Top Editor Jobs in London

Write, research, update, and optimize high-quality B2B content across digital brands. Produce product reviews, sponsored content, guides, news, and feature articles that attract organic traffic, support conversions, and build brand authority. Conduct product research, surveys, and interviews; use an AI assistant to refresh existing content; collaborate cross-functionally; and maintain high editorial standards.

Designs visual assets for employee communications and social media across presentations, documents, digital signage, web, and video. Develops branded templates, reusable tools, visual guidance, and collateral libraries while maintaining the company’s visual identity. Partners with Events, IT, HR, and other employee-facing teams, translating briefs into timely designs and exploring animation, video, and interactive communication formats.

Own the publishing programme for Mills & Boon Series titles across print, eBook and audio in the UK, Ireland and South Africa. Optimise metadata, pricing, promotions and discoverability to grow frontlist and backlist revenue. Analyse market trends, retailer charts, Kindle Unlimited performance and platform algorithms to identify commercial opportunities. Manage high-volume production schedules, cover and copy briefs, audio workflows, and cross-functional campaigns while maintaining accurate records and supporting editorial, marketing, production and sales teams.

Edit and lead high-impact print, digital, and visual coverage for Seascape, a global marine conservation journalism project. The role involves commissioning and editing news, supporting reporters and freelancers, coordinating with international desks and multimedia teams, responding to breaking news, planning coverage, promoting stories, handling day-to-day legal issues, and collaborating with Indigenous journalism collectives. Candidates need national or international media experience, strong news judgment, media law knowledge, digital publishing skills, and interest in environmental and ocean issues.

Lead strategic development and visibility of one or more education journals: solicit and commission high-quality submissions, manage peer review and editorial decisions, uphold publishing ethics, build global researcher networks, represent the portfolio at conferences and institute visits, and collaborate with internal and external editorial colleagues to drive innovation and high performance.

Edit and manage commercial fiction titles across Canelo and Canelo Crime, coordinating freelancers, authors, agents, designers, and production teams. Responsibilities include reviewing structural edits, copyedits, and proofs; writing cover and sales copy; maintaining metadata in Biblio; managing project critical paths and deadlines; and ensuring titles are delivered to press on time. Strong knowledge of crime, psychological thriller, and mystery genres is important.

Creates, edits, and optimizes performance-driven video content for social platforms. Owns hooks, pacing, retention, algorithm-informed editing, testing, and creative iteration across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Collaborates with creative and cross-functional teams, contributes to ideation and strategy, manages feedback and deadlines, and mentors creators on editing and performance best practices.

Produce and manage UK-focused, search-optimized editorial content covering trading, investing, crypto, and tax-efficient products. Own the editorial calendar, conduct keyword research, write and edit articles, commission contributors, optimize content for SEO, collaborate with Compliance on FCA requirements, and monitor organic performance to improve rankings, engagement, and conversions.

Edit long-form and short-form video, live content, podcasts, and social assets across major platforms. Shape content strategy, develop formats, set editorial and technical standards, and oversee quality control. Create motion graphics, perform color grading, audio mixing, and sound design. Brief and manage freelance editors, mentor less experienced staff, optimize workflows, and collaborate with producers, presenters, and social teams to improve audience engagement and content performance.

Leads digital content strategy for Smooth and Gold radio brands, managing creative teams and driving video-first content across YouTube, social media, Global Player and websites. Responsibilities include editorial planning, audience growth, SEO, analytics, stakeholder collaboration, and content creation spanning music, television, film and pop culture. The role requires strong leadership, video strategy, social publishing, editorial judgment and digital publishing expertise.

The Audience Editor identifies opportunities to grow digital audiences, packages content for social media, newsletters, and direct messaging, and manages distribution channels. The role also leads growth projects, mentors Engagement Producers, curates newsletters, manages social channels, and supports newsroom priorities across a seven-day rota.

Produce, edit, and write engaging email newsletters, subject lines, and calls to action. Grow free and paid subscriber audiences, increase registrations, and use performance data to guide editorial decisions. Collaborate with newsroom and marketing teams on newsletter formats, acquisition, retention, and brand opportunities. The role also requires audience-focused editorial support on a rotating schedule, including weekends and bank holidays.

Shoots and edits short- and long-form video for Heart and Global’s social channels, Global Player, and YouTube. Responsibilities include camera operation, video editing, live vision mixing, pre-recorded broadcast editing, social content creation, and collaboration with presenters, celebrities, and production teams. The role is primarily London-based with hybrid working, occasional evening and weekend productions, and occasional international travel.

