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Health Editor, Maternity Cover (up to £38,000)

Immediate is the special interest content and platform company. Our fast-growing, multi-platform media business is home to more than 1,000 people across several business units, based in London, Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester. We focus on special interest markets, engaging with more than 75 million people globally each month, through world-class content, innovative new digital products and services and live events. Immediate Media was voted the UK’s Best Media Company to work for and 4th across all UK companies by Glassdoor in 2022.

About the role

BBC Good Food is Britain’s biggest food media brand, inspiring and helping the nation cook for 30 years. Bbcgoodfood.com is the market leading food website in the UK, operating to an inclusive and exhaustive mission that enables everyone to eat good food.

Reporting to the Editor, the Health Editor is responsible for the delivery of the health strategy, campaigns and overseeing of all health published on bbcgoodfood.com and olive, maintaining and growing the site’s enormous scale whilst deepening engagement and audience satisfaction. You will be working closely with a small, friendly, and supportive team, with our health content producer reporting into you.

As the Health Editor (BBC Good Food, olive Magazine) you will:

• Own Good Food and olive’s health strategy cross platform and manage the digital budget for all health content
• Monitor and report on health content performance monthly and make recommendations to optimise reach and continue growth
• Work with commercial teams and editors to produce compelling and engaging native campaigns that adhere to BBC policy and editorial guidelines
• Identify key gaps in Good Food and olive’s health and nutrition recipe and non-recipe content and be a continuous font of ideas and inspiration for new content that will appeal to our audiences
• Ensure all content commissioned and published adheres to Good Food and olive’s health philosophy and SEO best practices
• Oversee the upload of all health content on site and be comfortable commissioning external contributors and internal staff on the production of multimedia content to include guides, video, infographics and recipes
• Support in the successful delivery and evolution of Good Food’s Healthy Diet Plan across digital and print
• Work closely with the social media manager and marketing executive on promotion strategies for all new and relevant health content
• Support and oversee health content for BBC good food magazine, including the delivery and commission of the monthly health news column

Requirements

• Highest standard of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience of managing and supporting more junior team members
• Excellent grasp and understanding of SEO best practice
• A demonstrable passion for and excellent knowledge of health and nutrition
• A proven record of working with sensitive content
• Experience writing tight briefs for external contributors
• The ability to write copy in line with highest editorial standards
• The ability to work quickly to tight deadlines under pressure
• Flexibility and a professional approach at all times
• The ability to self-supervise in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in and contribute to a fun and dynamic team-based environment
• Must be educated to degree level or equivalent industry qualification
• Experience of working on a consumer-facing digital platform
• Must be comfortable working with a variety of CMS platforms, analytical tools, basic html, Photoshop and image archives

Benefits

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
• Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
• Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
• A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture. This encourages our people to thrive, and give their best whilst being supported, developed, and nurtured. As we care about our people, our environment, and the impact we make, we have an active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programmes, and clear sustainability strategies.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of all our values and leadership behaviours to ensure Immediate remains a place where everyone feels included and empowered;

• We care
• We succeed together
• We enjoy the ride
• We are bold
• We never settle
• We get on with it

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is extremely important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.

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