Part-Time Production Editor – Glasgow Lead Layout

Reach plc; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Volunteer day

Healthcare plan

Employee discounts

Job summary

Reach plc’s Sunday Mail in Glasgow is seeking a highly skilled Production Editor for a permanent, part-time role. You’ll oversee the print edition, shaping pages and ensuring sharp headlines and flawless layouts.

The role is based in our Glasgow hub, with 2 days per week (Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-8:30pm). You’ll lead a small team of subs and collaborate across the group to share content and standards.

Qualifications

• Experienced print production journalist with large-scale newspaper background.
• Ability to lead subs teams in newsroom and across the country.
• Strong editorial judgement and initiative in high-pressure environments.
• Proven ability to lay out pages and write headlines accurately.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Playing a central role in the production of the Sunday Mail.
• Laying out pages and spreads, writing headlines, selecting and placing stories while allocating work to other members of the team.
• Revising pages and content to ensure they are produced to the highest possible standards and in line with strict deadlines.
• Liaising with production editors from across the group to ensure production work is not being duplicated across multiple titles and that content is shared whenever appropriate.
• Filling wings, anchors, and other page elements with suitable stories, and finding stories for gaps either from other papers in the group or by scouring the wires.
• Directing subs and production team members in story handling, checking pages once they are marked editorial complete, and making any necessary changes or corrections.
• Completing all tasks in accordance with IPSO, legal and budgetary requirements.

Skills

Print production

Editorial judgement

Team leadership

Headline writing

Deadline management

Job description

Reach plc’s Sunday Mail in Glasgow is seeking a highly skilled Production Editor for a permanent, part-time role. You’ll oversee the print edition, shaping pages and ensuring sharp headlines and flawless layouts.

The role is based in our Glasgow hub, with 2 days per week (Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-8:30pm). You’ll lead a small team of subs and collaborate across the group to share content and standards.