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About the Role
We’re looking for an editor to drive coverage and plan bold, agenda-setting stories for Seascape, our in-depth global reporting project that investigates marine conservation, ocean health, the creatures and life within them, and the communities reliant on them.
Responsibilities
- Drive high-impact print, digital, and visual coverage across Seascapes
- Support and guide Guardian reporters and freelancers
- Liaise on commissioning and story development with UK international desks and relevant editorial teams
- React confidently to breaking stories and plan ahead for key diary events
- Contribute ideas to daily and weekly meetings
- Ensure optimal presentation and promotion of stories
- Liaise with design, production, visuals, and multimedia desks
- Commission and edit news content
- Handle legal issues
- Collaborate with indigenous journalism collectives globally
Requirements
- Experience writing and/or editing for a national/international media organization
- Excellent news judgment, high motivation, and proactive attitude
- Demonstrable interest in the environment, science, and the seas
- Commitment to creating world-class journalism
- Openness to digital tools including social media, data journalism, and mobile publishing
- Appetite to explore new platforms and media (including podcasts and video)
- Understanding of Guardian house style and values
- Media law knowledge
- Demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role
- Interest in global issues
Skills
- Social media
- Data journalism
- Mobile publishing
- Podcasts
- Video
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Part-time
- 4-month fixed-term contract
- Staff secondment
- Hybrid
Salary/Compensations
- £60,748 full-time equivalent (pro-rata £48,598 for part-time)
Benefits
- Six weeks (pro rata) annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase additional leave days
- Generous pension scheme (5% employee contribution, 8-12% employer contribution)
- 2 volunteering days annually
- Option of payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Eye tests
- Optional dental insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policies
- Access to employee benefits platform for tailored health and wellbeing support
- Free yoga and pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff restaurant
About the Company
- A diverse and inclusive global organisation delivering fearless, investigative journalism.
- Committed to making a difference and holding power to account.
- Home to award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts.
- Offers a challenging and exciting environment for career development with a focus on training, growth, and fostering an inclusive culture.
- Became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
Equal Opportunity
- Actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
- All roles are open for everybody to apply.
- Support and comfort throughout the recruitment process are prioritized.
- Willingness to make changes to the application process to support candidate needs, including providing documents in accessible formats or personalizing the process.