Editor- Features and F500 C-Suite

Fortune; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global business media brand in London seeks an experienced editor to lead the production of the Europe print edition. The role involves overseeing content creation across issues, collaborating with top journalists, and engaging with the Fortune 500 C-suite community. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in editorial excellence, leadership, and communication, ensuring high-quality reporting aligned with business objectives. This position requires working from the London office five days a week with extensive travel across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience in business or financial journalism.
• Comfortable working with high-level sources.
• Strong understanding of the European business landscape.

Responsibilities

• Oversee editorial planning and production of six Europe print issues per year.
• Assign stories to freelance network or new contributors.
• Ensure all content meets editorial standards.

Skills

Editorial Excellence

Leadership & Vision

Production Expertise

Commercial Awareness

Excellent Communication Skills

Education

At least 7 years in editorial experience

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

Fortune is seeking an experienced, commercially schooled and highly skilled editor to lead the production of our Europe print edition and support our Fortune 500 C-suite community.

In this role, you’ll oversee the creation of up to 20 pages of local content, plus the cover, across six print issues each year. You’ll work with our network of top freelance journalists to deliver deeply reported, rigorously edited stories that speak directly to Europe’s Fortune 500 C-suite audience. You’ll also collaborate closely with Fortune’s U.S. Executive Editor for Features to ensure you have the support and partnership needed to deliver world-class coverage.

Beyond the magazine, you’ll support Fortune’s growing C-suite community by conceiving, editing, creating, and sharing editorial content tied to our events and key issues, as directed by the Editorial Director – UK & Europe, and building relationships with that community.

Moderate C-Suite discussions with poise, humility, and editorial discipline. Surface themes and tensions that matter most to the community, and reflect them in bespoke editorial coverage.You will support Fortune’s commercial growth by helping the sales team build relationships with C-suite executives, framing and positioning Fortune’s editorial authority during key meetings.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

Editorial Excellence: A commitment to the highest standards in reporting, writing, editing, and fact-checking.

Leadership & Vision: Ability to assign and shape stories that resonate with Europe’s most senior business leaders.

Production Expertise: Skill and experience managing print issues from assignment to final proof.

Collaborative Mindset: Comfortable working with freelancers, designers, photographers, and editors across regions.

Agility: Ability to balance magazine production with dynamic, community-focused editorial work.

Commercial Awareness: Comfortable introducing editorial work in ways that support Fortune’s business goals.

Cultural Fit: A proactive, collegial teammate who embodies Fortune’s values—integrity, quality, and global thinking.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the editorial planning, commissioning, editing, and production of six Europe print issues per year.
• Assign stories to Fortune’s existing freelance network—or to new contributors you identify.
• Work closely with Fortune’s New York-based design team on covers, photography, and layouts.
• Ensure all content meets Fortune’s editorial standards and aligns with the interests of our European C-suite readership.
• Deliver clean, well-structured, on-time copy for each edition.

Team Management

• Manage the Features Writer, Fortune 500 Europe C-Suite, who will report directly to you.

Community Support

• Collaborate with the Editorial Director – UK & Europe to support Fortune’s Europe-based C-suite community.
• Create and share editorial content tied to community events, discussions, and emerging issues.
• Write or assign short-form and long-form stories or other content/media that reflect the interests and needs of the community.
• Work closely with Fortune’s editorial, events, design, and partnerships teams in Asia, Europe and US.
• Represent editorial interests in cover meetings, production timelines, and project planning.

Client Engagement Support

• Partner with Fortune’s commercial team to support relationship-building with CEOs and C-suite executives.
• Join select meetings to introduce Fortune’s editorial mission and frame how our journalism connects with clients’ business or brand strategies.
• Help position Fortune’s editorial authority in ways that deepen engagement and open opportunities for the commercial team.
• Maintain clear documentation of outreach and engagement efforts to ensure alignment between editorial and commercial teams.

Your Experience & Attributes

• At least 7 years of senior-level editorial experience, preferably in business or financial journalism, including live events
• Strong background in assigning, editing, fact-checking, and managing magazine production.
• Comfort working with high-level sources and complex, global business topics.
• Experience commissioning photography and collaborating on visual storytelling.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Strong understanding of the European business landscape and C-suite priorities.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively across Europe.
• Collaborate with the sales team to recruit new sponsors and increase revenue year over year.
• Collaborate with the membership team to launch the membership program, recruit new members, nurture current members, and increase revenue year over year.

Requirements

• Availability to work from the London office five days a week.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time across Europe.
• Must have authorisation to work in the UK.

About Fortune

Fortune is a global business media brand covering the ideas, people, and strategies shaping the future. Known for trusted journalism and iconic lists like the Fortune 500, we report on the companies driving change—and the leaders behind them.

We’ve built deep relationships with the Fortune 500 C-suite. Our audience includes senior decision-makers worldwide who engage with us across digital, print, events, and data.

We’re growing steadily in the UK and Europe—making this a great time to join us.

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