Senior Editor

Are you an experienced, hands-on digital magazine editor, keen to play a leading role in one of the energy industry’s most respected titles?

Can you lead a small, cohesive team delivering insightful weekly news, comment and feature content, and increase reach through creative marketing approaches?

And, crucially, are you familiar with and passionate about the global energy transition?

We’re looking for a new Senior Editor to lead our friendly editorial team to deliver engaging, thought-provoking, science/evidence-based and technology-inclusive content for the Energy Institute’s weekly online magazine, New Energy World.

What you’ll do:

1. Responsible for producing insightful and engaging digital content each week for New Energy World

Determine the strategic direction of the digital magazine, working closely with the editorial team.
Work closely with the Features Editor and Editor-at-Large to identify and cover topics across the global energy system, showing its interconnected nature and its transition towards net zero, by commissioning both freelance and industry writers to produce Comment and Feature articles.
Manage workflow, assign articles to the Features Editor, Editor-at-Large and yourself to edit and prepare content for online publication.
Alongside Executive Editor, agree final selection of latest industry stories for publication in each issue with support from the Executive Editor.
Research, develop and occasionally write engaging and thought-provoking content for online delivery.
Agree with the Editor-at-Large the content of the quarterly printed magazine and support the Executive Editor with its production.

2. Take a data-driven, creative approach to building New Energy World’s readership

Oversee and support the promotion of the magazine, working closely with comms and marketing to capitalise on weekly New Energy World emails to members and subscribers, social media channels, and setting up paid marketing (Google ads and LinkedIn ads) to build the magazine audience and market content.
Track, monitor and analyse data to ensure editorial content reaches and engages its audience, and is tailored to build traffic volume.

3. Lead the editorial team and ensure New Energy World is connected into the wider Energy Institute

Lead, develop and line manage the editorial team.
Strategic budgetary oversight for the magazine, supported by the Executive Editor.
Provide back up support, particularly uploading content to content management system, during any team absences.
Represent the magazine at internal staff and external stakeholder events.
Work closely with the business development, marketing, events, technical, knowledge and other teams to realise cross-content and revenue generating opportunities as part of the Energy Institute’s end-to-end offering.

Who we are looking for:

An experienced editor with energy sector knowledge, familiar with industry trends and ideally with some relevant contacts for writers covering technical topics and energy strategy on an international basis
Recognition of the challenges and opportunities the global energy system faces as it transitions to net zero, and that a range of different technologies will be needed to deliver energy and this change at pace
Demonstrable experience and flair for editing online articles
Experience managing a predominantly remote working team
Proficient at working to tight deadlines and balancing multiple ongoing projects (New Energy World is a weekly publication with a quarterly printed version)
Science, environment or energy background
Digital expertise, familiar with content and project management systems
Proficient at digital marketing, both through paid methods (such as Google ads) and social media savvy with experience of building and nurturing communications on platforms such as such as LinkedIn and Tweets
Comfortable networking and building industry connections
Excellent grasp of SEO and analytics to help build and engage new audience
Adept at writing analytical articles and other copy for digital publications
Open to and ready to lead on new formats for online delivery and promotion
Dynamic, agile and self-motivated

Benefits:

Salary: £48k-£53k per annum subject to experience.
Flexible working – the role is split between our central London offices and remote working
Compressed working scheme – extended daily hours in return for every other Friday off (for full time staff)
Cross-organisation/team socials
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Training and professional development opportunities
Cycle to Work Scheme
Season ticket loan
Great office culture