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Job Title: Production Editor

Salary: £27,000 - £30,000

Magazine: Who Do You Think You Are?

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, YourHome, 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

We're looking for a Production Editor to join Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine on a full-time permanent basis.

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is the UK's leading family history magazine. Associated with the BBC TV series, we cover practical family history content, reader stories and historical features. Our readers are keen family historians who want to add to their family tree while also understanding the world their ancestors lived in. We produce 13 issues a year plus extra content for Apple News.

The ideal candidate will be able to hit the ground running, so prior experience as a production editor or sub-editor is essential. You'll be able to edit copy so that it is clear, compelling and consistent with eye-catching headlines, captions and standfirsts. You'll also be a stickler for accuracy, ready to question and check facts.

Working as part of a busy editorial team, you will be highly organised, managing copy flow and commissioning sections of the magazine as well as some writing. The successful candidate will also work with our features editor to help grow our online content. We are looking for someone willing to learn about the world of family history so that they understand what our readers are looking for and can contribute to forward planning meetings.

Responsibilities

Print and digital: You'll sub-edit and proofread every page of the magazine, taking in editor and author amends where needed and ensuring deadlines are met. You will also check our digital edition providing any amends to our production team. You'll also take responsibility for commissioning and managing our three reader stories each month including liaising with readers who submit stories, managing the freelancers who write up the stories and searching for suitable content where necessary.

Apple News: As well as checking the Apple News edition of our print magazine each month, you will be involved with managing additional Apple News content including subbing articles and working with the team to create compelling headlines.

Website: You will support our features editor where necessary with uploading content and creating short news stories and celebrity coverage for our website.

Admin: You will oversee the workflow for both the print magazine and mini mags, creating Trello boards, setting deadlines and attending our weekly Teams production meeting. You will liaise with our freelance Q&A editor to add her commissions to our payment system as well as your own. You will also cover other editorial administration e.g. managing the contributor send-out list and star letter prizes.

A bit about you

Essential:

• Experience in a production editor or sub-editor role
• Knowledge of InDesign and general Mac skills
• Excellent command of - and creative flair with - written English
• Excellent organisational abilities
• Ability to work well under pressure and keep to deadlines
• Keen eye for detail and accuracy

Desirable:

• Experience with Microsoft Office products
• An interest and basic understanding of the principles of SEO (search engine optimisation) and experience of writing for web
• Experience of using content management systems
• Experience of using digital analytics tools to identify potential areas for web content
• Interest in history and/or family history

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 six 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
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• 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.

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

• Be kind
• Always curious
• Be the best we can be

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media!

The closing date for this role is Thursday 30th July 2026, however, we may close the role before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

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