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Magazine Editor – Games

Our Client is a leading magazine publisher with offices over the UK. They are looking for a games editor to join their team in the South West. In this high profile role you will organise the production of the various console game reviews for the magazine. The position represents an excellent step for an applicant with tireless ambition and a desire to create accurate, entertaining and surprising pages.

Responsibilities:

• To write news and preview articles and features when required
• To maintain accuracy and magazine style throughout the reviews section
• Manage a large freelance pool and make sure work is up to standard
• To be first point of contact and represent the magazine to the games industry
• To keep up to date with events and releases in the industry
• Participate in the planning and research of other features and parts of the magazine

Essential Skills and Competencies
• Excellent journalistic skills
• Stand-out review writing
• Solid rewriting skills
• Good magazine craft
• Ability to find new writers

Essential Knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of the games industry and an enormous contacts book
• Libel and copyright law
• Magazine craft

Essential Work Experience
• Experience as a staff writer or previous section editing experience
• Experience of arranging exclusives

If you are hungry for a new challenge and would like to apply for this position and be part of an energetic team, please send your CV to neil@probegames.com

TNR/MAG/ED

Date Posted

Fri 12 Aug 2005

Job Type

Permanent

Job Status

Full-Time

Job Reference

TNR/MAG/ED

Location

United Kingdom, South West

Salary

15000

Salary Info

£15000 - £18000 per annum

Start Date

ASAP

Duration

N/A

Skills

journalism, rewriting, magazine craft

Company Name

Probe Games

Contact Name

Neil Rushton

Contact Telephone

020 7745 7286

Contact Fax

020 7745 7220

Company Address

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