Junior Editor

Location

London | United Kingdom

Job description

Founders Forum Group is Europe's prominent entrepreneur community, and family of businesses supporting innovative entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. Founders Forum is focused around a number of events annually where our guests engage in open debate, brainstorms, discussion and problem solving in an intimate and collaborative atmosphere - building connections and discussing how to accelerate the positive impact of technology on the world. Founders in our community include Richard Branson (Virgin), Evan Spiegel (Snapchat), Dame Natalie Massenet (Net-a-Porter), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn). Some of our Partners include Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, De Beers, McLaren & many other inspiring organisations! Our Invite-Only events take place in iconic locations around the globe that include Soho Farmhouse, Cheval Blanc & Windsor Castle.

Fuelled by the connections and ideas forged at our flagship events, Founders Forum businesses support the needs of today’s founders via networking, education, professional services, investment and charitable giving.

In 2023, Founders Forum Group acquired Tech Nation to continue to execute against Tech Nation's mission to empower tech entrepreneurs, scale innovative startups, and provide a united platform for UK tech founders. We have now relaunched the Climate, Libra and Future Fifty programmes, insights, visa and rising stars pillars of Tech Nation. Tech Nation’s Reports & Insights programme was one of its most successful initiatives, which we have relaunched under Founders Forum.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Junior Editor to develop cutting-edge content across Founders Forum and Tech Nation. You would work closely with our Group Editor and data team producing research reports, newsletters, marketing and blog content.

Responsibilities

• Support our Group Editor in writing our cutting-edge research reports, newsletters, and multimedia content pieces
• Analyse and translate interesting tech data into appealing and unique content pieces
• Research new editorial opportunities
• Analyse and keep track of lead generation and content analytics
• Support our marketing team to release new and interesting content
• Provide contributions to our blogs and social media accounts

Requirements

This is a role for you if…

• You have a strong academic background
• You have excellent communication and writing skills
• You understand, can read and interpret data
• You are passionate about tech and innovation
• You are organised and effective in managing deadlines and workload, with a polite and clear communication style
• You are ambitious and driven to contribute to a growing team with big goals
• You have interest/experience in creating multimedia content - videos, graphics etc.
• You have a good understanding of data and research best practices, standards and governance - and enthusiastic to spearhead adoption of these
• You have an appetite for growth and great initiative
• You are passionate about the tech ecosystem and are hungry to learn more

Please send 2 examples of your best journalistic writing along with your CV when applying for the job

Benefits

We offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. These currently include:

• 25 days contractual annual leave
• Enhanced discretionary leave provision, including an additional day off for your birthday and leave between Christmas and New Years Day
• The option to work remotely anywhere in the world for 3 weeks/year (1 week at Easter and 2 weeks during July and August)
• Private healthcare package
• Mental health, wellbeing, and learning and development stipends
• Lunch 1x/week, office snacks, and regular team drinks
• Quarterly team activities and annual team trip/day out
• Access to the Founders Forum Group network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem

We currently have a hybrid working model with 4 days spent in the office and 1 day with the option to work remotely/from home. 

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