Senior Layout Sub-Editor

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The Role / Position Overview

Investors Chronicle, the investment magazine and website, is seeking an experienced layout sub editor with excellent sub-editing, print layout and digital production skills. This is a key role in the Investors’ Chronicle’s production team, working with the production editor and digital production editor to produce the weekly print magazine, from copy stage through to sending pages to press, and to maintain and enhance the quality of our digital-first publishing output.

Main duties and responsibilities

In this role you will…

Sub-edit copy to house style for the print magazine and website, working quickly and accurately in a CMS and in InDesign.
Write engaging headlines and standfirsts for print and online, using SEO best practice for online stories.
Spot and eliminate errors and make improvements to copy.
Lay out pages in InDesign.
Create tables in InDesign.
Create charts/graphics for use in print and online.
Optimise images for use in print and online.

You’ll bring to the role…

Essential

Proven magazine layout experience, including the ability to create tables and charts.
Proven sub-editing experience, preferably for a weekly business title with extensive experience in a sub-editing role.
Excellent attention to detail with a passion for eliminating spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, improving readability and ensuring that all content is factually correct.
Proven digital production skills, including experience of working in a CMS, an understanding of SEO best practice and the ability to create and optimise images and charts for digital publication.
Ability to learn the IC’s house style and maintain quality.
Must be an expert in Adobe InDesign and proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator and Excel.
Good general knowledge of investing and finance is desirable but not essential.

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.