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West Essex Life, Editor (P/T)

Employer
Archant
Location
Homeworking (within Essex area)
Salary
£26,000 pro rata
Closing date
7 Feb 2022

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Industry
Journalist
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
Sector
Regional, News
Discipline
Editor

Job Details

EDITOR - West Essex Life

We have a part-time opportunity for an Editor to join us on our Lifestyle magazine brand, West Essex Life. West Essex 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 premium free distribution magazine 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 creating the content for this stylish lifestyle magazine. You will meet and interview fantastic people, create great features and attend events throughout the area, while supporting the brand’s commercial imperatives. 

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 real understanding of what makes West Essex tick, with strong writing skills and an appreciation of what appeals to our target audience. 

This permanent part-time opportunity is offering 30 hours a week to be worked to suit.  You will be work and be based from home, but it’s important you live in or close to West Essex to meet with clients, the wider team and attend events. 

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 
  • Full driving licence 

SALARY AND BENEFITS  

  • Salary £20,800 (for 30 hours) 
  • Full 20 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays (for 30 hours) 
  • Full range of benefits including 
    • Generous sick pay scheme 
    • Discount Vouchers 
    • Discounted Gym membership 
    • Health and wellbeing support (GP appointments) 
    • Cycle to Work scheme 
    • Annual Volunteer work day 
    • Archant Gold – matched charity fundraising 

How do I apply? 
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV and covering letter.

Please note that if you have not been invited in for an interview within two weeks of your application, then you can assume on this occasion that you have been unsuccessful. 

 

More about Archant: 

We’re transforming local media. At Archant, we do right by our readers and advertisers, connecting our communities to everything they care about.  

We come in two flavours. As a publisher – of 150+ of Britain’s best-loved local news and lifestyle brands. And an agency – creating knockout solutions for clients large and small.  

We move fast and work with partners like Google on new innovations to shake things up.  

And we believe in people, not pigeonholing. You’ll see our commitment to personal training and development right from the off, as we enable our amazing talent to keep on shining. 

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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