Editorial Manager

Editorial Manager

Location: London, Westminster

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Type: Hybrid

Salary: £55,000 + Benefits

About Us

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is a global membership organisation with over 100,000 members and more than two centuries of history. As a centre of engineering excellence, we qualify civil engineers, support lifelong professional development, and assure society that the infrastructure shaping our world is safe, sustainable, and well-designed.

Our community of experts also provides trusted, impartial advice to policymakers on how to build and adapt infrastructure for a better future.

The Role

We are looking for an Editorial Manager to lead the commissioning, creation, copy-editing, proofreading and production of NEC content in print and digital formats.

You will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy, quality, and accessibility of our content, while making sure to support TTL strategy and adhering to its vision and purpose of innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

The role holder is expected to bring substantial and significant editorial experience and expertise to the team.

Responsibilities:

• Review, copy-edit and proofread content relating to NEC Contracts to ensure authority, accuracy and consistency.
• Commission, draft, copy-edit and proofread content relating to NEC newsletters to ensure the same.
• Oversee end-to-end editorial production, ensuring that updates and amendments are incorporated and released in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with the Head of Content, the NEC Contract Board, internal stakeholders, external SMEs and production partners with a view to creating, refining and improving product content or concepts.
• Provide editorial expertise to support content promotion with Marketing and Sales teams.
• Help develop and manage content workflows, SOPs, and standardised formats and style guidelines across digital and print.
• Support the customer queries inbox.

About You:

• Significant (5+ years) editorial experience in professional publishing.
• Exceptional attention to detail and command of English.
• A proven written and verbal ability to translate complex information into clear and consistent organised content, in the form of e.g. meeting notes, product summaries, and presentations.
• Experience with CMS, MS Office, and editorial QA processes.
• Bonus: XML/SGML, InDesign, Asana.
• Strong communicator, proactive collaborator, and highly organised.
• Degree in English, Law, Humanities or related field.
• Additional languages an advantage.
• Professional qualification in Law, Construction Management or a related field would be an advantage.
• Subject matter knowledge of NEC Contracts an advantage.

ICE Group Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Shutdown over Christmas period
• Annual £100 allowance towards your well-being
• Discounted hot food from on-site Café bar.
• Up to eight per cent of salary contributed to a personal pension scheme.
• 24-hour employee support line
• Death in service benefit equivalent to four year’s salary
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Big Gym membership savings with the Gymflex scheme
• Your Rewards discount scheme

ICE Group is an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you need support or an alternative format, please contact us at people.team@ice.org.uk

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018

The data collected via this application process will only be used by the ICE Group for the purpose of recruitment and for the performance of an employment contract if a job offer is made. This data will not be disclosed to any external sources without express consent unless required to do so by law. Unsuccessful applicants’ data, both electronic and paper will be deleted/shredded six months from date of application. For any questions or concerns about your personal data, please get in touch with our Data Protection Officer at the details provided below: at Email: dataprotection@ice.org.uk

Applicants have the right to complain to the ICO at http://ico.org.uk/ if they have a concern with the way ICE is handling their data.

If you're an experienced editor with a passion for clear, consistent content, we’d love to hear from you