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Construction News, Features Editor

Employer
EMAP
Location
Shoreditch, London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30 Apr 2021

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Industry
Journalist
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Sector
Online, Trade Publication, Digital, B2B
Discipline
Features Editor

Job Details

About Us: Construction News is the leading brand covering one of the largest and busiest industries in the UK.  We pride ourselves on the high-quality of our journalism – which has been recognised with nine awards in the past four years.

In the past year CN has published features on a wide range of topics: from dangerous cladding to racism; from modern slavery to company finances. 

We aim to sustain our reputation for high-impact features and investigations. Senior leaders in the construction industry look to CN as a source of informative, reliable insight into the strategic issues facing their industry.

About the Role: As Features Editor you will take the lead on all of Construction News’s long-form content. This includes features, interviews, investigations, project reports, audience surveys and opinion pieces.

You will regularly produce such material yourself, as well as commissioning and assigning the work to others.

Construction is a nationally important industry, and you will be expected to delve deep into its big stories to provide insights not available via the mainstream media. 

You will also be expected to write shorter news articles on a regular basis to support the news coverage of the website and magazine.

About you: Experienced journalist with an understanding of media law. Ability to write, research and edit agenda-setting news and features. Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage a complex workload and work to tight deadlines. Confident interviewer, capable of asking pertinent questions. Prior knowledge of the construction industry is ideal but not essential.

Key Accountabilities: 

  • Sourcing and writing relevant features to strict deadlines. 
  • Copy-editing skills to ensure content is of a high standard. 
  • Representing the brand at events.
  • Sustaining good relationships with industry contacts. 
  • Maintaining a detailed awareness of industry developments. 

 

How to apply:
Please click APPLY NOW and send your CV, some examples of your work and a covering letter including your salary expectations and notice.

Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of the closing date.

EMAP is part of Metropolis Group. We are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees. These include 25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell), Pension contributions, health plan and life insurance cover, a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships, retail discount vouchers and more.

Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at www.metropolis.co.uk/privacy.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

Company

EMAP is a content, subscription & networking business. We connect influential people and organisations to a high-value network of decision-makers, data and ideas through our industry-leading portfolio of brands.

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