# Assistant Editor - EdinburghLive

Do you want to play a pivotal role in the news coverage for Scotland’s capital city? Do you have a wealth of digital news experience and passion for local journalism? Then you may be our new Assistant Editor. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced journalist to edit and report in a fast-paced live news environment of EdinburghLive. This unique role involves subbing news and features across the site, handling copy produced in-house and externally, and writing original material to tight deadlines. We’re looking for fresh ideas and new perspectives from people from a wide range of backgrounds, and we want you to tell us the stories you believe are important from our many communities so we can continue to diversify our content. About us Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day. We're home to more than 120 brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, DailyStar and Daily Record, to local titles like MyLondon, BelfastLive, and the Manchester Eveni

- **Id**: 4069842
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/reach-assistant-editor-edinburghlive>
- **Role**: Communications
- **Role family**: Communications
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T09:11:44Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:03:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6483
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Car lease, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Publishing, Digital Media

## Company

- **Id**: 686298
- **Name**: Reach
- **Domain**: reachplc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/reachplc>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T13:03:01Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T15:52:30Z

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