Who we are
We are William Reed.
We are the leading expert in the global Food & Drink industry.
From manufacturing through to retail and hospitality - we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers' success.
We have offices in Gatwick and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. In line with the Company's current Agile Working Policy, the successful candidate would be eligible to work part of the week from our London office and to work remotely for the rest of the week.
Position
Position: Full time (35hr per week), permanent
Location: London / Hybrid
Do you have strong relationship building skills to ensure seamless communication and collaboration? Are you a detail-oriented individual who ensures high quality in every task? Do you thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment?
The production editor will be an essential part of Retail Week's content team, working across editorial and commercial content, including digital news, features, analysis, opinion and reports across all sectors including fashion, grocery, health and beauty, sports and leisure, and home and DIY. You will work alongside the subeditor, editors and reporters to ensure all copy is error-free, factually correct, meets deadlines and is optimised for online readers with creative, original and inspiring headlines, standfirsts and captions. You will be responsible for organising production schedules and commissioning freelancers when necessary. The production editor will also be a champion for Retail Week's house style and tone of voice. As well as publishing content and ensuring the high-quality presentation of articles and pages on retail-week.com, you will have responsibility for the production and delivery of daily newsletters.
Retail Week has been at the heart of the industry since 1988, building the networks upon which retail thrives, through essential connections and game-changing insight. Together, we help our customers future-proof the health of retail, for businesses, people and the planet. We provide the most comprehensive business intelligence on the UK retail industry. With our deep knowledge and strength of relationships throughout the retail ecosystem, we translate data and trends into important implications and actionable insights. We deliver the insights to inspire, data to guide and the confidence to act.
What you'll be doing:
- Overseeing the day-to-day running of the Retail Week production desk
- Subbing and production of news, features, analysis and opinion on retail-week.com
- Sending email newsletters (including being part of the early shift rota for creating the daily Morning Briefing)
- Subbing marketing material for reports and events
- Overseeing production of special reports, including creating schedules and sourcing freelance resource if necessary
- Ensuring the appearance and functionality of pages on retail-week.com are maintained to a high standard
- Championing the brand's house style and tone of voice
- Attending and contributing to editorial meetings
- Stand in for the managing editor at meetings when necessary
- Creating and updating charts and graphs for reports and articles on occasion
What you'll need:
- Experience working in a fast-paced editorial environment.
- Have strong organisational and time management skills.
- The ability to build good relationships with editors, reporters and marketers to liaise with them on matters concerning copy.
- Experience working with a variety of CMSs e.g. Webvision, Shorthand, Wordpress.
- Experience setting up and sending email newsletters.
- Good knowledge of media law.
- Experience in using Adobe CC suite is desirable but not essential.
- Experience working with content analytics is desirable but not essential.
- Experience using data visualisation tools is desirable but not essential.
Company Benefits Include:
- 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our "MeDay".
- A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
- Opportunity for hybrid working
- Contributory Pension
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
- Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme and a 12-month wellness calendar for company-wide health, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion awareness dates.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
Why work for us
We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.
We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.
If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.