The Job:
The successful candidate will oversee work alongside an Editor for two trade market websites, plus ongoing development of the website platforms working closely with our web developer.
Responsibilities:
- Four in five days a week focussed on one of the two websites with the fifth day focussed on the second site
- Approaching senior representatives of insurance companies and fund management groups, to secure as editorial contributors
- Regular canvassing of latest industry news with a view to stay on topic of trends to invite contributors to write content on
- Maintaining of a pipeline of prospects for weekly or bi-weekly reporting to management
- Working closely with the company's Event and Report Producers to secure interviews and time content release with the company events
- Conducting of telephone and video interviews with website contributors
- Proofing of copy from transcripts
- Selection and editing of pictures and graphics for posting on the website
- Management of website copy updates
- Hosting of roundtable debates, interviews, fireside chats, and head to head debates at industry events
Skills & Experience:
- Have at least 18 months experience in a journalism or other trade website editorial role
- Have worked with institutional investment or finance publications and be familiar with some of the industry language
- Be accustomed to speaking with editorial targets and 'selling' new ideas and concepts to others
- Be experienced in writing high quality copy to an outstanding standard of written English
- Have a proven track record of meeting targets
- Be creative in their thinking and flexible to working on multiple projects simultaneously that may focus on very different subjects
