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Commissioning editor, Independent Voices

Geplaatst 26 mrt. 2024
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0 tot 1 jaar
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
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Engels (Vloeiend)

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The role

The Independent is looking for a Commissioning Editor to join its award-winning Voices desk. The successful candidate will be a team player with an excellent and diverse contacts book, a passion for representing varied opinions on the biggest news stories of the day, and a good knowledge of all aspects of digital journalism including social media and SEO.

We are looking for someone who reads the news compulsively; who has an opinion on everything but also has the ability to work fairly and diplomatically with people who might hold opposing views to their own; who prides themselves on snappy headline-writing and excellent copy-editing; and who can engage audiences in innovative ways.

Key responsibilities

  • Supporting the co-editors as a member of a close-knit team delivering a diverse list of opinion pieces each day
  • Suggesting ideas for news-hooked articles each day (as well as potential writers to commission)
  • Attending meetings to represent the desk when needed
  • Writing opinion pieces when called upon
  • Commissioning writers appropriate for a wide range of different subjects
  • Helping with speaking events, podcasts and videos
  • Maintaining good relationships with long-standing columnists and guiding ideas for their weekly columns

About you

  • Experience of working in comment journalism, or for a mainstream publication in a related capacity
  • Proven track record in building new audiences and introducing exciting writers to a digital space
  • Strong understanding of social media
  • Resilient and friendly in a busy newsroom with competing demands
  • Confident in writing and on the phone checking facts with organisations and reaching out to politicians and prominent public figures
  • Experience using a CMS
  • Excellent writer with the ability to turn around an opinion piece at short notice if needed
  • Happy to communicate across different desks and mindful of how an opinion story can collaborate with news, video, features and any other section
  • Good at timekeeping and used to turning work around quickly but accurately
  • Ability to use Trello, Slack, Chartbeat and other similar tools

Desirable

  • Experience of working on video journalism and/or podcasts in addition to written journalism
  • Qualification or training in media law and ethics

ESI Media is an innovative, award-winning media business. Voted Media Week’s Brand of the Year, our brands include the Evening Standard, The Independent. Our portfolio offers advertisers cross-platform quality content and a range of audiences.

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