Deputy Features Editor

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. In recent years, The Sun has campaigned for victims of domestic abuse, NHS workers and veterans to name only a few.

The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.

Your role: To help ensure TV Mag has brilliant exclusive interviews, the best access to talent and the low down on all the top TV shows so we outshine all other TV magazines and supplements. Work closely with the Editors, Forward Planning Editor, writers and other departments to ensure we have the best features and previews every week.

Day to day you will:

Write impeccable and colourful copy.
Commission and edit features and previews
Set up interviews with talent by liaising with PRs.
Create clever feature ideas.
Help to manage features team and content.
Making the most of our brilliant access to TV talent and seeking out exclusives to
ensure we rise above the competition week in week out.
Helping to manage a features team of permanent and casual staff.
Commissioning and editing features and previews from permanent staff and freelance
writers.
Coming up with innovative, creative ideas and concepts for interviews and features on
a weekly basis.
Compile planning lists and documents on a daily basis, previews lists and forward
planning documentation in collaboration with industry sources and contacts.
Keeping abreast of current affairs and trends through reading various titles as well as
Utilising other media platforms on a daily basis.
Working across different platforms within the brand and having an awareness of the
use of social media.
Working closely and in collaboration with other teams on the magazine, and
Departments within the company, particularly TV Biz and TV online.
Making and maintaining great contacts with PRs and freelance writers.

What we’re looking for from you:

Brilliant writer who always gets the tone right.
Outstanding copy editor with a great eye for detail and strong knowledge of house style.
Outstanding contacts with PRs and agents.
An expert knowledge of TV shows, celebrities and soap.
Several years’ of relevant experience on a magazine or newspaper
Willingness to go the extra mile and ability to turn hand to interviews, real-life
features, copy-editing and preview writing.