Deputy Editor

Business: emapBrand: Property WeekBase Location: Croydon/Hybrid ( 3 days from home, 2 days in the office)Employment Type: Full time, PermanentSalary: £ competitive + BonusTrading as emap for its B2B division, Metropolis International is a fast-growing business, privately owned Media Group with over £50m of annual revenue, structured in two divisions – consumer media, and business-to-business media. In both parts of the business, we run print magazines, digital content and both face-to-face and virtual awards, conferences, and other events. Metropolis is actively looking at acquiring more media businesses. We employ over 480 people in offices in West London, Croydon, Fleet street, Devon and DublinOverall Purpose of the Role:Property Week is the leading provider of news, insight and events for the UK commercial and residential property industry. The Deputy Editor plays a vital role in meeting this brief, supporting the Editor across a wide range of editorial tasks.You will be a self-motivated individual, capable of working on your own initiative to help drive and sustain high quality content across all of the brand’s output, and able to deliver significant projects without close supervision. But it is equally vital to be a team player, able to help co-ordinate the work of others, provide guidance and feedback, and act as a mentor to less experienced journalists.As a senior member of the team, you will help PW’s Editor to lead by example. You will be a hands-on journalist producing stories across news, features and interviews, within reasonable limits given the time constraints imposed by other duties.The role also includes key managerial aspects, with direct line management responsibility for several journalists at section-editor level, some of whom may in turn manage others. The division of line management responsibilities between Editor and Deputy Editor may vary according to the needs of particular individuals, but this is a senior role and you can expect around half of PW’s editorial team to report through you.Live and virtual events are a key part of PW’s editorial proposition, so the Deputy Editor must be a confident public speaker, able to represent the brand externally, chair panel debates and conference sessions, and guide roundtables. Event organisation skills are not required, but you may need to work with the PW events team to assist in setting up face-to-face events by, for example, suggesting suitable participants and briefing panellists.The Deputy Editor may also be asked to take charge of commercial content projects from time to time. Examples include the production of whitepapers, reader research programmes, or chairing bespoke events on behalf of clients. This work will require sensitivity to strike the right balance between editorial integrity and client demands, ensuring that the needs of the audience remain paramount.Key responsibilities:Overseeing and contributing to all areas of contentWorking with the editor to manage the PW editorial team across all channelsHelping sign off the print magazine and supplementsHelping devise PW’s content strategy with the editorDriving digital engagement and steering our social media strategyRepresenting the magazine at industry and PW eventsDeputising for the editor in their absenceDirect line management responsibility for more junior team membersSkills and experience:This is a role for an experienced journalist who is comfortable with the challenges of managing others as well as their own work.Several years’ experience of writing news and feature material for a business audience is essential, ideally in a field related to the built environment.You will have good copy-editing skills and be capable of providing guidance to help other writers improve their angles and the quality of their stories.Experience of working with fast-paced, digital-first formats is preferable, as is familiarity with using analytics to help raise the performance of editorial output.Good teamworking skills will be vital, as will be the ability to tackle multiple projects at the same time.You will possess the confidence to deal with senior executives in a litigious industry, and will help PW maintain its reputation for hard-hitting, must-read stories that are thoroughly researched and legally watertight.You will need to maintain or quickly establish contacts throughout the UK property industry.You will have an interest in the financial and political aspects of the property industry, and a positive attitude towards sustainability, diversity and cultural transformation goalsCore competencies:Demonstrable B2B journalism skills with a strong portfolio of news and/or feature material published over a period of several yearsFamiliarity with the demands of digital-first publications, with print experience a bonusOrganised and able to prioritise simultaneous competing tasksA confident public speaker, capable of chairing live panel debates online or in personCommercially minded and capable of delivering bespoke editorial projects for clients, ideally with the diplomacy skills required to ensure that output serves the needs of PW’s audience as well as the client’sComfortable when managing others, delegating work and providing guidance in a constructive fashionPersonal Attributes:Organised and able to plan ahead, including managing deadlines for othersConfident, self-motivated and determined to produce work of high qualityA team player who enjoys contributing to long-term shared goalsCompetitive and keen to outdo rival publicationsMotivated to share insights and help the development of less experienced colleaguesVersatile with a positive approach to new challenges and shifting demands