Operations Editor, Today's Quilter

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
Within the craft portfolio, there are two quilt titles which attract very different audiences – modern quilters for Love Patchwork & Quilting and traditional, experienced quilters to Today’s Quilter. We have brought the teams together as one group to deliver an efficient workflow of best-in-class quilt content in a new, improved team structure.

The quilting group is led by one Editor and supported by two Operations Editors. The primary focus of each Operation Editor will be on one title. However, flexibility and willingness to assist with the other title as needed are essential to ensure seamless support across both magazines.

The Operations Editor is a senior position within the quilting brand teams for Today’s Quilter magazine. You will be responsible for ensuring smooth copy flow, efficient production working practices and delivering the high-quality production standards our readers expect.

You will support the Editor in creating an efficient and focused team, maximising the overall content the team produce. Where required, you’ll also need to be savvy with costs and help leverage our assets, devising a way to produce the print & digital magazines in the most cost effective and efficient way possible.

The Operations Editor will need to lead by example, championing new work practices and norms and have a growth mindset for change. You will manage and lead the Tech Editor to ensure content is of a high quality and help the Editor ensure the Creative Design teams also work efficiently, and their output visually represents our brand identities at all times.

Requirements
Essential:

• Superb copy-editing skills
• Excellent command of written English, including the ability to adapt tone to magazine style
• Proven experience of running the magazine production process successfully
• Keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Good communication skills
• Adobe InDesign, Word, Excel and general Mac skills
• Excellent organisational abilities, with experience at editorial processes and prioritising workload
• Willingness to work across brands
• Leads by example: embodies the change both brands will need to achieve
• An understanding of how digital content works or, at least, an appetite to understand and deliver digital literacy among the team so that group can all pull together for digital growth

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