Senior Sub Editor, 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Future Publishing, United Kingdom

The Editorial Operations group at Future plc needs a senior sub-editor. The successful candidate will primarily focus on Decanter, the world’s leading wine media brand, and will have the opportunity to work on other Future titles as and when required:

• In-depth knowledge of the wine world and a passion for the subject is essential for this role. WSET or similar qualifications would be advantageous
• Working closely with Decanter’s hugely experienced Production Editor, this is a fantastic opportunity to become an indispensable part of the team, including deputising for the Production Editor when required

What you'll be doing...

Reporting to a Group Production Editor, you’ll be responsible for sub-editing primarily on InDesign layouts, following house style and championing the accuracy and appropriateness of editorial copy. You’ll be required to achieve a high quality and quantity of subbing and a consistently excellent level of attention to detail to challenging deadlines. You’ll work closely with art teams, editors and content teams as needed.

• Work with the Group Production Editor to deliver against targets
• Agrees and owns personal targets with Group Production Editor
• Prioritises work in order to meet team requirements
• Responsible for each subbing task from its defined start to its defined finish including:
• Methodically researching/checking accuracy and legality
• Fitting and rewriting copy as necessary
• Writing captions and selecting pull quotes
• Maintaining house style, brand values and tone of voice
• Generating content as and when required
• Checking all page furniture
• Liaising with other departments
• Taking in corrections as necessary
• Ensuring layout is ready to final
• Engenders a collaborative working environment between the team, brands and Internal departments
• Proactive in solving problems or facilitating the solving of problems with content, be they short term (problem with specific piece of content) or longer term (recurring problem with content)
• Aware of the ‘bigger picture’ outside of individual subbing tasks, including overall strategy and brand values
• Participates in process of ongoing performance improvement

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• Knowledge and experience using InDesign
• Outstanding communication and organisational skills
• Proven subbing and writing skills
• Knowledge of print and digital production process
• Understanding of brand values and voice
• Knowledge of potential legal issues facing brands
• Ablity to work collaboratively

What's in it for you

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch amp; learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff joins our profit pool bonus scheme.

Internal Job Family Level E7

Please note, the salary for this position is up to 34,000

Who are we

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

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Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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