At a Glance
- Tasks: Sub-edit articles for top housing publications, ensuring quality and accuracy.
- Company: Join Ocean Media Group, a dynamic organisation prioritising people and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, pension contributions, health schemes, and flexible working.
- Other info: Supportive culture that values diversity and offers growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of a creative team making an impact in the affordable housing sector.
- Qualifications: Experience in sub-editing, strong attention to detail, and effective communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
About Ocean Media Group
Living our values
Ocean Media Group is a dynamic and progressive organisation that puts its customers and people first. We create market-leading events and digital information products that help our customers succeed and in turn drive our growth.
Role overview
We are looking for a sub-editor to work across our market-leading portfolio of business-to-business affordable housing publications, which includes Inside Housing, Inside Housing Management, Inside Housing Living and Social Housing. The sub-editor will work as part of the editorial production team, subbing articles across our digital portfolio. They are responsible for ensuring articles meet the highest standards of quality and accuracy, including a fast-paced, steady stream of news, longform insight pieces, comment, sponsored content and CPD articles.
Main objectives
- Sub-edit copy in a CMS with a particular focus on grammar, spelling, style, tone and factual accuracy across Inside Housing, Inside Housing Management, Inside Housing Living and Social Housing
- Write engaging headlines, standfirsts and captions, and choose appropriate pull quotes where required, ensuring tone matches whichever brand you are working on
- Optimise SEO fields in the CMS, crafting search-friendly headlines, descriptions and keywords to maximise content visibility
- Lay out longform pieces in CMS, balancing copy, imagery and other page furniture, while maintaining house style
- Ensure potential legal problems with copy are identified
- Source photos from picture agencies and other royalty-free sources
- Crop images using Adobe Photoshop
- Upload imagery to CMS
- Juggle tasks across different brands in a busy editorial environment, confidently knowing what to prioritise
- Provide support on additional editorial tasks when required
- Be keen to learn and grow as part of a dynamic editorial team
Person specification
Essential:
- Sub-editing experience
- Enthusiasm about sub-editing
- Excellent attention to detail for grammar, spelling and factual accuracy
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Used to working in a digitally focused environment
- Used to working on a CMS
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365
Desirable:
- Podcast editing experience (particularly Adobe Audition)
- Experience using Datawrapper or a similar data visualisation tool to create charts and tables
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
Additional benefits
- 25 days annual holiday + additional day for birthday
- 4% employer pension contribution
- Optional health scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Flexible, hybrid working
Why join us?
Ocean Media Group offers a supportive and inclusive culture where innovation, development and diversity are valued. We encourage applications from under-represented and minority backgrounds.
Sub-editor – Inside Housing, Social Housing, Inside Housing Management and Inside Housing Living in London employer: Ocean Media Group Ltd.
Ocean Media Group Ltd. is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters creativity and collaboration in the heart of the UK housing sector. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development and mentorship, alongside a competitive benefits package that includes generous holiday allowances. Join us to be part of a leading team that shapes impactful events while enjoying a culture that values diversity and innovation.
