Editorial Assistant

Permanent
Full time
35
£25,527
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Communications

We’re looking for a talented and motivated individual to deliver e-newsletters, website content and high quality features to a sophisticated audience of legal professionals.

Do you have an interest in the legal sector and ambition to develop your editing and commissioning skills in this complex and fast-moving area?

Do you have hands-on digital experience and the ability to learn new software quickly to deliver a demanding schedule of digital resources?

Do you have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and enjoy working with and coordinating a range of stakeholders?

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and Application form. Please ensure that your CV and Application clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role.



Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Experience in copy-writing, copy-editing and/or proofreading

Experience of web publishing using content management systems

An understanding of HTML for webpage layout and some experience of HTML editing

Excellent attention to detail

Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with stakeholders at a variety of levels

Good organisational skills including the ability to manage and reconcile competing priorities, forward plan and organise own work

Experience of producing e-newsletters and online corporate communications

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 21/01/2018, 23:55
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.