Graduate Sub-Editor at Fitch Solutions

About the job

Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research team is looking for a sub-editor to join its team in Centurion. The role will include editing the macroeconomic, political risk and industry research content produced by our global team of research analysts; working within our online content management system to track, edit and publish research; and helping ensure quality standards.

The role demands excellent written English, grammar and editing skills, meticulous attention to detail and the ability to manage tight and overlapping deadlines across a range of online daily research notes and weekly, monthly and quarterly reports. Candidates will have excellent written English; the ability to edit to a strict writing style; a high level of numeracy and comfort working with data; and some knowledge of and interest in global economics, politics and business. The role requires an individual who is happy working independently, organising their time to meet their allocated workload; who can work alongside and support research analysts to help raise overall quality standards; and who can work as part of a wider sub-editorial team, contributing to ad-hoc tasks, team deadline management and other team projects aimed at improving sub-editorial processes. This role reports to the Chief Sub-Editor.

Responsibilities Include

• Editing political, economic and industry-specific content across a variety of industries and countries.

• Editing content within our own content management system, and publishing it onto our website.

• Editing copy for consistency, style, figures, libel & copyright infringement, grammar and punctuation.

• Managing own daily and weekly workload.

• Communicating closely with the wider Research, Sub-Editorial and Production teams to ensure timely publication of content.

• Updating the content management system to record and track publication workflow.

• Ensuring quality standards of content, as set out in the editorial guidelines.

• Contributing to sub-editorial process improvements.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree-educated.

• Fluent English speaker, with excellent written English.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and excellent time management skills.

• Good oral and written communication skills.

• Interest in current affairs and international business.

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Desirable

• Experience of editing and proofreading within an English-language environment.

• Previous experience of working on industry/economic editorial content.

• Previous experience working with a content management system and layout software like Adobe InDesign.

• Online publishing experience.

• Knowledge of copyright and libel law.

• Knowledge of economics.