The Garden Communication & Media Company Ltd is the UK gardening industry’s most useful media publisher with the industry leading monthly Garden Trade News, the weekly e-newsletter GTN Xtra, the weekly subscription service GTN Bestsellers and Garden Radio that plays in 100 garden centres across the country.
Due to retirement we now need to find a new editor. This is a unique opportunity that gets right to the heart of UK garden centre retailing so we need a talented writer who understands the needs of garden centre owners, managers and department leaders.
Based in our offices just outside Peterborough, the successful applicant will run both the print and digital versions of GTN and manage the editorial content of Garden Radio. Print layout and design abilities, using Quark Express will be required and an ability to work closely with our commercial advertising sales team will be essential.
You will be expected to:
Write for a horticulturally based business to business readership.
Develop and maintain relationships with manufacturers and PR agencies.
Understand digital media.
Have a basic knowledge of magazine production (e.g. flat plans).
Be adaptable to changes in workload and pagination.
Have a working knowledge of Quark Express.
A competitive salary will be paid depending on the level of experience.
