Senior sub-editor

Join our Creative Studio as a Senior sub-editor, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping high-quality content across multiple channels, demonstrating editorial excellence and supporting the development of a talented sub-editing team.

About the Role

As a senior sub-editor, you will be responsible for ensuring all content meets the highest standards of accuracy, consistency and brand alignment across a diverse range of marketing and editorial channels. Working closely with content, creative and editorial stakeholders, you will oversee the sub-editing process, manage priorities in a fast-paced environment and help drive best practice across the wider business. In addition to hands-on sub-editing responsibilities, you will provide leadership, mentorship and operational support to the wider sub-editing function.

Key responsibilities:

• Sub-edit and proofread content across print, digital, social, email, video, packaging and internal communications channels, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Write and refine headlines, standfirsts and captions that enhance content engagement and clarity.
• Oversee editorial quality control, including fact-checking, grammatical accuracy and final proofing for publication.
• Support the management of workload across the sub-editing team, including task allocation, freelance resource planning and deadline management.
• Mentor and line-manage team members while identifying opportunities to improve workflows and expand the impact of the sub-editing function.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs.

Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

About You

You will be a highly organised editorial professional with a meticulous eye for detail and a passion for delivering exceptional content. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining outstanding standards of accuracy and quality. You will be comfortable collaborating with a range of stakeholders, providing clear guidance and constructive feedback to colleagues across the content function. As a natural leader, you will enjoy developing others, driving continuous improvement and helping teams perform at their best. You will also bring strong editorial judgement and the confidence to make informed decisions that protect and enhance the brand.

You’ll also have:

• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe InDesign and strong experience working with content management systems (CMS).
• Excellent grammar, proofreading and fact-checking skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to work both independently and collaboratively under pressure.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. 

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply. 

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.