Editor – Yorkshire & North East

Location: Yorkshire (with regular travel across Yorkshire and the North East)
Salary: £40,000
Contract: Full-time, permanent

This is your chance to lead two titles at the UK’s leading specialist business media publisher.

Shape editorial, chair events and represent the business as the ‘face of Place’ in the busy development markets of Yorkshire and the North East of England.

As Editor, you’ll shape the daily news agenda, build relationships with the industry’s key decision-makers, host conferences, and represent Place at networking events. You’ll be just as comfortable breaking exclusive stories as you are chairing panel discussions in front of a live audience.

If you’re an ambitious editor looking for a high-profile role with genuine influence, we’d love to hear from you.

About Place Media Group

Place Media Group is the UK’s leading specialist business media publisher for the built environment.

Founded with the launch of Place North West in 2007, we have grown to include Place Yorkshire, Place North East, and Place Midlands, creating a trusted network of regional publications serving the UK’s property industry.

Our audiences rely on us for quality journalism, market intelligence and industry insight. Alongside daily news coverage, we deliver a programme of conferences, networking events and podcasts that bring together the people shaping our cities and regions.

Today, Place Yorkshire attracts more than 300,000 unique monthly readers, while Place North East reaches more than 55,000, with both audiences continuing to grow.

As an employee-owned business, we’re passionate about creating an environment where talented people can thrive, develop and make a real impact.

About the role

You’ll take ownership of the editorial strategy across Yorkshire and the North East, ensuring our journalism remains authoritative, insightful and relevant.

Working closely with colleagues across editorial, events, commercial and production, you’ll help shape both our editorial output and our growing events programme.

This is a varied role that combines journalism, networking, event hosting and commercial awareness.

Key responsibilities

Editorial

• Lead the editorial agenda across Place Yorkshire and Place North East.
• Act as the primary editorial contact for both publications.
• Write original news stories, interviews, and special reports.
• Build and maintain relationships with key figures across the property and development sectors.
• Identify emerging trends and ensure Place remains ahead of the news agenda.
• Commission longer reads and features.
• Ensure timely publication of stories on website and newsletter.
• Stay close to the audience: build and maintain contacts in the business community, monitor market trends and readers’ needs.
• Maintain consistent style and tone.
• Work with the production team to create podcasts, videos and other multimedia content.
• Support the continued growth and positioning of the Place brand through high-quality journalism and thought leadership.
• Maintain an active and professional presence across social media.

Events

Working alongside our Events team, you will help deliver a market-leading programme of conferences and networking events by:

• Hold planning meetings with clients.
• Define content themes and title
• Help inform event calendar for year ahead
• Advise on speakers to source the best lineup
• Briefing speakers ahead of events.
• Chairing conferences and panel discussions on the day
• Coordinate coverage
• Attend overseas and UK events as required
• Attend networking events out of office hours

Collaboration & management

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across editorial, commercial, events and production.
• Contribute ideas that support audience growth and commercial success.
• Monitor developments across the media and property sectors to identify new opportunities.
• Support the business in maintaining the high standards and profitability of our publications and events.

About you

We’re looking for someone who combines excellent journalistic instincts with great communication and networking skills.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience as a senior journalist or editor within a trade publication, regional newspaper or business media title.
• A proven ability to source exclusive stories and build trusted industry relationships.
• Confidence chairing events and speaking in front of live audiences.
• Excellent writing, editing and interviewing skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative, proactive and commercially aware approach.
• Property or built environment knowledge is advantageous, but not essential.

The package and benefits

• £40,000 salary per annum
• 23 days holiday per year, plus Christmas week off and bank holidays
• Travel to work subsidy up to £1,000 a year
• Mobile phone paid for up to £60 a month
• Company matching pension scheme
• Remote working
• Continuous professional training and support in your role.
• Employee-owned business – benefit from influence in the business’s direction and income tax-free bonuses depending on the company’s performance. Note that employee-ownership does not require any financial contribution from you

Working hours are 8/8.30 – 4/4.30, Monday to Friday, with additional hours required as necessary for events..

Apply

If you’re passionate about journalism, enjoy building relationships and want to influence the conversation around property and development across Yorkshire and the North East, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply or find out more, please contact:

Paul Unger
07966 535 262
[email protected]