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Thomas Stone



1 Magazine Editor

National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS)£23,774 - £27,775 pa pro rata (28 hours per week)PermanentPart TimeLondon

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is the national charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people. Would you like to make a positive difference to the lives of deaf children and their families through the truly inspiring human-interest NDCS Magazine? Do you have a flair for copywriting, editing and working with designers? If so then NDCS would like to hear from you.With the full support of our teams of staff experts, you will be responsible for planning, writing and editing copy for the magazine, our regular email newsletter and annual membership handbooks. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and will enjoy managing multiple priorities. You will also have substantial experience of copywriting, proofreading, editing and working with graphic designers.If you would like to play a key part in the way NDCS informs and inspires families of deaf children, then please get in touch.For an application pack please ring our recruitment line on 020 7253 9006 or 020 7490 8656 (textphone). Alternatively you can download an application pack by visiting our website at www.ndcs.org.uk or fax 020 7251 5020 or email recruitment@ndcs.org.ukThe closing date for this post is 5pm Monday 12 October 2009. We expect interviews to take place on Monday 26 October 2009.NDCS is aiming to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to promoting work life balance amongst its staff.Registered Charity Number: 1016532.









2 Deputy Art Editor

Job Overview
The main purpose of the Deputy Art Editor’s job is to support the Art Editor with the organisation, design, administration and production of a ‘best in class’ magazine, in line with publishing strategy within the allotted time and budget.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Typography, Photography, illustration and graphic design quality of attributed sections and pages.The Deputy Art Editor is responsible for the design, quality, look and feel of attributed sections and design-related material of their magazine as directed by the Art Editor. Typically, this may constitute 60-70% of their magazines including ancillary work such as associated supplements, cover mounts, subscription pages, inserts, promotions and internal/external media.
Deputize for the Art Editor is his/her absence
Administration of editorial systems and design-related business
IdeasContribute ideas for design improvement and develop them with your Art Editor.
Self-development.Establish a development plan with your Art Editor with a view to progress to become an Art Editor.
Industry awarenessDevelop an appreciation and knowledge of contemporary magazine design
Expectations
· Brand awareness
· Creativity
· Professionalism
· Commitment
· Commercialism
· Competitiveness
· Positivity
· Newsstand & industry awareness
· Accuracy, quality & consistency
· Ambition
· Punctuality

Special Requirements for this role (e.g. overseas travel, out of hours working, driving licence required)



3 Feature Writer

Recruiter Foxtons
Location West London, London
Salary £26,000 per annum
Sector Media, Digital & Creative - Editorial
Job Type Permanent
Date 26 Sep
Applications 80
Job ref no 18279741
Foxtons, London’s leading estate agent, has a fantastic opportunity for a professional and accomplished Feature Writer to join our thriving in-house editorial team responsible for producing Foxtons Area Magazine, a unique and stylish local property publication distributed monthly in 24 editions.
As a Feature Writer you will combine your research and copywriting skills to create a variety of features for Foxtons’ magazine, which showcases exclusive homes in London and Surrey alongside local news, property-related editorial content, interiors highlights and other features.
This is a busy and demanding role in which your ability to manage several projects at a time and respond to tight deadlines will be put to regular use. As well as interviewing local Sales and Lettings Managers for their monthly property recommendations you will use further research as a source for contributing compelling news, reviews and lifestyle features for the magazine.
Skills Required:Experience of feature writingProperty or financial journalism beneficial but not essentialWorking knowledge of Quark XpressStrong written English, including ability to proofreadExcellent time management skillsStrong communication and presentation skills
We Offer:Salary £26kAn intensive ongoing training programmeGenuine opportunities for career progression

Job roles in magazine industry

Job roles in the magazine industry
Thomas Stone

Photo editor

· A photo editor works closely with the editor and editor in chief so that when they edit the pictures they change them to exactly what the editors want them to look like for the specific articles.
· Photo editors also oversee the photography that appears in a magazine. They also decide what photographer to hire for what type of shoot they want for that particular article.
· Photo editors very rarely take pictures for their magazines, instead photo editor’s work with the editors to decide what the photos will be and how they will complement the text.
· Even though most photo editors don’t take the pictures they still need to know a lot about photography itself and have many contacts in that industry.

Photographer

· Many photographers are freelance, meaning they work for themselves and go from job to job with different companies. They work on one project then move onto the next project. Or could even work on multiple projects at once.
· They get given an artist, model etc to work with for the magazine/newspaper article and try to get the best out of the person they are working with.
· They would get paid for the a days work instead of how many magazines are sold, so it’s better for photographers to work with various magazines at once to get the best money.

Editor in chief
· An editor in chief is a publication's primary editor, having the final say and responsibility for the majority of the operations.
· The editor in chief has many roles in the magazine industry. These include proofreading all the articles and they also design the layout of the magazine/newspaper. Furthermore, they decide what stories are put in the issue and what writer does them.
· Other things that the editor in chief does are to supervise the employees, and to encourage the salespeople to sell more adverts. However, many editors-in-chief take an entire page of space to introduce the issue. So the readers of the magazine know what the issue will be about and what the editor wants the reader to get out of the magazine.

Ideas for what to go into the magazine

Ideas for college magazine
Thomas Stone

Themes/Styles

· I think for the theme it should be done where everything on each section is about the in season activities. For example, the fashion pages have ideas for the nearest season. Sport pages give information about the in season sports. Music pages will have the perfect play lists for that season e.g. for Christmas, summer etc. Movie pages review the films that have just come out.
· The notion of having everything in season would make the magazine flow even though there are lots of different parts to the magazine to attract different audiences. However, if everything is up to date people will want to read it because they will think they are getting something before everybody else and more people will want to read it.


Things to go in it
Different sections;

· Things going on around college.
· Local things happening in Suffolk. Different events like, sport, music and clubs etc.
· An interactive page with students saying what they think of the new building and what things could be improved or changed.
· Sport section, both professionally and college results/fixtures/leagues.
· Fashion- The in season things to be worn.
· Music- Latest artists, albums coming out. Local and national.
· Films/DVD’s- Reviews.
· Whole pages of photographs in between articles.

What I’m doing for issue one

· I have the role of photo editor in issue one. This means I will have edit any photographs that the photographers give me to go into the final magazine.
· I have also chosen to do a sport section for the magazine called “Sport Zone”
· This will include;
o Pictures of the games/training.
o Upcoming fixtures and results for the college teams
o League tables.
o Interview with a couple of the players, asking about the course they do and the sport they represent the college in.
o Match reports of the games.

Logo ideas

Layout Ideas