Channel Editor (Technology)

One of the world’s leading, most trusted science brands, Live Science breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet. Our team digs up fascinating discoveries that hit on a broad range of fields, from dinosaurs and archaeology to wacky physics and astronomy to health and human behaviour. If you want to learn something interesting every day, Live Science is the place for you.

We’re looking for a Channel Editor to lead our strategy around cutting edge technology, as viewed through the lens of science. You'll shape technology coverage on one of the world’s biggest, most respected science brands and have the opportunity to build the section, and source its contributors, from scratch.

What you’ll be doing

As Channel Editor you'll help bring the overall vision for Live Science to life with incredible stories about robotics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and a whole lot more. You'll edit and fact/source check all content that you create or commission, and ensure it fits our house style. Working with the Editor-in-Chief, you'll create coherent technology strategies for the brand across news, long-tail and ecomm content, and collaborate with the Audience team to SEO optimise all technology content - old and new - to make sure it’s as visible as possible in Google.

You'll be managing Staff Writers and be the point of contact for all technology content enquiries from internal and external partners, contributing experts, and freelancers, oversee a budget for freelancer contributors and write copy and pitch news and features as needed.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

Editorial experience, ideally within a science publication.
Knowledge of SEO and experience creating online content.
A degree within a STEM subject, or equivalent experience.
Experience in commissioning pieces to freelance writers.
Proven ability in writing, as well as editing for a US audience.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience.

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year.

* Internal job family level E5.

Please note, the salary for this role is up to £35,000.