News Editor

Overview

• Business: emap
• Brands:
  New Civil Engineering
• Base
  
  Location:
  
  Fleet Street, City of London
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-time, Permanent/Hybrid
• Salary: £ Competitive DOE + Benefits

New Civil Engineer is the publication of record for the civil engineering and infrastructure sector.

• Chair daily news meetings, allocate stories, and take the first edit of news material.
• Choose and order stories for daily newsletters in the morning and afternoon.
• Select and edit news and analysis content for print.
• Proof, copy edit and fact-check reporters’ stories and source imagery where required.
• Maintain a calendar of foreseeable news events and monitor the output of rival media.
• Research and write your own news stories, analysis and opinion pieces, plus regular long-form contributions such as investigations and features.
• Support the Editor and Deputy Editor in delivering editorial output that is legal, of high quality, and meets the needs of NCE’s audience across print, digital and social media.
• Manage direct reports and guide their development.
• Collaborate with the Production Editor to ensure material is speedily readied for publication and that NCE stories reach their full potential using analytics and social media.
• Contribute to NCE’s live events and webinars.

• Experienced journalist, ready to manage others as well as your own work.
• Relevant experience writing/editing news material for a business audience.
• Technical writing and/or engineering/construction writing and editing experience will be regarded favourably.
• Excellent written English – good spelling and grammar and attention to detail.
• Skilled at building and maintaining contacts needed to deliver exclusive stories.
• Copy-editing skills to ensure stories have a sharp headline, strong angle and a clear flow of facts.
• Familiar with journalism law and how to write effectively about a litigious industry.
• Ready to offer guidance to other writers on angles and news gathering approach.
• Experience of working with fast-paced, digital-first formats is preferable, as is familiarity with using analytics to help raise the performance of editorial output.
• The ability to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ideally with an interest in the technical, financial and political aspects of the industry.

• Demonstrable B2B journalism/editing skills with a strong portfolio of published news stories.
• Comfortable with the demands of digital-first publications.
• Good at spotting stories and following up on leads.
• Developing stories with follow-up reports, including those broken by other publications.
• Organised, able to plan ahead and to prioritise competing tasks.
• Comfortable managing others, delegating work, and providing guidance in a constructive way.

• Organised and able to plan, including managing the work of other people
• A good communicator, able to think on your feet
• Professionally presented, able to build relationships with senior industry representatives
• Able to speedily assimilate information, make quick decisions, and react to rapid developments
• Confident, self-motivated and determined to produce work of high quality
• A team player who enjoys contributing to long-term shared goals
• Collaborative and keen to work with others outside of the team to drive content opportunities
• Motivated to share insights and help the development of less experienced colleagues

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organisational objectives.

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