Commissioning Editor: In-Depth Projects & Multimedia

Financial Times; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Medical cover

Parental leave

Gym memberships

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking a commissioning editor for its Project Publishing team to lead end-to-end development of in-depth reports and series on topics critical to FT readers. You’ll own concepts, commission articles and multimedia, edit copy and prepare for print and online publication.

You will work closely with colleagues across FT and freelance contributors, shaping innovative formats that resonate with readers while ensuring accuracy and integrity in journalism.

Qualifications

• Experience commissioning and editing long-form journalism.
• Ability to manage multiple projects from concept to publication.
• Strong collaboration with editors, writers and multimedia teams.

Responsibilities

• Write or commission synopses for individual reports and series.
• Coordinate articles and multimedia content for special reports and new projects.
• Edit, fact-check and revise content for online and print publication.
• Liaise with editorial desks and bureaux on feasibility, scheduling and commissioning.
• Review video edits and graphics for sign-off.
• Pitch ideas for innovative in-depth coverage.
• Collaborate with FT Live to repurpose event content.
• Coordinate with the main news desk for homepage promotion.
• Work with audience and social teams to promote published content.

Skills

Editing

Commissioning

Story development

Project management

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

CMS

Video editing

Graphic design tools

Job description

The Financial Times is seeking a commissioning editor for its Project Publishing team to lead end-to-end development of in-depth reports and series on topics critical to FT readers. You’ll own concepts, commission articles and multimedia, edit copy and prepare for print and online publication.

You will work closely with colleagues across FT and freelance contributors, shaping innovative formats that resonate with readers while ensuring accuracy and integrity in journalism.