Technical Editor

Company	Our MediaSee more
Address	Bristol, Bristol
Form of work	- Permanent, Part-time
Salary	£14,100 a year
Category	Graduate Training & Internships

Job description

Technical Editor, Simply Knitting & The Knitter

Part time, 3 days a week. £14,100 (£23,500 FTE)

Company Description

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We're home to market-leading brands in craft, cycling, science and nature, homes and music.

We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content – in print, video and online. Our much-loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Your Home, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

We also have an award-winning content agency that works with major charities, brands and membership organisations to help them tell their stories and engage audiences better – in print, video, and online.

Position

The role of the Technical Editor is to provide a foundation of technical accuracy, overseeing our technical process from checking patterns, sending out patterns to external checkers, writing project instructions and technical features, to ensuring that projects are ready for photography, and patterns are completed and appropriate to the magazine style within deadlines.

The Technical Editor reports to the Editor and works across both Simply Knitting and The Knitter so balancing the needs of both magazines is key.

The working pattern for this role is 3 days a week.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the job description.

Requirements

Essential:

InDesign
Highly organised and deadline focussed
Strong level of verbal and written communication skills
A keen knitter with good pattern writing knowledge

Other information

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at recruitment@ourmedia.co.uk.

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company benefits include

Pension contribution matched to 5%
Season ticket loan
Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
Social committee, regular in-house learning events
4x life assurance

Our values

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.

We have an ambitious and robust sustainability strategy, which includes a zero-to-waste, renewable-energy-fuelled office at Eagle House, the complete removal of single-use plastics from our supply chain, and a roadmap to be fully carbon neutral by 2030.

To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are: