Content Editor, FT Live – Financial Times (London)
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The Role / Position Overview
Financial Times Live (FT Live) is the conferences and events division of the Financial Times newspaper and its group publications. Our mission is to bring our global executive audiences the very latest in knowledge and opinion, and connect them to one another.
Chaired by senior FT journalists, the 200-plus core events, strategic forums and digital webinars organised by FT Live every year gather pre-eminent public and private sector decision-makers, innovators and strategists from the world’s most important economies and industries for agenda-setting debates that cover the key issues of our time.
From unique experiences such as the FTWeekend Festival to our senior-level business summits such as the award- winning Future of the Car and Global Boardroom, FT Live has become one of the FT Group’s most successful and fastest-growing divisions, and is at the forefront of the FT’s accelerated development as a crucial, interactive information source across numerous platforms.
THE ROLE
As an exceptional Content Editor based in London, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to producing innovative, high-quality forum event programmes. This is an outstanding opportunity to work with a world-class news organisation and contribute to the success of our digital, hybrid, and in-person events. Your role will involve:
- Researching, writing, and producing core and strategic event programmes.
- Inviting and confirming speakers for events.
- Developing editorial proposals for sponsorship sales packs and pitches.
- Conducting due diligence and assisting in the development of new ideas for global multi-sponsored events.
- Liaising with FT journalists, the sponsorship department, project management, marketing, and social media teams to ensure the flawless execution of events.
- Managing additional content related to pre- and post-event engagement, including live streaming and social media output.
- Assisting with any other post-event content, such as thank you emails to speakers and event summaries.
KEY SKILLS
To succeed in this role, you should possess the following skills and experience:
- Established track record of successfully initiating and implementing new events, and improving existing ones.
- Experience working on B2B events.
- Ability to work within a large, dynamic, and fast-paced international business.
- Strong client focus, with the capability to build robust relationships with external customers.
- Outstanding project management, organisational, and analytical skills.
What’s in it for you?
Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices, these include: generous annual leave allowances, medical cover, enhanced and inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits can be found here.
We have adopted a hybrid working model and promote flexible working, including remote options. We will support specific flexibility requests for all roles where they can be implemented.
Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please send an email to talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.
