Editor

Macmillan Cancer Support; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health charity in the City of Westminster is seeking an Editorial Content Producer to undertake editorial activities and collaborate with teams to produce high-quality information materials for those living with cancer. Candidates should have excellent content writing and communication skills as well as project management experience. The role offers a flexible working pattern and extensive development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus flexible options

Pension matched up to 7.5%

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Life insurance and retail discounts

Qualifications

• Excellent content writing, editorial and proofreading skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience developing cancer or health-related information.
• Project management experience.
• Experience using InDesign.
• Basic knowledge of Illustrator/Photoshop.

Responsibilities

• Undertake editorial and content-production activities.
• Collaborate to ensure smooth editorial processes.
• Ensure outputs adhere to high editorial standards.

Skills

Content writing

Editorial skills

Communication skills

Project management

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Overview

In this role you will undertake editorial and other content-production activities for the development of information and support materials produced for people living with cancer and those close to them, ensuring all outputs adhere to high editorial standards and agreed processes which safeguard our quality and brand. You will be working in partnership with other Macmillan teams and external organisations, as needed, to ensure the smooth running of editorial functions required for the production of high-quality information materials.

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

Responsibilities

• Undertake editorial and content-production activities for information and support materials
• Collaborate with Macmillan teams and external organisations to ensure smooth editorial processes
• Ensure outputs adhere to high editorial standards and brand guidelines

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent content writing, editorial and proofreading skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience of developing cancer or health-related information, or ability to deal with complex information about cancer and related issues
• Project management experience
• Experience using InDesign with understanding of good design and basic layout issue resolution
• Basic working knowledge of Illustrator/Photoshop

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around core hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more