Editorial Assistant

The Conversation is seeking an editorial assistant to help cover breaking news stories and carry out other duties to support the newsroom. This is a great opportunity for someone in the early stages of their career in journalism to join a fast-paced news environment.

Every day, The Conversation publishes articles written by experts from universities across the UK and Europe that explain and analyse the latest news, trends and research. Our articles are written for a non-expert audience with the aim of providing our millions of readers around the world with evidence-based information that can help them make better informed decisions.

This is an exciting time for The Conversation as we seek to move into new formats and media, and we’re looking for a hard-working, multi-skilled and savvy journalist to help us experiment and expand our operation.

Working primarily with the UK politics and society team but also covering economics and world affairs, the editorial assistant’s main role will be to produce panel-style articles, gathering and compiling quotes from academic experts in response to breaking news stories, as well as helping commissioning editors to complete other articles ready for publication. Other duties will include working with the audience team to promote the work of The Conversation to external contacts, and helping collect and analyse data to assist with managing the homepage and production of newsletters.

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, thrive under pressure and be ready to try their hand at new tasks. They’ll follow the news compulsively but also be able to step back to see the bigger picture. They’ll be full of ideas, with excellent people skills and a commitment to informative, impartial journalism over campaigning and polemic. Excellent command of the English language is essential, but formal journalism training is less important than self-motivation, initiative and an ability to learn quickly from feedback.

The closing date is 5th October but we’ll be reviewing applications so earlier is better. Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Part-time, three days a week
£16.8k-£19.2k (£28k-£32k pro rata)
Hybrid, based in London office 2 days a week