Senior Sub-Editor

REDWOOD PUBLISHING RECRUITMENT; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

REDWOOD PUBLISHING RECRUITMENT in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Senior Sub-Editor to oversee a portfolio of magazines, ensuring copy is accurate, clear and aligned with house style. This hybrid role involves daily sub-editing and meeting deadlines while maintaining a sharp eye for detail.

You will work with editors, writers and designers to polish copy, refine headlines and proofs prior to publication, in a collaborative environment with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Sub-Editor in a magazine environment.
• Sharp eye for detail and ability to spot errors others miss.
• Strong command of grammar and punctuation with clear, readable copy.
• Experience working with house style guides and knowing when to bend rules.
• Ability to juggle multiple magazines to deadline.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Sub-edit editorial to a consistently high standard.
• Ensure copy adheres to house style across projects.
• Write and refine commercial content for company or clients.
• Collaborate with editors, writers and designers to deliver polished copy.
• Proofread designed pages and flag layout issues before publication.
• Uphold accuracy across facts, figures, spelling and grammar.

Skills

Sub-editor experience

Attention to detail

Grammar and punctuation

House style knowledge

Deadline management

Collaborative communication

Job description

Senior Sub-Editor

We are looking for an experienced, detail-obsessed Sub-Editor to work for a Cambridge-based publishing company, working across a portfolio of industry-leading magazines. This role offers hybrid working with 3 days a week in the Cambridge office.

The Role

A key part of this role is sub editing a busy workload daily and you’ll be the final pair of eyes that make content sing. Working across a range of magazines, you’ll edit copy for accuracy, clarity, grammar and house style, catching errors, smoothing inconsistencies and sharpening headlines and standfirsts to make every piece of copy do its job brilliantly.

What you’ll be doing

• Subbing editorial to a consistently high standard.

• Ensuring copy adheres to house style guides across multiple projects.

• Writing and refining commercial written content produced by the company, either internal or for one of their many clients.

• Working closely with editors, writers and designers to deliver polished copy on time and run regular meetings to secure copy deadlines, troubleshoot pageplan issues help maintain the smooth flow of production.

• Proofreading designed pages and flagging layout issues before publication.

• Upholding accuracy across facts, figures, spelling and grammar.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a Sub-Editor in a magazine environment is essential

• A sharp eye for detail – you can spot the typo everyone else missed.

• Confident command of grammar and punctuation, with an instinct for clear, readable copy.

• Experience working with house style guides (and the judgement to know when a rule should bend).

• Ability to juggle multiple magazines to deadline.

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

You will have the opportunity to work with a creative, collaborative team, carrying out varied, interesting sub-editing across a range of magazines. The role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

If words matter to you, and getting them exactly right matters even more, we’d love to hear from you.