Chief Editor at United Media

UNITED MEDIA; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in London seeks a driven Chief Editor to build exceptional magazines in the Insurtech sector. Responsibilities include researching topics, interviewing sources, and overseeing content creation. The ideal candidate possesses a bachelor's degree, over 5 years of media experience, and excellent writing and editing skills. This role offers significant growth potential and requires working on-site without remote options.

Benefits

Opportunity for operational experience in a scale-up

Collaboration with the CEO

Unlimited growth potential

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a magazine or media company with outstanding performance.
• Possess a UK work permit.
• Demonstrated ability to research and construct engaging content.

Responsibilities

• Research industry-related topics for stories and articles.
• Interview relevant people to gather information.
• Write, edit, and proofread content for magazines.
• Construct magazines with design and artwork collaboration.

Skills

Outstanding writing skills

Strong editing skills

Creative skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

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

Job description

Overview

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 next Chief Editor.

About us

United Media 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. (Insurtech Insights, Presidents Summit, Private Equity Insights, HRtechX, CFO insights, Retail Insights and SetSales)

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

Start date

Flexible

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