The Assistant Editor will play a central role in shaping SCO’s editorial output. They will identify and track cases that have the potential to influence the development of law or significantly impact the public. They will commission pieces, collaborate with staff writers and contributors on pitches, and oversee reporting—from editing and copy-editing to fact-checking.

The Assistant Editor will ideate with writers to develop new stories and areas of research, while also writing and editing daily hearing reports, case summaries, and explainers on judgments. They will edit in-depth analytical pieces, judge profiles, video scripts, and other daily outputs from the team.

Working with the Social Media Editor, the Assistant Editor will also contribute to developing and implementing SCO’s communications strategy across digital platforms. The Assistant Editor will further support SCO’s outreach initiatives, including workshops, seminars, conferences, and other events.

The Social Media Editor will create a clear and unique social media voice for SCO. They will develop strategies to build an engaging and interactive social media presence. This includes planning, editing, and scheduling content for platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Spotify and others, while also working with the editorial team to create exclusive content for these channels. The editor will also write and edit newsletters, ensuring they are delivered on time. They will edit multimedia reports and photographs, and design templates for social media posts.

The Social Media Editor will also track analytics and study the impact of social media dissemination on a monthly basis and develop strategies based on the readings. They will also engage with users or members. Working with the editorial team, the Social Media Editor will develop and execute strategies to increase website readership, boost social media and newsletter engagement, and grow the subscriber base using both new and older content. Additionally, the editor will design visuals and infographics to accompany articles and reports published by the SCO team and engage with comments and feedback from readers and subscribers.

They will also coordinate video and podcast recordings, edit videos and where applicable, coordinate with external video editors and other vendors.

Our full-time in-person internship programme gives recent graduates and students the opportunity to get hands-on experience in legal research and journalism and conducting logistical and administrative tasks. The programme is designed to provide interns with opportunities for learning and developing their skills in writing, research, and reportage.

The intern will assist in the production of content for the website and in collecting and processing data on the Court. Interns will also be required to assist with social media dissemination, administrative work as well.