Mill Media is hiring an Assistant Editor for our soon-to-launch title in London and applications close on Sunday 4th August.
Our new title – as reported recently by the Financial Times and the Observer – will cover the capital in a new way, publishing compelling long reads, profiles and political analysis about topics that have long merited more in-depth coverage. We’re looking for an editor with the imagination, energy and judgement to lead the London operation. Ideally, they’d be comfortable commissioning and editing a wide range of stories, from investigations to cultural long reads, all while managing and motivating a team of staff writers and freelance contributors.
* Location: London (we need someone who lives full-time in the city)
* Salary: Dependent on experience (£40k-50k)
* Basis: Full-time (including some out-of-hours work). 28 days holiday per year.
* Office/remote: Three days per week in our office/co-work, otherwise remote
* Application deadline: Sunday 4th August. Scroll down for details on how to apply
About us
By taking on this job, you will be joining Mill Media, a pioneering company founded in June 2020. So far, our success has been based on a simple idea: giving journalists the time they need to produce great stories.
In the past few years, this approach has turned Mill Media into a new force in British journalism, described as “One of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade,” by the FT’s John Burn-Murdoch, and as “very, very impressive” by the Wall Street Journal’s Emma Tucker.
Last year, we raised money from a group of our readers, including the CNN chief executive and former New York Times and BBC boss Mark Thompson, who said he was investing because of the “exceptional quality” of our work. You can see all the roles we are hiring for here .
Our London publication will have the same DNA as our existing titles but will also take advantage of the fantastic pool of journalists we can commission in one of the world’s media capitals. It will be sharp, voicy and required reading for Londoners. Our website will look a bit different too, and we will be able to invest in some more custom ways of telling stories as a result. We’re planning to start publishing in October.
What we’re looking for
Our London editor will be critical to our new launch but they will also be a senior figure within Mill Media, working with our team of editors across the country. Applicants must have at least five years of experience in professional journalism and at least two years’ experience as an editor.
We need someone who loves coming up with original story ideas and who knows that features journalism requires more creativity when it comes to angles and headlines than its conventional news counterpart. You will be adept at finding the best angle for a story, transforming a topic that could be beige in lesser hands into something unforgettable. Encyclopaedic knowledge of American magazine journalism and viral online essays is not obligatory but it would help.
“I love the ambition of bringing deeply-reported narrative journalism to local news and I’m so impressed with how it’s going. That’s the kind of journalism Britain needs more of. If I was a young writer right now, I would want to work for Mill Media.”
Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker.
The right candidate will have the kind of energy and enthusiasm required to launch a new title and motivate a team, as well as the experience in commissioning and copy editing to publish high quality stories on a regular basis. They will also be someone with broad interests and who reads widely, allowing them to oversee coverage of social housing and dating trends in the same workday.
Key responsibilities
* Generating lots of highly original story ideas — ranging from culture to crime, food to local politics — and commissioning a handful of stories per week from staff and freelance writers, and then overseeing the stories as they develop.
* Editing around five stories per week, often going back and forth with writers for several rounds of edits. You will also edit and contribute to our Monday Briefings.
* Managing our London team, starting with two staff writers and growing when we expand the team next year.
* Playing a part in the wider success of the company by taking on edits from other cities when needed, contributing to our strategic decisions etc.
* Writing your own stories when there are gaps in the editing work.
Working pattern: This is a full-time role. You will work three days a week at our office/co-working space in central London and remotely the rest of the time. You will make monthly visits to the company’s head office in Manchester (paid for by the company).
Applications close this Sunday!
Mill Media is hiring an Assistant Editor for our soon-to-launch title in London and applications close on Sunday 4th August.
Our new title – as reported recently by the Financial Times and the Observer – will cover the capital in a new way, publishing compelling long reads, profiles and political analysis about topics that have long merited more in-depth coverage. We’re looking for an editor with the imagination, energy and judgement to lead the London operation. Ideally, they’d be comfortable commissioning and editing a wide range of stories, from investigations to cultural long reads, all while managing and motivating a team of staff writers and freelance contributors.
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Role details
* Location: London (we need someone who lives full-time in the city)
* Salary: Dependent on experience (£40k-50k)
* Basis: Full-time (including some out-of-hours work). 28 days holiday per year.
