Job Title: Sports chief sub-editor
Department: Editorial
Responsible to: Sports Editor


Main Objectives:

* To layout and sub-edit sports pages for the Echo and the Daily Gazette, plus weekly sports pages as required.
* To deputise for the sports editor when necessary.
* To write material for the Echo's sports pages when required, primarily Essex County Cricket Club copy.

Job Requirements:

 * The jobholder will be expected to liaise with the sports editor, sports desk colleagues and production department to ensure the smooth flow of daily title pages.
* The jobholder will be expected to deputise for the sports editor when necessary, attending the daily editorial conference, planning coverage, booking photographers, liaising with the newsdesk etc.
* He/She will handle contributed material as required, including detailed results and tables, and write other copy as required.
* The jobholder will also carry out other duties as required, including working on weekly paper sports pages as required.
* He/She is expected to have a professional and flexible approach to his/her work.

Key areas in addition to those outlined in the job description:

* The Echo publishes three daily editions and aims to provide comprehensive coverage of sport in south Essex. The sports desk also subs pages for the Echo's sister publications the Daily Gazette, the Thurrock Gazette and the Basildon Recorder.

 

 

This job description summarises the main aspect of the job, but it does not cover all the duties that the jobholder may be required to perform. Therefore, the job description is a minimum standard. It is not a statement of all that the job does or may entail. It is not intended to restrict the scope of the job but clearly to define its starting point.

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