Europe Editor & Commissioning Lead

The Guardian; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Volunteer days

Payroll giving

Season ticket loans

Life cover

Private healthcare

Eye tests

Maternity/paternity/adoption/sharedPar

IVF policy

Menopause policy

Baby loss policy

Trans equality policy

Canteen with canal view

Job summary

The Guardian is seeking an assistant Europe editor to plan, commission and edit coverage for Guardian Europe. You will generate original Europe-focused journalism, shape copy with contributors, and work with legal and production teams to ensure accuracy and timely publication.

You will identify voices across Europe, edit lively copy, and develop ideas for new projects and formats to grow Guardian Europe. The role is hybrid, based in London, with applications encouraged from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of working as a journalist or editor on a national or other major European media outlet.
• Proven experience of commissioning and editing opinion columns and essays.
• Proven experience of editing clean, lively, relevant, sharp and engaging copy.
• A knowledge and understanding of European current affairs, European politics/geopolitics and economics, how the EU works, Europe in the world, cultural, societal and lifestyle trends across Europe.
• A strong network of European writer, commentator and expert contacts.
• Fluency in at least one modern European language.
• An understanding of how Guardian journalism can be delivered across multiple formats including video, audio and social, with a track record of working with multimedia teams.
• A thorough knowledge of UK media law.
• Ideally you will have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to the role.

Responsibilities

• Generate opinion pieces, columns, first-person essays and other forms of original journalism from and about Europe to engage the global audience
• Identify great Europe-based thinkers and writers and find exciting new voices
• Work closely with both established Europe columnists and new contributors, usually writing in English as a second language, to shape copy and test arguments
• Edit to ensure pieces are factual, relevant, lively and engaging; liaising with the legal department on accuracy and with production editors through to publication
• Find the most engaging ways of airing issues and debates including via multimedia content.
• Develop ideas for new projects, series and formats that will help to grow Guardian Europe
• Contribute to the smooth running and management of a busy strand
• Help with commissioning/planning Europe newsletters

Skills

Journalism experience

Commissioning experience

Editing experience

European knowledge

European language skills

Media law knowledge

Networking contacts

Multimedia awareness

Job description

The Guardian is seeking an assistant Europe editor to plan, commission and edit coverage for Guardian Europe. You will generate original Europe-focused journalism, shape copy with contributors, and work with legal and production teams to ensure accuracy and timely publication.

You will identify voices across Europe, edit lively copy, and develop ideas for new projects and formats to grow Guardian Europe. The role is hybrid, based in London, with applications encouraged from diverse backgrounds.