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Daily Mirror, Sub-Editor

Employer
Reach plc
Location
London
Salary
Competitive + company benefits
Closing date
Oct 30, 2020

Job Details

Daily Mirror is looking for a sub-editor to join their team. This is a position that requires a depth of experience in journalism, preferably at national level.

Those who work on the subs bench come to the job with a track record of sub-editing elsewhere in the newspaper/magazine industry and usually they will have spent time before that working as news reporters.

The work is demanding and requires a high level of experience, concentration, attention to detail, and accuracy.

So who are we?

Hello, we are Reach! You might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland's most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers.

From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.

Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.

Key Responsibilities

  • Editing copy to fit allocated space
  • Checking facts
  • Ensuring copy is accurate
  • Writing accurate and effective headlines
  • Dealing with changes to stories as events unfold and updating copy quickly and accurately
  • Adhering to house style rules
  • Ensuring copy is legally sound and meets IPSO guidelines and company rules and guidelines


The Ideal Candidate

  • The skill and judgment to decide if copy can be left unchanged or if it needs to be rewritten
  • The ability to rewrite copy quickly, accurately and effectively
  • To meet the very high standards demanded on a national newspaper in terms of accurate, effective and mistake-free copy
  • The ability to write accurate, hard-hitting or entertaining headlines
  • Use of Apple Mac computers, ContentWatch, InDesign, InCopy, online research, use of Clipshare


Package Description

We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

  • 25 days holiday per annum
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Lots of high street discounts!


Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

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Company

As one of the UK’s largest multimedia companies our award-winning portfolio includes five national newspapers, over 100 regional newspapers and a range of websites and digital products. But it’s our people who make Reach plc what it is.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7293 3000
Location
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5AP
GB

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