FT Weekend Magazine seeks a deputy editor

FT Weekend Magazine is seeking an exceptional editor to work on some of the FT’s highest-profile journalism. This is a key position in a busy department, requiring an editor with strong storytelling abilities and a sharp eye for memorable, provocative and revelatory stories. We are looking for a senior journalist with a record of assigning long-form pieces readers talk about, share and remember for years in the future.

The deputy editor will, on occasion, stand in for the editor and run the magazine. They are the publication’s chief operating officer, so the ideal candidate has significant management experience as well as the ability to spot potential and to preempt problems.

The deputy also liaises with many other departments within the FT and must understand when to deploy tact, charm and, occasionally, pressure to achieve the magazine’s ambitious goals.

Key duties:

• Ensure smooth operation of the magazine’s editorial production
• Ensure the magazine’s pipeline of ambitious journalism never runs dry
• Commission and edit long-form features for the weekly magazine
• Find, develop and mentor new talent from inside and outside the FT
• Stand in for the editor when necessary

We are looking for:

• Significant experience as an editor, preferably including editing magazine features, narrative long-form, reportage, investigations, criticism and/or literary nonfiction
• Experience coaching writers through all stages of the reporting and writing process, including securing access and working through multiple rounds of drafts
• Demonstrated talent and organisational management ability
• An ideas machine, who generates sophisticated, imaginative and delightful coverage
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines & work under time pressure

The ideal candidate will be creative, well-organised and love working on a highly collaborative team. While print magazine experience is desirable, we welcome candidates from other backgrounds who have demonstrated ability in long-form journalism.

Please submit your application by the end of the day, 1st June 2023.