Food Assistant

Job Description:

About us

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, businesses and society. Established in June 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu's Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer end-to-end solutions to clients globally.

About the role

Supporting the Food Editor and Deputy Food Editor in creating and developing recipe content for Waitrose Food magazine. Brings knowledge of seasonality, recipe writing and testing, and the latest food/drink trends. Able to write about food and food related matter in an engaging and interesting fashion.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting in planning the food/cookery content of each issue.

• Coming up with inspiring ideas and themes for each issue, and keeping the food content fresh and relevant to the magazine's readership.

• Helping maintain the test kitchen (Ensuring it is tidy and the laundry is done regularly) and helping to ensure all recipe content is triple-tested and works.

• Recipe creation.

• Editing recipe copy into house-style.

• Approaching chefs/food writers or their agents. (You will have a good idea of which chefs and food writers would be interesting to the Waitrose Food reader.)

• Regular liaison with the art desk and attendance at shoots to oversee styling etc where appropriate

• Ensure all tested recipes are sent to Waitrose head office for nutritional or food safety analysis.

• Deal with reader queries regarding recipes, responding to letters, emails and phone calls where needed.

• Processing invoices (and chasing where appropriate) and ensuring that the cost-log is completed accurately and on time each month

• Attendance at regular planning meetings and/or marketing briefings at Dentsu Creative or at Bracknell (or elsewhere).

• Keeping recipe index updated each month on the magazine server

A few of the benefits

• Whether it's the joy of working with people at the top of their game or our vibrant and collaborative team energy, people love working here - and we hope you will too!

• Career development through LinkedIn Learning and other tools; with access to training, certifications and mentorship.

• Private Medical Insurance, Company Pension, life insurance and other corporate benefits

• In addition to the 25 days annual leave (full time employees), you are also able to take an additional day's leave for your birthday, up to three to focus on your wellbeing and two days to volunteer in your community.

• Access to lifestyle benefits and schemes such as Cycle to work, Season Ticket loan, GymFlex, Tastecard, Retail discounts and many more.

Diversity and Inclusion

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

To Apply

To apply for this role, please click the apply now button where you will be redirected to our careers site to complete a few further details.

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process please engage directly with your Recruiter.

Location:
London

Brand:
Dentsu Creative

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent]]>