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Sussex Life, Editor - 14 Month FTC

Employer
Archant
Location
Sussex
Salary
Up to £30,000, DoE
Closing date
5 Feb 2021

Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen to edit our lifestyle magazine brand, Sussex Life on a 14 month fixed term placement providing maternity cover.

Each month Sussex Life magazine and its website are packed with features about this dynamic part of England – from people and places to homes and interiors and food and drink.

As Editor of this prestigious brand you will have responsibility for producing content for our print and digital products, commissioning copy, forward planning and making the right commercial decisions for the magazine and its readers.

As Editor you will be involved in all aspects of this stylish lifestyle magazine, meet and interview fantastic people, create great features and attend events throughout the county.

The role calls for strong organisational skills and an appreciation of the benefits of clear planning and strong communication skills, with both internal and external teams. You will have a passion for Sussex, with strong writing skills and an appreciation of what appeals to our target audience.

YOU WILL HAVE:

  • Proven editorial experience in print and digital
  • A background in magazines or lifestyle pages on a newspaper
  • Great commercial awareness
  • Experience in writing features and commissioning copy
  • Strong networking skills


SALARY, BONUS & BENEFITS

  • Basic salary of up to £30,000 dependent on experience
  • Full 25 days paid holiday per calendar year + statutory bank holidays
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Archant Gold – matched charity fundraising
  • Give As You Earn – tax-free charity giving scheme
  • Ongoing training and personal performance reviews


WHAT NEXT?

Please click 'APPLY NOW' to send your CV as soon as possible and we will contact you very shortly if we are interested in progressing your application to the next stage.

We reserve the right to remove this vacancy once we feel we have enough candidates to interview. 

Company

Archant is a privately owned media company serving geographical and specialist interest communities with over 140 brands and associated websites.

We have a large portfolio of UK-based regional newspapers with titles in East Anglia, London, Kent and the South West, and publish 1.35 million copies a week in print. Online, websites for our newsbrands reach over 4.8 million readers per month.

Our collection of more than 60 news brands includes the Eastern Daily Press in Norfolk, the East Anglian Daily Times in Suffolk and the Ham & High in London.

Archant is the largest publisher of regional and local lifestyle magazines and associated digital media in the UK, and also owns a range of specialist magazine titles circulating predominantly in the UK and USA.

Our portfolio of 75 magazine titles includes county, specialist interest and wedding magazines as well as client contract magazines through Archant Dialogue. In recent years it has extended its activities into exhibitions, events and digital media focussed on the Weddings and French property markets.

Archant has a broad portfolio of digital media assets and marketing services supporting our more traditional media, and is a prolific publisher of mobile Apps on the Apple and Android platforms in the UK.

Archant was founded in 1845 in Norwich and now employs around 1,500 staff. Most of the back office functions are still located in Norwich and we have frontline staff based in the communities that we serve across the UK.

Company info
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Location
Prospect House
Rouen Road
Norwich
NR1 1RE
GB

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