Country & Town House, Features Assistant & Sub-Editor

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
     
• 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
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• 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
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• 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