Showing Editor, Horse & Hound

Horse & Hound is Britain’s leading equestrian media platform, incorporating a weekly magazine which has been published since 1884, a growing website, a popular podcast and more. This is a rare opportunity for someone who is passionate about showing to join the brand in a part-time staff role and share their love and knowledge of the sport with our audience. 

This is a part-time role working from home three days a week, with occasional required visits to our Paddington, Bath or Winnersh Triangle offices. We are flexible on what days/hours are worked and plan to discuss this with candidates at the interview stage. There will be a requirement to work a full day on the Monday press days following the biggest shows each year (approximately eight per year). The job includes opportunities to travel within Britain.

What you’ll be doing…

Reporting to the Editor, you will oversee all Horse & Hound’s showing content across magazine, website, podcast and other platforms. 

You will:

• Generate ideas, planning and managing all showing features and reports for the magazine, website and podcast, including commissioning freelancers and managing the budget.
• Work with the Horse & Hound team to edit copy, resolve queries, source and choose pictures, proof read and process pages through to completion.
• Write showing features, reports and news stories for the magazine and website. Record podcast interviews and generate social media content. 

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• Knowing the showing world is necessary for this job — you will have competed in the show ring or been involved in the sport in another way. You will have knowledge of how showing works in Britain, the main personalities and the issues in the sport. 
• You can write sparkling, flowing features and reports, with correct spelling and grammar, and edit other writers’ copy.
• You will also be IT literate so that you can run a busy section on a weekly magazine, while juggling this with working on our website and social media. 
• You would have experience working on a print publication or online (not necessarily in the equestrian field), but we are happy to consider applications from people without this experience, if you fulfil the other criteria and show the right attitude.
• Knowledge of In-design and WordPress CMS (not essential).

What’s in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff.  We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme – if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level E5

The expected range for this role is £29,000 – £29,640, which will be pro rata’d to 22.5 hours.

This is a Remote based role

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. 

Our Future, Our Responsibility – Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees – current and future – are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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