Job Description

The role

We are looking to hire a Junior Sub Editor to join our Subbing team team in Singapore or S\xc3\xa3o Paulo.

Working at WGSN
Together, we create tomorrow

A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We\'re a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.

WGSN\'s trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.

Role overview

The Junior Sub-Editor assists the Sub-Editors in enforcing the quality control of all WGSN content.

We are looking for someone keen to make an impact on content for the world\xe2\x80\x99s most respected trend forecaster, WGSN. The individual in this role will need to work closely with multiple global teams, showing excellence in collaboration and supporting the content team across all areas. You will champion sustainability, diversity and inclusivity across all our content.

The team

The Subbing team is collaborative, methodical, approachable and hard-working. The members of our team are currently based in the UK and the USA.

Key accountabilities

Sub-edit content to a high standard to prepare it for publication

Responsible for ensuring the correct grammar, spelling, house style and tone of voice across WGSN\xe2\x80\x99s digital, print and advisory products

Work with different parts of the business, including content, product, marketing and WGSN\xe2\x80\x99s advisory business, Mindset

Regularly check the production flow and communicate with editors, consultants, the picture desk and the design team when necessary

Comply with content standards at WGSN, with a visible measure of success

Support launches of new products, including repurposing and migrating of existing content

Contribute to Subbing feedback for consultants, editors and analysts on how to produce exceptional content

Checks captions and credits for images, ensuring images are correctly credited in house style and for copyright

Checks subtitles for video content on Youtube, Vimeo and social media

Regularly checks the homepage and any live content to check if there are spelling/grammar/factual errors

Help cover for the Senior Sub Editors when required, with email fielding, workflow queries and other ad hoc tasks

Assists in the layout of reports

Checks content for the Insider blog

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Skills, experience & qualifications required

Excellent spelling and grammar skills

Thorough fact-checking abilities

Sub-editing experience

Competence with digital systems (CMS etc)

Experience of digital publishing for a global audience

Strong understanding of project delivery and delivering to briefs

Excellent working knowledge of Google Workspace, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, WordPress, Adobe and CMS platforms

Highly organised, able to prioritise and able to deliver multiple complex projects at one time

Excellent at internal relationship building

Highly skilled in communication, both verbal and written

English as first language/fluency

More about WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting.

We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow\xe2\x80\x99s consumer.

Our Values

We Are Everywhere

The future is everything, it happens everywhere. WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.

We Are Future Focused

We utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts. Everything we do is focused on working with our customers to create a successful and positive tomorrow.

We Are Rigorous

We source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts. To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.

Our culture

An inclusive culture is one of our key priorities. We want our people to truly be themselves and thrive. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas, different strengths and perspectives & reflect the global audience we work with.

Inclusive workforce

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

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