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About the Role
HTSI, the FT’s multi-award-winning luxury lifestyle magazine, is seeking a deputy chief sub editor to help shape its fully integrated print and digital content. This role offers a chance to join a title known for its sharp journalism, imaginative storytelling, and distinctive visual style, covering design, fashion, interiors, travel, and culture.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate spelling and grammar.
- Maintain commitment to factual accuracy across all HTSI output.
- Handle copy with sensitivity and manage relationships with writers.
- Write sophisticated display copy that resonates with the magazine's readership, both online and offline.
- Create compelling and clickable online headlines.
- Manage, update, and publish live stories, including out-of-office hours responsibilities during evenings and weekends.
- Deputize for the chief sub editor in their absence.
Requirements
- At least a few years of subbing experience on a consumer magazine.
- Experience working on both print and digital output.
- Ability to implement the FT’s house style effortlessly.
- Ability to respect copy and editorial choices.
- Rigorous eye for grammar and spacing.
- Flexible and responsive work ethic.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to adapt to change throughout the working day.
- Enjoy and engage creatively with HTSI’s content.
- Refrain from using AI in test submissions.
- Applicants should only employ AI as a tool to help with research and interview readiness.
Skills
- Subbing
- Print content creation
- Digital content creation
- Headline writing
- Copy editing
- Grammar
- Factual accuracy
- Leadership
- Adaptability
- Creative thinking
- Sophisticated display copy writing
- Clickable online headline generation
Location
- Onsite (minimum three days per week)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Entry-level (minimum few years subbing experience)
Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Medical cover
- Inclusive parental leave packages
- Subsidised gym memberships
- Opportunities to give back to the community
About the Company
- The Financial Times is a world-leading news organisation, recognised for its authority, integrity, and accuracy.
- The FT's mission is to deliver quality information and services worldwide.
- The FT fosters a culture where curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded.
- The FT offers opportunities to reach millions, create impactful work, and deliver impartial journalism.
- The FT provides a warm, collaborative culture with a diverse community of experts.
- The FT supports employee growth, career aspirations, and wellbeing.
- The FT offers opportunities that challenge and inspire, with no fixed career path.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued.
- A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential.
- We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
- We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.