Culture Live Editor, 12 month FTC

i is looking for a brilliant Culture Live Editor to help drive and develop our digital culture content. The successful candidate will contribute to all aspects of our culture content with a focus on expanding our digital focus. Reporting into the Culture Editor, this is a highly creative, fast-paced role with huge potential for professional growth. This is a maternity leave contract with scope to extend further. Key areas of responsibility:

• Drive and oversee daily 'live' digital content across platforms to develop I's culture vertical
• Create and execute strong digital-first culture content ideas that help build habitual audience growth
• Work closely with the digital publishing editor and audience team to find new audiences
• Commission and edit compelling features and reviews across all cultural genres, from TV and music to stage and books
• Help the culture team secure high-profile interviews with leading figures in the world of arts and entertainment to drive online engagement
• Contributing to culture forward-planning as well as assisting in the coordination of major events such as the Oscars, Glastonbury and Eurovision
• Monitoring content using data and reader feedback to ensure audience needs are met
  
  Strong ideas to create differentiated culture content and significant digital publishing experience
• Demonstrable editing experience and the ability to write sparkling and engaging copy
• Deft at identifying ideas and trends that can be turned into impactful feature journalism
• Commissioning experience on a national Culture or Features desk
• Expansive contact book of culture industry publicists and excellent writers
• Deep knowledge of popular culture and the arts agenda
• A commitment to i's editorial standards of impartial and incisive coverage
• Good knowledge of media law and the Editors' Code of Practice
  
  i is Britain's youngest national news publisher - and one of the most trusted. i has a unique mission: publishing non-partisan reporting and intelligent opinion. With a strong digital subscriber audience and a healthy print circulation, i has also grown digital reach to 11m users a month. Its newsroom breaks some of the biggest stories in UK journalism. Growing in influence and profitable, i is shortlisted for News Website of the Year and National Newspaper of the Year in the 2024 Press Awards, and is a recent winner of Daily Newspaper of the Year (London Press Club) and News Website of the Year (Online Media Awards). We pride ourselves on having a dynamic, collegiate work environment that celebrates creativity, innovation and success.