Horticultural Sub Editor

Immediate

Horticultural Sub Editor overseeing fact-checking for Gardeners' World content across print, digital, and broadcast media. Collaborating with teams to ensure horticultural accuracy and publication readiness.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £40,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Sub-edit editorial content across all media (print, web, newsletters and social), ensuring it is:
Horticulturally accurate and suitable for the home gardener, with correct botanical and common plant names in line with current naming conventions
Grammatically, factually and legally correct
Consistent with the GW house style and tone of voice
Ready for publication in line with platform-specific needs, including headlines, metadata and accessibility standards (such as alt text) for digital content
Sub-edit marketing and commercial content with the same degree of accuracy
Work on files in InDesign and the gardenersworld.com CMS, using Monday.com to record and track the progress of your work
Check audio and visual content for horticultural accuracy as required
Assist with technical horticultural queries from the GW team as needed
Help maintain and develop the GW horticultural style guide and terminology
Complete work to deadlines set by the Head of Multimedia Operations
Champion the value of high-quality subbing and horticultural accuracy across the brand team, helping reduce recurring errors at source
Comply with BBC Editorial Guidelines and BBC Magazines Commercial Guidelines

Requirements

What you’ll need

Horticultural qualification, or equivalent demonstrable expertise
Proven experience of sub-editing editorial content across multiple platforms
Proven experience of bringing print pages to completion in InDesign
Experience of using a CMS to sub-edit digital and newsletter content
Familiarity with workflow tools such as Monday.com
Excellent attention to detail in all you do
Experience of juggling multiple deadlines and workflows
Good working knowledge of media and defamation law

Benefits

Comp & perks

A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
Supportive well-being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions
25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
Tailored training and development through both our inhouse learning platform and LinkedIn Learning
A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development
Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
Cycle to work scheme
Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

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Hard Skills & Tools

sub-editinghorticultural accuracyInDesignCMSmetadataaccessibility standardsfact-checkingattention to detailmedia lawdefamation law

Soft Skills

organizational skillstime managementcommunicationteam collaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

horticultural qualification