Role overview:

We are expanding our coverage across our marketing-leading portfolio of business-to-business affordable housing publications, which includes Inside Housing, Inside Housing Management and Social Housing. 

The sub-editor will work as part of the editorial production team, subbing online articles across the portfolio, and working on the monthly print edition of Inside Housing. 

They are responsible for ensuring the articles meet the highest standards of quality and accuracy, including a fast-paced, steady stream of news, insight pieces, comment, sponsored content, webinars and CPD articles.

Main objectives:

• Sub-edit copy in a CMS with a particular focus on grammar, spelling, style, tone and factual accuracy across Inside Housing, Inside Housing Management and Social Housing 
• Work on print edition using Adobe InDesign 
• Write engaging headlines, standfirsts and captions, and choose appropriate pull quotes where required, ensuring tone matches whichever brand you are working on 
• Sub-edit online stories with a quick turnaround and ensure all online page furniture is present and correct, including filling in SEO optimization fields in the CMS 
• Ensure potential legal problems with copy are identified 
• Source photos from picture agencies and other royalty-free sources 
• Crop images for online using Abode Photoshop 
• Upload imagery to CMS 
• Juggle tasks across different brands in a busy editorial environment, being confident in knowing what to prioritise 

Core skills:

• Must demonstrate passion for sub-editing 
• Previous experience of sub-editing 
• An excellent attention to detail for grammar, spelling and factual accuracy 
• Keen to learn and grow as part of a dynamic editorial team 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team 
• Used to working on a CMS 
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign 
• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop 

Additional benefits:  

• 25 days annual holiday + additional day for birthday 
• 4% employer contribution pension 
• Season ticket loan 
• Based in South Quay with fantastic transport links 
• Optional health scheme 
• Discounted gym membership 
• Flexible working hours 

Why join us:

Ocean Media Group offers a supportive and inclusive culture where innovation, development, and diversity are valued. We encourage applications from underrepresented and minority backgrounds.

About Ocean Media Group

Living our values

Ocean Media Group is a dynamic and progressive organisation that puts its customers and people first. We create market-leading events and digital information products that help our customers succeed and in turn drive our growth.

“Together we succeed”

We are passionate and inquiring; we adapt, innovate and invest to create business environments full of opportunity. We aim to lead our markets to a better future. Our innovative mixed-media approach, delivered expertly through our market leading brands, creates highly engaged and loyal audiences.

Our mission

‘To create unbeatable insights and experiences to help our customers succeed’ We work towards this goal by living our values in our conduct with all those with whom we interact – customers, employees, business partners, suppliers, competitors, investors and the general public.

Our core values

Externally, we will:

• develop exceptional insight into and rapport with our customers
• ensure that our commitment, authenticity and integrity are clear to all
• make doing business with us rewarding and a pleasure
• always strive to deliver the highest of standards

Internally, we will:

• respect and value our people
• reflect the best of our culture through our teams
• seek breakthroughs in what we do by constantly challenging ourselves
• foster and reward personal commitment and creativity

Our vision and values guide every action and are the focus of everything we do as we perform our responsibilities