Creates, reviews, and maintains practical commercial legal content for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law service. Supports AI-powered legal solutions and internal AI editorial tools using expertise in UK commercial law. Builds relationships with legal professionals and industry groups, monitors legal and market developments, and collaborates with product, sales, marketing, and technology teams. Requires substantial post-qualification experience, strong contract and commercial law knowledge, excellent writing skills, and UK legal qualification.

Develops and executes B2B and B2C membership content strategies for Country Living’s Artisan Collective. Responsibilities include creating articles, guides, newsletters, shopping content, social media posts, and event coverage; managing content calendars and matrices; supporting SEO and e-commerce initiatives; collaborating with editorial and marketing teams; and analyzing performance using analytics tools to optimize content, traffic, engagement, and revenue.

Develop and execute B2B and B2C membership content strategies for Country Living’s Artisan Collective. Create articles, guides, newsletters, shopping content, social media, and event coverage across multiple platforms. Collaborate with editorial and marketing teams, manage content calendars and matrices, apply SEO and e-commerce strategies, and use analytics to optimize performance, traffic, engagement, and revenue.

Creates and executes fashion content for Vogue and Glamour UK across print, digital, video, social, e-commerce, events, and special projects. Manages shoot logistics, wardrobes, accessories, carnets, assistants, brand coordination, and relationships with PR agencies and designers. Supports global and local shoots, discovers emerging talent, advises on brand initiatives, and collaborates with fashion teams, stylists, market teams, and senior brand leadership.

Evaluates climate science manuscripts, selects papers, oversees peer review, makes editorial decisions, commissions and edits scientific content, and collaborates with researchers and editors across Nature Portfolio. The role requires expertise in climate science, strong scientific writing and communication skills, and the ability to assess research novelty and significance. The editor will also attend conferences and visit research institutions worldwide.

Creates, edits, and maintains practical legal content focused on UK public, administrative, and local government law. The role requires researching legal developments, collaborating with lawyers and industry groups, and supporting AI-powered legal products and editorial tools. The successful candidate will apply substantial public sector legal experience, strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of judicial review, local authority decision-making, and information law.

Shape Monocle’s daily news agenda across its website, newsletters and radio. Identify distinctive international stories, commission and edit coverage, oversee newsletter planning and production, coordinate radio contributors, and collaborate with digital teams using audience insights to improve publishing. The role requires strong editorial judgment, excellent writing and commissioning skills, effective deadline management, and confidence providing direction in a fast-paced newsroom.

Manages editorial workflows for Scientific Reports, including manuscript assessment, peer review, publication decisions, editorial board relationships, content development, policy implementation, and resolution of ethics or publication issues. The role also involves scientific community outreach through conferences, board meetings, and lab visits. Applicants need PhD-level research experience in engineering or computer science, strong scientific understanding, communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills, plus willingness to travel.

The Science News Editor will research, write, commission, and edit accessible content about complex biomedical discoveries. Responsibilities include overseeing the writing team, managing news and features webpages, editing The Crick magazine, shaping social content, collaborating with scientists and creative professionals, and developing strategic media coverage to raise the institute’s profile. The role requires strong scientific understanding, editorial judgment, media awareness, and the ability to tailor content for public, scientific, policymaker, donor, industry, and media audiences.

Lead the launch and daily operation of hyper-local paid newsletters, setting editorial standards, publishing workflows, and community engagement practices. Manage and coach local journalists, develop content and growth strategies, and optimize sign-ups, engagement, and free-to-paid conversion. Collaborate with editorial, commercial, product, technology, legal, marketing, and audience teams while experimenting with platform features such as comments, podcasts, events, and subscription tiers.

Own the overnight and early-morning news agenda for North American audiences, making editorial decisions on story selection, headlines, packaging, placement, and breaking-news coverage. Coordinate handoffs across UK and U.S. desks, video, and product teams; maintain accuracy and quality under pressure; and use audience analytics to optimize engagement. The role requires independent newsroom leadership, strong editorial judgment, familiarity with North American news, and reliable UK-based overnight availability.

Leads transformation of personalised customer communications and digital content operations. Designs content supply chains, governance frameworks, workflows and operating models; supports content creation, approval and publishing; and drives automation, AI and marketing technology adoption. Provides strategic guidance, training and coaching while partnering with Marketing, Digital, Data, Technology, Risk and Compliance teams to improve scalable, controlled and customer-focused communication delivery.