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About the Role
As Markets Editor for Farmers Weekly, you will be responsible for covering market movements and trends in UK agriculture, providing farmers with trusted and insightful journalism across print, digital, and podcast channels to help them make informed business decisions.
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.
- Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
- We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Skills
- Journalism
- Editing
- Content creation
- Agricultural markets coverage
- Commodity markets coverage
- Financial markets coverage
- Agricultural supply chains understanding
- Input markets understanding
- Commodity dynamics understanding
- Writing
- Storytelling
- Data utilization for editorial content
- Chart creation
- Visualisation
- Market analysis
- Organisational skills
- Deadline management
- Workflow management
- Collaboration
- Multimedia content creation (podcast/video)
- UK agriculture knowledge
- Farming business issues knowledge
- Third-party data provider experience
- Market intelligence source experience
- 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
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.