Ethiopian Airlines, Inflight Magazine Editor
- Employer
- Ink
- Location
- London HQ
- Salary
- £DoE
- Closing date
- 15 Jul 2019
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- Industry
- Journalist
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Sector
- Consumer Publication, Travel / Tourism, Magazine, Lifestyle
- Discipline
- Editorial, Editor, Manager, Commissioning Editor
Job Details
The company
Ink is the world’s leading travel media company producing award-winning inflight-media for 30 airlines. We work across all forms of print, digital and video, successfully creating engaging content and selling advertising across multiple platforms.
Job description
Ink is recruiting for an experienced, commercially-minded magazine editor to take charge of Ethiopian Airlines’ new bimonthly inflight magazine.
This is a rare opportunity to relaunch Selamta magazine as a modern inflight title, that puts Addis Ababa and Ethiopia at the core of its content, then covering Africa first and the rest of the world second.
The editor will be an ideas-driven content creator with indepth knowledge of current affairs in Africa, from local business innovations to travel stories beyond the cliché.
The ideal candidate will have min. 5 years magazine publishing experience and an interest in creating solutions for where editorial and commercial meet.
Responsibilities include:
- Defining the magazine’s identity to be on-brand for the Ethiopian’s travel demographic.
- Taking full ownership of the title, from inception through to print: creating captivating story lists, commissioning and writing copy and managing the production workflow.
- Successful account management and close liaising with the client on their marketing objectives.
- Supporting and working with the commercial team plus actively thinking of how to complement their objectives.
- Collaborating with the art director to produce a creatively striking print product that stands out in the market place.
- Producing the magazine on time and within budget to the full satisfaction of the client.
- Managing freelancers from subeditors to writers, applying an expertly editoral polish to ensure a consistent tone of voice
Required skills:
- Five years editing a business, travel or lifestyle print title, ideally with Africa focus
- A can-do approach, well-organised, creative and calm under pressure with an eye for a good story.
- Experience in travel writing and ability to commission to a tight brief and small budget.
- Existing contacts in Addis and other African cities with established journalists.
Please apply by completing the application form below with your cover letter, CV and work samples, to Ink’s Editorial Director, Kerstin Zumstein, by 15 July.
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Company
Start an inspirational and life changing journey with the world’s largest travel media company.
What sets Ink apart from other environments? Our People! You will be inspired and motivated by a highly skilled and experienced team of communicators.
They have trodden the path you wish to embark on and will help you to achieve your goals with regular training. They will guide you and advise you but the rest is down to you. Can you start each day renewed and refreshed and ready to do battle? Can you rise to the top and help others along the way?
Ink cultivates its numerous success stories from a tried and tested formula of motivation, tenacity, creativity and drive. We have the belief – but do you?
Recently Ink was named as one of the "best big media employers in the UK” above the BBC, ITV, The Financial Times and The Guardian Group. Mentioned in CityAM & Business Insider.
- Website
- http://ink-global.com/
- Location
-
Blackburn House
Blackburn Road
London
NW6 1RZ
GB
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