribution up to a maximum of 10% of your pensionable earnings. This means that if you are contributing the minimum contribution of 5%, after your 1year service, Preqin will automatically uplift the company contribution to 5% of annual salary.
Cycle to work scheme.
Study support of up to £900 per annum for relevant business qualifications and enhanced support of up to $2,500 for CAIA.
Excellent Offices in London close to Victoria station and the proximity to many shops and restaurants and London's West End.
Companysponsored sports teams.
Winter and summer office parties and a companyfunded team social budget.

Our culture and values are:

Be Customer obsessed
We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.

Act with integrity
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