Country & Town House, Features Assistant & Sub-Editor
- Employer
- Country & Town House
- Location
- Fulham
- Salary
- £DoE
- Closing date
- 4 Aug 2019
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- Industry
- Journalist
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Sector
- Consumer Publication, Digital, Magazine, Lifestyle
- Discipline
- Editorial Assistant, Production, Features Writer, Sub-Editor
Job Details
WANTED: Features Assistant & Sub-Editor Country & Town House magazine
A fantastic opportunity for a brilliant, enthusiastic person with excellent interpersonal skills, at least six months’ editorial experience on a magazine (proficient in InDesign, production processes etc), an eagle eye for detail; brimming with ideas; forward-thinking; organised; a talented writer, who wouldn’t allow a cliché in their copy and would spot a rogue comma from 100 paces; a team player; an ambassador for the business and the editor’s right hand person.
START DATE: By 1 September 2019
HOW TO APPLY:
Complete the application form below with your CV and a compelling one-page letter to the editor as to why you are the perfect person for the job.
Deadline: 4 August 2019
Your application will be acknowledged. If successful, you will be notified sometime after 4 August to organise a first-round interview. You will be required to do a writing and short subbing test.
In your letter, please consider how you best exemplify the following:
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Keen eye for detail
- Self-motivated and able to take initiative
- Writing and sub-editing experience
- Highly organised
- Deadline driven
- Experience using InDesign and Photoshop desired
- Good at networking
- Generally keen to get stuck in, even if it’s not your area of responsibility
- Unflappable under tight deadlines
RESPONSIBILITES:
- Supporting and assisting the editor in the management, writing and editing of all C&TH titles and supplements
- Sub-editing:
- Sub-editing some of the monthly magazine pages – fact checking prices, style, captions, headline and standfirst writing, proofing, grammar etc
- Sub-editing some of the monthly magazine pages – fact checking prices, style, captions, headline and standfirst writing, proofing, grammar etc
- Writing:
- Writing monthly pages across lifestyle that are engaging, informative and ahead of the curve
- Conducting monthly interviews with designers, chefs and celebrities that are relevant to the title and of the moment
- Pitching features to the editor and writing as required
- Writing advertorials as required
- Filing copy and images
- Picture research:
- For all the pages you write, and as required for other features, supplements and projects
- For all the pages you write, and as required for other features, supplements and projects
- Networking:
- Developing good relationships with PRs across the luxury lifestyle industry
- Developing strong relationships with C&TH’s contributors
- Keeping abreast of news and feeding back interesting information to the editor and online team
- Attending relevant events to represent C&TH
- Press trips
- Project management:
- We currently produce six annual supplements, on which you would be required to help the editor manage the projects, as well as some sub-editing and writing
Company
Country & Town House is the go-to destination for trusted, inspiring and uplifting content that enhances our readers’ lifestyles wherever they live and champions living a balanced life. Underpinned by the values of Britishness, luxury and sustainability,
Country & Town House reaches an audience of over half a million readers through its printed magazines and supplements, newsletters, podcasts and website.
Country & Town House has signed up to Race To Zero, pledging to reduce its carbon output significantly by 2030 and has also begun its journey to becoming a BCorp business, which puts people and purpose on the same footing as profit.
Country & Town House is also the publisher of School House, Great British Brands, Country & Town Interiors and Great British & Irish Hotels, as well as the broadcaster of Break Out Culture, House Guest and the Great British Brands podcast.
- Website
- http://countryandtownhouse.co.uk/
- Location
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Studio 2, Chelsea Gate Studios
115 Harwood Road
London
SW6 4QL
GB
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