Sub-Editor

HELLO! Magazine; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lifestyle publication in London is seeking an experienced sub-editor to join its dynamic team. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience in sub-editing, excellent communication skills, and a strong understanding of both print and digital content production. With benefits like 25 days of annual leave and a private medical scheme, this role offers a vibrant work environment in the media industry.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Generous pension contributions

Group income protection scheme

Qualifications

• At least two years’ experience subbing for a national daily or weekly title.
• Proven track record subbing news and features on both print and digital platforms.
• Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory issues.

Responsibilities

• Subbing news stories and features for print and digital editions to meet editorial standards.
• Fact-checking and editing copy in collaboration with section editors and writers.
• Cutting copy to fit print pages and writing compelling headlines.

Skills

NCTJ qualification

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Competence in InDesign

Education

Degree in newspaper journalism

Job description

Overview

Your mission Your Mission HELLO! magazine’s mission is to influence and inspire readers with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory way. We are seeking an experienced sub-editor to work on our weekly print magazine, print specials and supplements and on multiple digital platforms. Our chosen candidate will have excellent communication skills, strong experience of working to tight deadlines across both print and digital and a solid understanding of news principles and writing for SEO.

Responsibilities

• Subbing news stories and features for print and digital editions, ensuring that all copy meets the highest editorial standards.
• Meticulously checking facts, spellings and grammar and rewriting copy where appropriate in collaboration with section editors and writers.
• Cutting copy to fit print pages and writing compelling headlines and captions.
• Working with designers and picture editors to complete finished print pages.
• Subbing digital-first content and writing engaging headlines for each platform to meet the latest SEO guidelines.

Your profile

• NCTJ-qualified journalist with at least two years’ experience subbing for a national daily or weekly title, preferably a national daily newspaper
• Proven track record subbing news and features on both print and digital platforms
• Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory issues
• Ability to juggle deadlines and tasks
• Capable of working to tight deadlines, including rolling deadlines on digital platforms
• Competence in InDesign
• Keen eye for detail
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Experience

• At least two years’ experience subbing on a daily or weekly news title
• Proven track record subbing news and features on both print and digital platforms, including to rolling deadlines
• Experience of working collaboratively with other teams
• Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory issues
• Solid knowledge of the Editors’ Code of Practice and current media law

Qualifications

• NCTJ qualification or degree in newspaper journalism

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
• 1 birthday day per year
• Private medical scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance currently 6 x salary
• Generous employer pension contributions
• Group income protection scheme
• Plus all the perks of working for a fun media company!

About Us

MISSION STATEMENT To influence and inspire with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.

History of Hello HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication, known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988. Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website. HELLO! is part of the HOLA group, who launched ¡HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers’ lives. Always positive,¡HOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive, highly visual and celebratory, allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire, brighten and entertain. With offices in London, New York and Toronto, HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website, with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK, US and Canada. Our readership is more global than that however, with audiences also visiting the site from Australia, India, Europe and all other parts of the world.