Assistant News Editor

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom ESI Media Full time

**About us**:
The Evening Standard is an iconic London brand, recognised as setting the agenda in politics and business, as well as being first with lifestyle content, major news and sports stories.

We are UK’s largest quality daily and online newspaper, with one of the fastest growing audiences in the UK. We provide brands and marketers with an unparalleled gateway to London's high-value audiences through digital, print, social and events.

ES Magazine, Homes and Property and ecommerce platform ES Best are all market leading in their fields, and add to the compelling Evening Standard portfolio.

We are proud of our history and firmly set on a future that is focused on growing audiences and revenue with a digital first entrepreneurial approach.

**Diversity statement**:
At the Evening Standard our ambition is to represent our city with a team and through content that reflects our audience. We want to attract those voices previously underrepresented in media, offering a rewarding career and opportunities for all.

Teamwork is key to our success. We want all our people to feel like they belong and that their voices matter.

**The team**:
The News team is at the heart of the Evening Standard with a long-standing reputation for breaking exclusive, agenda-setting stories that are followed by national newspapers, broadcasters and media around the world.

**Role purpose**:
An Assistant News Editor’s role is to work with senior executives and the Evening Standard’s news team to produce exclusive, digital first content across all platforms and be first with breaking news.

**About you**:
You have significant Newsdesk experience and are capable of working across multiple platforms with a team of reporters to produce digital first exclusive stories, pictures and video and cover breaking news around the clock.

You will be able to outline the news agenda to senior editors in daily meetings and respond quickly and competently to their instructions.

**Skills and experience**:

- Newsdesk experience and capable of working with a team of reporters to help produce digital first exclusive content and cover breaking news across multiple platforms.
- Experience working in a dynamic and fast-moving newsroom, a quick, accurate and confident writer.
- A good communicator able to respond to direction and pass instructions on accurately to the reporting team.
- A solid understanding of media law and the Editors’ Code of Practice to help ensure all content is legally safe and compliant with expected standards.
- A good knowledge of current affairs including politics, crime, business, arts, celebrity news, education, health, environment, technology, foreign news and Royal stories.
- Fluent in the Atex, InCopy and CMS systems

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities**:

- Helping to drive, with direction from senior executives, a team of reporters to produce and source digital first stories, pictures, video and audio content across all platforms.
- Ensuring the Evening Standard continues to be first with breaking news.
- Helping to make sure content is delivered in a timely manner, legally safe and compliant form.
- Helping to generate and deliver ideas for special projects, investigations, campaigns and in-depth pieces.
- Communicating accurately instructions from senior editors to the News team and ensuring these are delivered in full.
- Working the necessary hours to help staff the Newsdesk across the full week.
- You will be accountable to the Executive Editor/Head of News and other senior executives

**Expected behaviours**:
1. Continuous Improvement - Works in a smart, flexible and focussed way, is open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.

2. Collaboration - Builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.

3. Building Capability - Keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.

4. Quality Service - Delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.

5. Responsive Delivery - Works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.

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