* Office/remote: Three days per week in our office/co-work, otherwise remote
* Start date: August/September 2024
* Application deadline: Sunday 4th August. Scroll down for details on how to apply
About us
By taking on this job, you will be joining Mill Media, a pioneering company founded in June 2020. So far, our success has been based on a simple idea: giving journalists the time they need to produce great stories.
In the past few years, this approach has turned Mill Media into a new force in British journalism, described as “One of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade,” by the FT’s John Burn-Murdoch, and as “very, very impressive” by the Wall Street Journal’s Emma Tucker.
Last year, we raised money from a group of our readers, including the CNN chief executive and former New York Times and BBC boss Mark Thompson, who said he was investing because of the “exceptional quality” of our work. You can see all the roles we are hiring for here .
Our London publication will have the same DNA as our existing titles but will also take advantage of the fantastic pool of journalists we can commission in one of the world’s media capitals. It will be sharp, voicy and required reading for Londoners. Our website will look a bit different too, and we will be able to invest in some more custom ways of telling stories as a result. We’re planning to start publishing in October.
What we’re looking for
Our London editor will be critical to our new launch but they will also be a senior figure within Mill Media, working with our team of editors across the country. Applicants must have at least five years of experience in professional journalism and at least two years’ experience as an editor.
We need someone who loves coming up with original story ideas and who knows that features journalism requires more creativity when it comes to angles and headlines than its conventional news counterpart. You will be adept at finding the best angle for a story, transforming a topic that could be beige in lesser hands into something unforgettable. Encyclopaedic knowledge of American magazine journalism and viral online essays is not obligatory but it would help.
“I love the ambition of bringing deeply-reported narrative journalism to local news and I’m so impressed with how it’s going. That’s the kind of journalism Britain needs more of. If I was a young writer right now, I would want to work for Mill Media.”
Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker.
The right candidate will have the kind of energy and enthusiasm required to launch a new title and motivate a team, as well as the experience in commissioning and copy editing to publish high quality stories on a regular basis. They will also be someone with broad interests and who reads widely, allowing them to oversee coverage of social housing and dating trends in the same workday.
Key responsibilities
1. Generating lots of highly original story ideas — ranging from culture to crime, food to local politics — and commissioning a handful of stories per week from staff and freelance writers, and then overseeing the stories as they develop.
2. Editing around five stories per week, often going back and forth with writers for several rounds of edits. You will also edit and contribute to our Monday Briefings.
3. Managing our London team, starting with two staff writers and growing when we expand the team next year.
4. Playing a part in the wider success of the company by taking on edits from other cities when needed, contributing to our strategic decisions etc.
5. Writing your own stories when there are gaps in the editing work.
Working pattern: This is a full-time role. You will work three days a week at our office/co-working space in central London and remotely the rest of the time. You will make monthly visits to the company’s head office in Manchester (paid for by the company).
Mill founder Joshi Herrmann (right) with staff writers Jack Dulhanty and Mollie Simpson in our Manchester office. Photo: Dani Cole.
Attributes required
6. Great commissioning: Someone with who knows how to develop an original angle and understands the importance of editorial mix – balancing the high with the low; the newsy with the fun.
7. Superb editing: The ability to shepherd good stories to becoming great via brilliant copy work, working with writers on drafts and giving stories structure and narrative flow.
8. Inspired management: The type of person who knows how to work with journalists to give them a sense of purpose and fulfilment while also developing their skills. Emotional intelligence and empathy are critical here.
9. Growth mindset: Someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is motivated by our growth as well as our journalism and will enjoy growing our social media accounts and spreading our brand.
10. Mill Media values: Someone who is committed to our key editorial values: accuracy, nuance, thoughtfulness, fairness to sources and giving readers the context they need to understand what is going on.
we’re in @ObsNewReview today
thanks so much to @MsRachelCooke for such a lovely feature https://t.co/CAnXfFDfDi pic.twitter.com/IiYA2ipmR9
— mollie simpson (@molssimp) July 28, 2024
How to apply
To apply for this role, email hiring@millmediaco.uk by Sunday 4th August at the latest, with an explanation (in the body of the email) about why you are interested in working with us and why you think you might be a good fit for this role. Please put ‘London editor’ in the subject line.
* Please also include a few links to some of your favourite work you’ve done and attach your CV or link to your LinkedIn.
* If you want to include a few story ideas you would like to work on if you joined us, that would be useful.
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