Senior Nature Content Lead — 9‑Month Maternity Cover

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content – in print, video and online. Our much-loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, YourHome, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

We’re looking for a senior, hands-on Content Lead to editorially lead and shape a portfolio of specialist nature-focused print and digital titles for our client RSPB – spanning children’s publications through to long-standing adult member magazines. This is a pivotal specialist editorial leadership role on a much-loved UK brand.

You will oversee, direct and actively edit a portfolio of nature and conservation-focused titles across print and digital – from inspiring, educational content for children to flagship publications for deeply engaged, long-standing members. You won’t just manage the process, you’ll set the editorial standard, shaping tone and interrogating copy to keep everything on brand. You’ll also protect accuracy while working in a field that requires deep and wide topic knowledge, ensuring every issue lands with clarity, purpose and craft.

Working closely with writers, designers, photographers, illustrators, production teams and client stakeholders, you will lead multiple titles and digital workstreams per year from concept through to publication (and beyond), ensuring they are editorially rigorous, beautifully produced and strategically aligned to the charity’s mission. The role will definitely involve time in our office in Bristol and some travel to the client’s site and photography shoot locations.

Requirements:

• Significant experience in magazine and digital media production roles, operating at senior level.
• Deep and wide specialist knowledge of wildlife, environmental and conservation issues and topics.
• A proven track record of editing multi-page features and managing full issue production cycles.
• Deep understanding of flatplanning, proofing stages and print deadlines.
• A sharp editorial instinct and a fastidious eye for detail.
• Comfortable leading conversations with senior stakeholders.
• Able to move between strategic oversight and hands-on editing.
• Experience working in agency environments managing multiple concurrent titles.
• Experience working across both children’s and adult audiences.
• Experience with membership-based or charity publications.
• Exposure to digital extensions of print brands (web, newsletters, interactive formats).
• Passionate about nature, conservation and purpose-led storytelling.

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established six internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences.

Flexible and hybrid working:

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office. Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year. We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company benefits include:

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in-house learning events
• 4x life assurance

Our values:

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world. To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are: Always curious, Be the best we can be.

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media. Please note, we review CVs on an ongoing basis and may close the role early due to high interest. If you’re interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!