Chief Editor at Retail Insights

Retail Insights; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in London seeks a motivated Chief Editor to create a premier magazine within the Insurtech sector. This role involves researching, writing, and editing impactful content, as well as overseeing magazine design. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in journalism and at least five years of related experience. The company offers significant growth opportunities and a dynamic work environment focused on creative storytelling and industry insights.

Benefits

Operational experience in a scale-up environment

Opportunity for internal promotion

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in a magazine or media company.
• Proficient in writing, editing, and creating content.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Research industry-related topics for magazine content.
• Conduct interviews and produce quality written content.
• Build and design magazines in coordination with design teams.

Skills

Outstanding writing skills

Editing skills

Creative skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, English or related field

Job description

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Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finding or creating great stories and content? If so, you might be our Chief Editor.

About us

Retail Insights is Northern Europe's leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Chief Editor you have the unique opportunity to be part of building the greatest brand within Insurtech. By providing you with the ownership of our magazines, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You'll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• An opportunity for getting operational experience in a scale-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business
• A chance to work closely together with our CEO
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally
  
  

Your Responsibilities

Your responsibility will be to build the greatest physical magazine which entails that you:

• Thoroughly research industry-related topics and ideas for stories and articles
• Interview relevant people
• Copywrite, write, edit and proofread content for our magazines
• Construct the magazines including photos, design and artwork (with help from our Graphic Designer)
  
  

What we expect from you

You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you're humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you:

• Have acquired a bachelor's degree with outstanding results preferably within journalism, communications, marketing, English, or related field
• Have +5 years of work experience with outstanding performance from a magazine or media company
• Have an UK work permit
• Possess outstanding writing, editing and creative skills
• Possess an exceptional attention to detail
• Are well-organised and able to structure and prioritise your work
  
  

Startdate

Flexible

Monday - Friday we work from our office (next to Victoria Station) and do not offer remote work.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Retail

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