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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Central London, 2-3 days per week in the office |
| Area | London, EnglandRemote / Home Based, England |
| Sector | Editorial & Content - Editor |
| Salary | up to £50k |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | Nadia Zachary |
| Telephone | 01494 257 028 |
| Job Ref | 445 |
| Job Views | 124 |
- Description
- Job Title - Editor
Salary - Up to £50,000
Location - Central London, x2 days per week in the office
ZMedia is seeking a highly motivated and creative Editor to join the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all. They help over 180+ members navigate a complex regulatory environment and facilitate profitable business partnerships. The Editorial will play a key role in developing and managing content, including articles, interviews, podcasts and videos, for two prominent publications. Working closely with the Editorial Director, the Editor will work to elevate these publications to ensure it offers the best content for members and establishes this business as the voice of the industry.
They also deliver a world-leading series of events, an active research and policy agenda to bring about meaningful change and innovation, and a powerful digital media portfolio. Through their comprehensive programme of activities for members and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading CEOs, they produce a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including the annual flagship conference and awards dinner, webinars, CEO roundtables, podcasts and training activities. This business connects the market-makers – informing, influencing and celebrating change and development throughout the booming UK market for payments.
Reporting to the Editorial Director, the Editor will be responsible for ensuring the content included meets the brief of both the respective publications, and is published on-time and to a high quality.
The successful candidate will help to establish this business as the most important source for accessing industry insight.
The role requires in-market research, as well as keeping track of industry developments and trends through companies, technologies, regulations and products/services. The Editor is then required to use this understanding to provide the highest quality of content, both through commissioning content from reporters and contributing creative, independent insightful and analytical content themselves. The role also involves supporting other departments to ensure that the range of content and other communications is in line with the association’s style guide.
Key responsibilities:
• Manage publications to deliver the best content for members and their engaged audience.
• Coordinate the publishing cycles and establish as must-read publications
• Oversee layout (artwork, design, photography) and check content for accuracy and errors
• Manage freelance and staff reporters to ensure they meet copy deadlines and quality regularly
• Proofread, edit and improve stories or pieces
• Manage members’ content contributions and be the quality controller
• Work collaboratively with marketing, projects, policy and event departments
• Meet deadlines and budget requirements
• Develop the strategy and themes for every issue of both publications, using content as an enabler for audience engagement and identify opportunities and develop relationships to drive future growth and success
• Create regular market-leading thought leadership content through articles, podcasts, video interviews and events.
• Comply with media law and ethical guidelines
Skills, Experience & Personal Attributes:
Essential
• 3+ years of proven working experience as an Editor
• Strong writing/editing/proofreading skills and an excellent portfolio
• Exceptional writing abilities, impeccable attention to detail and proof-reading skills
• Excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills
• Hands on experience with MS Office and InDesign, Photoshop or other publishing tools
• Experience using WordPress
• Excellent written and spoken skills in English
• Experience across articles, podcasts and video creation
• Proven familiarity with SEO and social media best practices
• An eye for detail along with critical thinking
• Prioritising and multitasking
• Outstanding time management & organisational skills
Desirable
• Interest and prior experience in Financial Services or FinTech space
• Experience with Elementor and HubSpot
• Experience across articles, podcasts and video creation optimisation
• Budget management
• Experience managing a team of freelance reporters/content creators
• Commissioning content
