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Managing Editor, Europe and Licensed Editions

Job Title: Managing Editor, Europe and Licensed Editions   

 

Job Description:  
 

We seek a dedicated and detail-oriented Managing Editor for Europe and International Editions to join our growing media company.  

 

Reporting to the Executive Editor, Europe, this role is crucial for maintaining the integrity and consistency of our brand across licensed editions, including print, digital formats, and conferences. Based in our London bureau, the ideal candidate will work closely with the European editorial team and international licensees to ensure content aligns with our core brand values and editorial mission while adapting our mission to reach a local language audience.  

  

Responsibilities:  
 

  • Oversee the onboarding of new licensees, ensuring a smooth integration into our brand and editorial mission.  
  • Approve and assist in the recruitment and selection of key editorial staff at Licensees 
  • Conducted comprehensive training for London-based and international licensee editorial teams, emphasizing editorial standards and practices aligned with Fortune’s global brand and mission. Training will include collaborating with Fortune’s editorial teams (news, features, photos, design, social, etc.) and then conducting one-on-one training with the licensee editorial team. 
  • Manage and monitor the roster of freelance writers across Europe, including contracting and payment schedules 
  • Review pre-launch versions of licensed products, providing detailed feedback to guarantee alignment with our global brand identity.  
  • Offer ongoing support and guidance to licensee editorial teams, ensuring readiness for successful launches and throughout the term.  
  • Address and rectify any deviations from brand guidelines to align local editions with our global practices.  
  • Curate leading content from licensee editions for potential publication in English on Fortune.com and the print magazine 

Qualifications:  

  • Proven experience in editorial roles within international media, with experience in managing licensed editions in translation 
  • Awareness of international media law and latest industry practices in international markets 
  • Strong understanding of brand consistency and editorial guidelines.  
  • Excellent communication and training skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse cultures.  
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a keen attention to detail.  
  • Experience in digital and print media is essential.  

This role offers the opportunity to work with various international partners and play a key role in the global expansion of our renowned media brand. If you are passionate about editorial excellence and brand integrity across borders, we would love to hear from you.  

 

Requirements 

  • The role requires being in our London City-based office at least four days per week. 
  • Lean, fast-paced, collaborative work environment focusing on delivering high-quality results.  
  • Be work authorized in the UK. 

 

 

 

 

 

About Fortune: 
At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better. We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency. 
The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion. 
 
 
Fortune Media is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling. Fortune’s mission is to drive the conversation about business.  With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow.  With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, Fortune lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better.  Our values inform our mission.  We believe that business can be a powerful platform for good, and we are committed to holding it to that standard.
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