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The i Paper is looking for a creative Assistant Features Editor to join its Features & Lifestyle desk. As part of our growing team, you will conceive, commission and edit engaging high-quality content - from on-the-day reactive pieces to long-form, in-depth features and interviews - to inform and entertain our digital readership and grow our subscriber base.
You’ll be full of original ideas, engaging new formats and clever, counterintuitive angles that bounce off the news agenda. You’ll be in tune with our digital audience and aware of the demands of third-party platforms. You’ll use data to inform your commissioning and will understand which platforms work for different stories and why, and how to headline features to connect with new readers.We’re looking for a confident commissioner and editor, with a database of brilliant writers and an instinct for a great digital story.
Main Responsibilities
* Generate brilliant news features, interviews, on-the-day reactive stories, original new formats and long reads to grow our subscriber base
* Propose smart angles that pivot off the news agenda to help to help develop i's voice in the digital landscape
* Commission and edit high-quality, well researched and compelling copy that works across all platforms
* Maintain ownership of a diary of relevant events and forward plan effectively, identifying opportunities for compelling features and opinion
* Use audience insight to inform ideas and commissioning
* Work quickly, creatively and accurately under pressure to deadline
* Ensure all digital copy looks polished, commission graphics, illustrations and composite images
Person Specification
* A self-starter bursting with ideas and a track record in developing smart, original journalism
* Ability to commission and edit sparkling, accurate and engaging copy under pressure
* Adept at using data to inspire ideas and commissioning
* Strong contacts and demonstrable ability to use them to create impactful journalism
* Experience of working in a multiplatform or digital publishing environment
* A commitment to i's editorial standards of impartial and incisive coverage
* Experience with digital CMS
* Good knowledge of media law and the Editors’ Code of Practice
About The i Paper
The i Paper is the only national newspaper that's never supported a political party, and it reaches more than [9.2] million readers each month in print and online.
It is committed to delivering accurate, impartial news and intelligent debate, trusting readers to make up their own minds.
It is the winner of 2024 UK Newspaper of the Year and is rapidly growing its digital subscriptions base, recently hitting [70k] total subscriptions.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Writing/Editing
* Industries
Newspaper Publishing, Retail Books and Printed News, and Technology, Information and Media
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