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About the Role
As Markets Editor for Farmers Weekly, you will be at the forefront of stories, trends, and market movements in UK agriculture. You will help farmers make informed business decisions through trusted journalism across print, digital, and podcast channels, covering commodity prices, input costs, and emerging opportunities in carbon and biodiversity markets. This role offers the opportunity to own a high-profile area within a respected agricultural brand, with the freedom to shape coverage and develop your expertise.
Responsibilities
- Lead Farmers Weekly's markets coverage across print, digital, and podcast channels, producing engaging content that translates complex economic and commodity trends into practical insights for farming audiences.
- Deliver comprehensive coverage of agricultural input and output markets, including labour, seed, feed, fertiliser, red diesel, crop protection, fodder, cereals and oilseeds, livestock and milk prices, while identifying emerging opportunities such as carbon markets and biodiversity net gain.
- Produce original journalism, analysis, interviews, and long-form features that provide subscribers with valuable market intelligence, expert commentary, and actionable advice.
- Use data, charts, graphics, and infographics to strengthen storytelling and improve audience understanding of market movements and trends.
- Manage the weekly markets content workflow, including writing, editing, and proofing copy, while ensuring continuity of coverage during holidays and peak periods.
- Oversee the production and accuracy of Farmers Weekly markets data, working closely with third-party data providers and internal stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with the news, business, and wider editorial teams to integrate markets expertise into broader coverage, special projects, and cross-brand initiatives across Mark Allen Agriculture.
- Contribute to editorial planning by identifying stories, trends, and opportunities that will engage audiences, support subscription value, and strengthen Farmers Weekly's position as a trusted source of market insight.
Requirements
- Proven experience in journalism, editing, or content creation, ideally covering agricultural, commodity, or financial markets.
- Strong understanding of agricultural supply chains, input markets, and commodity dynamics.
- Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging.
- Experience using data to support editorial content, including charts, visualisations, and market analysis.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines and workflows.
- Confidence collaborating with colleagues across different teams and disciplines.
- Experience creating multimedia content, including podcasts or video.
- Knowledge of UK agriculture and the issues affecting farming businesses.
- Experience working with third-party data providers and market intelligence sources.
- Familiarity with digital audience engagement and content performance analysis.
- Must have the right to live and work in the country where the role is based.
- Unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Skills
- Journalism
- Editing
- Content Creation
- Agricultural Markets Analysis
- Commodity Markets Analysis
- Financial Markets Analysis
- Writing
- Storytelling
- Data Analysis
- Chart Creation
- Visualisation
- Market Analysis
- Organisational Skills
- Collaboration
- Multimedia Content Creation
- Podcast Production
- Video Production
- UK Agriculture Knowledge
- Digital Audience Engagement
- Content Performance Analysis
Location
- Sutton
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Depending on experience
Salary/Compensations
- Up to £42,000
Benefits
- Company benefits
- Real ownership in your role
- Development through hands-on learning, mentoring and internal progression
- Exposure to specialist markets and loyal professional audiences
About the Company
- Mark Allen is a specialist media business with more than 40 years of experience building trusted brands for professional audiences.
- You will join a business that combines respected legacy brands with the need to keep evolving, giving you the chance to contribute ideas, improve how we work and see the impact of what you do.
- For over 40 years, Mark Allen Group has built and grown specialist media brands that inform, connect and support professional communities, combining trusted content, data, events and insight.
- We are a commercial media owner with a long-term mindset, balancing strong legacy brands with innovation and evolution.
- Our people play a central role in shaping how our audiences engage with us today and how we grow for the future.