The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) is a professional membership organisation and registered charity, governed by a Royal Charter. With more than 150 years of history, we bring together a diverse global community working across the materials, minerals and mining sectors.
We connect disciplines through 22 Technical Communities and support clear pathways to professional registration, including chartership. Our members benefit from expert-led content, mentoring and a collaborative professional network. As a leading voice for sustainability and circularity across the materials cycle, we support our community to make a lasting impact, within their field and beyond. IOM3 is a professional home for materials, minerals and mining.
Reporting to the Magazine Group Editor, the Staff Writer will fulfil a key and varied role in the editorial team working on Materials World magazine and digital content. They will produce news pages in each print issue and contribute to the daily rota of digital news.
The post holder will also take responsibility for regular magazine sections, such as the events listings and books pages.
They will be expected to support the News Editor working on the Professional Development section of the magazine, maintaining our social media presence across X, Instagram and LinkedIn, as well as uploading magazine content to the website following print production.
The post holder will also contribute to pitching and developing profile pieces, event reports and other long form articles as required. Attendance at events and site visits for reporting are key features of the role.
There may also be an opportunity to contribute ideas for and support the production of podcasts.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Responsibility for certain regular sections of the magazine, including Events Listings and Books.
- Proactively search for stories and leads.
- Source and write incisive news stories, longer special reports, profile pieces and other long-form articles as required.
- Source high-quality images and liaise with the design team to generate visually appealing pages.
- Take responsibility for allocated pages through to the print production process.
- Proofread copy and check layouts for all magazine content, in print and online, alongside the rest of the team.
- Work closely with the News Editor to develop ideas for news and plan balanced content.
- Maintain the standard of content and meet editorial and production deadlines.
- Support the maintenance of the magazine's social media channels and upload content to the website as required.
- Participate in a weekly rota for digital news coverage.
- Administer the process for the book reviews pages.
- Attend events and represent the organisation, cultivating a network of contacts across industry and academia.
- Cover for team members when needed and assist with future projects undertaken by the editorial team.
Person specification
The ideal candidate will be a confident, accurate journalist with an interest in science and materials, comfortable working to tight production deadlines.
- Experience working as a journalist — essential
- Confidence working with scientific material and an interest in science journalism and the topics we cover — essential
- Proven ability to write incisive, well-structured news and news features within a print magazine and/or online communications environment — essential
- A well-developed capability for interviews and reporting — essential
- Excellent command of the English language and grammar — essential
- Able to develop content and generate new story ideas — essential
- High attention to detail, strong proofreading and sub-editing skills — essential
- Ability to work to multiple tight deadlines, with accuracy under pressure — essential
- Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills — essential
- Commitment to precision and high standards in the production of allocated pages — essential
- Self-starter, enthusiastic and able to work on own initiative and as part of a small team — essential
- Flexible approach to working to meet production cycle needs — essential
- Experience of InDesign for sub-editing — essential
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office — essential
- Good proficiency with social media platforms — essential
For more information or to apply, please contact Collette Marriott at collette.marriott@iom3.org by 4 September, 23.59 BST.
IOM3 offers an excellent package, including life assurance and generous holiday entitlement, flexible working and much more.
Don't meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of colour and those who are disabled (physical, invisible or neurodivergent conditions) are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. IOM3 is a forward-looking, diverse and inclusive Institute, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the role description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Should you need reasonable adjustments, please do not hesitate to contact us to make suitable arrangements.