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Weekend Editor

Business Insider

London

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

An innovative media company is seeking a Weekend Editor to lead its weekend coverage. This dynamic role involves collaborating with a talented team to produce compelling business news stories that engage readers. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional editing and writing skills, with a strong ability to manage a team and deliver high-quality content under tight deadlines. With a hybrid working model, this position offers flexibility while requiring presence in the London office. Join a forward-thinking firm where your contributions will shape the future of business journalism.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance coverage

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

Proven experience in editing business stories for digital media.
Strong news judgement and ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

Drive weekend coverage and manage story assignments.
Ensure stories meet editorial standards and legal requirements.
Train and develop junior team members.

Skills

Business Story Editing

News Judgement

Writing Skills

Communication Skills

Team Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree in Journalism or Related Field

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Business Insider is seeking an Editor in our UK newsroom to lead our weekend team and run our weekend coverage on a Wednesday-Sunday schedule.

The Role & Team:

We're looking for a weekend editor who is excited to drive BI's coverage on Saturdays and Sundays, and to help out across the team for three days during the week. As Weekend Editor, you'll work closely with our UK weekend reporters to assign and edit stories tailored to our target audience.

The weekend team covers business news in a conversational and compelling way for our audience, who want fresh angles they can't get anywhere else on topics important to our readers, such as finance, the workplace, Trump and DOGE, military strategy, and entertainment.

The Weekend Editor should be excited to juggle a range of stories — from scoops to breaking news to analysis. They should be prepared to jump into the news and write stories themselves on occasion.

The Weekend Editor will also work on executing audience strategy, including curating the homepage, sending push alerts and programming across BI's platforms.

This role is varied, fast-paced, and will require you to coordinate with Business Insider's global newsroom. The role is a hybrid position, with the Weekend Editor expected to come into our Old Street-based office up to three days a week. This role reports into the Senior Editor for business news.

Key Responsibilities

Drive coverage of big stories on Saturdays and Sunday, and assigning and editing story ideas throughout the week for day-to-day assignments as well as bigger projects
Ensure stories are well framed and structured, in line with Business Insider reporting standards, and work with executive editors and legal to publish sensitive stories
Support in managing Owned & Operated operations and strategy, including homepage curation and approving and sending push alerts.
Set clear goals for direct reports and providing feedback
Train and coach fellows and reporters to develop in their skills and careers

The ideal candidate has:

Proven experience covering and editing business stories for a digital publication
Great news judgement
Experience working at speed
Excellent editing, writing and communication skills
Meticulous attention to detail
A strong sense of what makes a great story
The drive to manage and motivate a team
Experience using analytics to help inform coverage
A desire to work collaboratively with the team in the UK and wider global newsroom

Salary & Benefits:

Competitive salary based on skills, experience, and competencies
Hybrid working with three days required in the office
Generous holiday allowance including Bank Holidays
Comprehensive health benefits, including Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan
Life assurance coverage for added peace of mind
Employee assistance programme for mental health and well-being support
Industry-leading family leave policies and access to our family benefits platform, Maven

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don't have 100% of the experience we're looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider.

About Business Insider:

Business Insider is a global journalism company that covers the world of business, tech, innovation, and beyond. With headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco, London, Belfast, and Singapore, we reach an audience of more than 375 million with storytelling that's fascinating, unexpected, and always helpful.

As a company, we strive to be inspiring and effective, we value Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Our company motto is "get better every day," which means we value all people. Diversity reflects the different life experiences, identities, and perspectives that make each of us unique. For more information on our DEI mission click here.

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