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Country & Town House, Managing Editor

Employer
Country & Town House
Location
Fulham
Salary
Competitive, £DoE
Closing date
Nov 17, 2019

Job Details

Country & Town House is the only luxury monthly magazine which targets the affluent double lifers who want to, and can afford to, enjoy the best of both worlds - city and country life.

Together with the monthly magazine, Country & Town House publishes seven special issues per annum: School House, Country & Town Interiors, Great British & Irish Hotels and Great British Brands together with its online portal What’s On by countryandtownhouse.co.uk.

Launched in 2007, Country & Town House now provides a highly targeted, responsive and affordable platform from which luxury brands can reach an affluent print and digital audience of 500,000 AB readers per month. Regular advertising partners include Cartier, Jaeger LeCoultre, Crockett & Jones, Hackett, Gieves & Hawkes, Patek Phillipe, Rolex & Savills.

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Editorial Director and working closely with the Creative/Production Director, the Online Editor, the Sales Director, the Finance Director and the Features Assistant, the Managing Editor is in charge of the day-to-day operations of Country & Town House and its associated supplements.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

COPY AND EDITING:

  • Generating story ideas
  • Planning, assigning, editing and writing content 
  • Ensuring tone and style of copy is correct
  • Commissioning stories (where relevant)
  • Picture sourcing 
  • Liaising with supplement editors and sub editors
  • Overseeing features and editorial assistants
  • Being the day-to-day contact for editorial staff/freelance writers/photographers and handling associated questions/problems
  • Ensuring brand inclusions where appropriate
  • Ensuring copy filed to deadline
  • Actioning commercial/editorial content where relevant
  • Writing monthly press release
  • Assigning advertorials to staff writers and managing sign-off process


PRODUCTION:

  • Overseeing production schedules and editorial calendars
  • Weekly and monthly editorial / production meetings
  • Drawing up initial monthly flatplan (production assistant then does ads/checks against copy)
  • Supervising monthly mailing list
  • Ensuring magazine and supplements are produced on time 


ADMINISTRATION:

  • In charge of monthly budgets to ensure production costs come in on budget
  • Collecting and filing invoices/monthly reconciliation to Finance Department 
  • Attending meetings on behalf of the Editorial director
  • Attending creative commercial meetings where relevant
  • Develop  and maintain house style guide, training editorial staff members in best practice


COUNTRYANDTOWNHOUSE.CO.UK:

  • Providing the main link between Editorial director and online editor to ensure print content is maximised online and social media
  • Having the editorial responsibility for ensuring the group editorial message is consistent across all platforms
  • Working closely with the digital sales manager to create editorial digital solutions  


Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  • Ensure copy is filed on time
  • Keep editorial projects within budget and on schedule
  • Keep editorial projects within pagination guidelines


REQUIRED ATTITUDE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Writing/editing/subbing
  • Collaborative
  • Creative
  • Organised
  • Project Management
  • General management skills


OTHER INFORMATION

  • Working hours – 9.30 am to 6.00 pm – five days per week
  • Salary tbc
  • 25 days holiday (excluding Public holidays)


To apply, please complete the application form below, including your CV and a compelling covering letter to the Editorial Director as to why you are the perfect person for the job. Your email will be acknowledged. If successful, you will be notified to come and do a first-round interview.

In your letter, please consider how you best exemplify the following:

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Keen eye for detail
  • Self-motivated and able to take initiative
  • Writing, editing and sub-editing experience
  • Highly organised
  • Deadline driven
  • Experience using InDesign and Photoshop desired
  • Good at networking
  • Generally keen to get stuck in, even if it’s not your area of responsibility
  • Unflappable under tight deadlines
  • Management

Company

Country & Town House is the go-to destination for trusted, inspiring and uplifting content that enhances our readers’ lifestyles wherever they live and champions living a balanced life. Underpinned by the values of Britishness, luxury and sustainability,

Country & Town House reaches an audience of over half a million readers through its printed magazines and supplements, newsletters, podcasts and website.

Country & Town House has signed up to Race To Zero, pledging to reduce its carbon output significantly by 2030 and has also begun its journey to becoming a BCorp business, which puts people and purpose on the same footing as profit. 

Country & Town House is also the publisher of School House, Great British Brands, Country & Town Interiors and Great British & Irish Hotels, as well as the broadcaster of Break Out Culture, House Guest and the Great British Brands podcast.

Company info
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Location
Studio 2, Chelsea Gate Studios
115 Harwood Road
London
SW6 4QL
GB

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