Racing Sub Editor

NEWS UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Racing Sub Editor

The Sun is the UK’s biggest-selling newspaper, with a Sport team which leads the way with the biggest exclusives, up-to-the-minute news stories, razor-sharp columnists, and must-read features.

The Super Sun Racing team is the best in the business, creating industry-leading content every day online and in print. We’re proud to break stories, provide up-to-the-minute news and produce the number one supplement, The Favourite, every Saturday and during all the big racing Festivals.

Your role:

Sub Editor for our print that will help drive new fans to the sport and enlighten seasoned followers. You will be a passionate, knowledgeable sub-editor eager to work within the racing team, also helping to design racing content and pullouts.

Day to day you will:

1. Sub edit for accurate and concise content suitable for print and audiences.
2. Proofreading and editing content for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and clarity.
3. Fact-checking to ensure accuracy and credibility.
4. Adhering to and upholding the publication’s style guide.
5. Meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

What we are looking for from you:

1. Keen interest in horse racing.
2. Excellent attention to detail.
3. Ability to work to tight deadlines.
4. Good writing skills.
5. Ability to use In-Design a plus.
6. Enthusiastic, sharp and bright.

Office based 1 day a week WHF.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

1. Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
2. Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
3. Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions.
4. Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes.
5. ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme.
6. Access to exclusive events, up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities.
7. Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling.
8. A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%.
9. 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected].