International Editor
ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.
We welcome applications from candidates who meet some but not all of the criteria listed below.
We’re currently looking for an International Editor for AB magazine on a part time (17.5 hours/week), on a permanent basis. This position sits within the Content & Publications team. We are flexible on the location of this role.
The editor will commission and edit content, including interviews, insights, op-eds, articles, audio and video, for our international editions of AB magazine.
The Job
Reporting to the editor in chief, you’ll be involved in the following:
- Planning, sourcing and manage content through all stages of production to the final product
- Working with the other editors to share content across the different editions of AB where appropriate, ensuring high editorial standards and content produced in line with ACCA’s strategy
- Maintaining AB’s profile across social media
- Supporting the wider editorial team
The Person
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Deep experience as an editor of business or professional publications with knowledge of the business and professional world, ideally with specific knowledge of the accountancy profession or at least the ability to quickly grasp the key issues
- Experience in making sound editorial judgments and sufficient experience and knowledge to act as final sign-off for published material
- The ability to quickly understand complex issues, ranging from the technical through to the political and strategic
- Experience in working effectively in a multidisciplinary team, including design, production and advertising colleagues
- Creativity in terms of ideas for content, and also in visual terms enabling effective working with design colleagues
- Ability to combine traditional journalistic skills with corporate strategies, aims and ambitions
- The drive, determination and diplomacy required to effectively manage a range of varied and sometimes conflicting objectives
- Ability to work under pressure, speedily and to deadline.
Our Benefits
We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme.
We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees.
Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs, you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more! You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform.
We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.