News Editor Digital Health

Digital Health, part of CloserStill Media, is a news, events, and networking business focused on healthcare IT in the UK, with a specific focus on the NHS. It is seeking a news editor to take responsibility for all news output.

Responsibilities

Manage the news list and news schedule, with three stories published each weekday; Maintain the news list with details of the topic, assigned writer, deadline and planned publication date; Be able to maintain the schedule even when certain stories don't materialise or are delayed; Line-manage the team's news reporter; Assist the news reporter's continued development, offer support and constructive feedback, and guide work; Source stories and build contacts; Identify stories of likely interest to our audience and to key contacts and opinion leaders; Assign stories and manage deadlines; Write high-quality news stories, tailored to the audience and delivered on deadline; Sub-edit news stories written by other editorial colleagues, recognising issues and correcting them as needed; Publish content via our content management system (WordPress); Upload content and images, tag correctly, and schedule publication; Draft and publish social media posts; Support the production of weekly newsletters; Support the news reporter with the Digital Health podcast as required; Potentially appear as a guest or host and/or support the development of topics and recruitment of guests; Support the editor with non-news content as required, including opinion and commercially backed editorial content; Potentially edit, commission, or project manage such content; Work collaboratively with fellow members of the editorial team; Work collaboratively with teams within the business; Represent Digital Health at events, meetings and press conferences

Requirements

Superior writing and editing skills coupled with strong news judgement, honed in journalism and/or communications or content settings; Excellent organisational and scheduling skills, juggling multiple deadlines simultaneously while maximising the effective use of one's own time as well as that of editorial colleagues; Ability to quickly edit copy, spotting and correcting any issues with grammar, spelling, punctuation, house style and accuracy; Proven ability to maintain regular lines of communication with editorial colleagues, even when working remotely; Comfortable feeding back to writers about edits, offering explanations and constructive support where required; Demonstrable ability to build strong working connections with a range of internal and external colleagues and contacts, through both virtual and face-to-face meetings; Happy to be hands-on, lending support to colleagues as part of a small editorial team; Interest in healthcare and in IT, and the desire to continuously build and refine knowledge and contacts in these areas

Nice to have

Prior experience of formal line management, or of informal management or mentorship of junior colleagues; Experience in using content management systems; Experience of working on non-news content, specifically features, opinion pieces and commercially-backed content; Experience of writing on complex topics or sectors; Knowledge or experience of healthcare and/or IT