Assistant Features Editor

i is looking for a creative Assistant Features Editor to join its Features & Lifestyle desk. As part of our growing team, you will conceive, commission and edit engaging high-quality content - from on-the-day reactive pieces to long-form, in-depth features and interviews - to inform and entertain our digital readership and grow our subscriber base.

You’ll be full of original ideas, engaging new formats and clever, counterintuitive angles that bounce off the news agenda. You’ll be in tune with our digital audience and aware of the demands of third-party platforms. You’ll use data to inform your commissioning and will understand which platforms work for different stories and why, and how to headline features to connect with new readers.

We’re looking for a confident commissioner and editor, with a database of brilliant writers and an instinct for a great digital story.

Main Responsibilities

Generate brilliant news features, interviews, on-the-day reactive stories, original new formats and long reads to grow our subscriber base
Propose smart angles that pivot off the news agenda to help to help develop i's voice in the digital landscape
Commission and edit high-quality, well researched and compelling copy that works across all platforms
Maintain ownership of a diary of relevant events and forward plan effectively, identifying opportunities for compelling features and opinion
Use audience insight to inform ideas and commissioning
Work quickly, creatively and accurately under pressure to deadline
Ensure all digital copy looks polished, commission graphics, illustrations and composite images

Person Specification

A self-starter bursting with ideas and a track record in developing smart, original journalism
Ability to commission and edit sparkling, accurate and engaging copy under pressure
Adept at using data to inspire ideas and commissioning
Strong contacts and demonstrable ability to use them to create impactful journalism
Experience of working in a multiplatform or digital publishing environment
A commitment to i's editorial standards of impartial and incisive coverage
Experience with digital CMS
Good knowledge of media law and the Editors’ Code of Practice

About The i Paper

The i Paper is the only national newspaper that's never supported a political party, and it reaches more than [9.2] million readers each month in print and online.

It is committed to delivering accurate, impartial news and intelligent debate, trusting readers to make up their own minds.

It is the winner of 2024 UK Newspaper of the Year and is rapidly growing its digital subscriptions base, recently hitting [70k] total subscriptions.