Editor (JR102585)

At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do. We’re proud that our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our exhibitions and conferences.

If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity:

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Editor to join EnergyNet/ENN’s portfolio. The successful candidate will lead the editorial direction and daily delivery of the Energy News Network, working closely with the Marketing Director to establish it as a trusted, independent voice across Africa’s energy sector. They will drive high-quality content that elevates industry perspectives, supports flagship summits, and grows engagement across digital channels.

About EnergyNet

EnergyNet is an award-winning producer of investment conferences and digital dialogues focused on Africa and Latin America’s energy sectors. Best known for the Africa Energy Forum, EnergyNet brings together governments, investors, developers, and utilities to drive investment, policy dialogue, and project delivery across the energy value chain.

EnergyNet owns and operates the Energy News Network (ENN), its independent editorial platform. ENN provides year-round news, analysis, and interviews that extend the impact of EnergyNet’s summits beyond the event stages supporting speakers, partners, and sponsors while keeping industry conversations active before, during, and after each event.

The Candidate:

Attitude, credibility, ambition - The successful candidate will be a commercially aware editorial leader with a strong instinct for storytelling and a clear interest in Africa’s energy transition. They will combine journalistic integrity with strategic thinking, understanding how content, events, and digital platforms work together to engage decision-makers and support commercial outcomes. This is a fast-paced role that demands ownership, resilience, and a starter-finisher mindset, with the ambition to build and grow a credible, influential industry media platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Owning and delivering the editorial calendar across priority energy themes, aligned with industry developments and flagship summits.
• Leading the planning and delivery of high-quality editorial content including interviews, analysis, reports, and post-event coverage.
• Building and managing editorial partnerships with industry leaders, analysts, and media partners to ensure credible, consistent content delivery.
• Coordinating senior-level interviews and thought leadership with policymakers, executives, and speakers.
• Working closely with Marketing and Campaign teams to amplify summit visibility through strategic content across digital channels.
• Overseeing newsletters, podcasts, webinars, and sponsored content in line with commercial and editorial objectives.
• Ensuring editorial standards, tone, and quality across all outputs, from commissioning through to publication.
• Assisting with the PR activity relating to the conference portfolio, researching material for press releases, building relationships with relevant press and partners.
• Working with key media & association partners to secure valuable external publications.

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

• Established editorial experience within journalism, energy, infrastructure, or policy-driven media, with a proven track record of delivering credible, independent content for senior decision-makers.
• Energy sector experience is desirable, with a strong understanding of Africa’s energy landscape (or the demonstrated ability to rapidly build deep subject-matter expertise).
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with experience producing interviews, analysis, reports, and event-aligned coverage to a high editorial standard.
• Confident senior-level stakeholder partnership management, comfortable working with ministers, CEOs, investors, analysts, and policymakers, while coordinating contributors, partners, and internal teams.
• Strong digital capability across newsletters, podcasts, webinars, and CMS platforms for publishing, with the ability to align editorial output with marketing, events, and commercial objectives.
• Resilient, motivated and a starter/finisher, with keen eye for detail are essential.
• Highly organised with excellent time management skills.
• Mature and reliable – a team player.
• Easily adaptable to changing markets and situations.
• Enthusiastic and confident with a problem-solving approach to tasks.
• Positive attitude and passion for delivering results-driven campaigns.
• Creative and imaginative.
• Commercially minded and motivated to succeed.
• The ability to articulate and be naturally persuasive.
• Diligent and thorough approach to projects.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent communicator - great verbal and written communications skills that can translate complex data/technology in a simple way to a range of stakeholders.
• Must be flexible to travel when needed. #
• An interest in Africa’s energy and infrastructure sector and a strong willingness to learn about the sector.

Values:

We love the unexpected:

• We’re adventurous and willing to try new things
• We embrace and drive change
• We aim to surprise and delight

We’re open and happy to share:

• We engage with stakeholders outside the event
• We build sharing communities
• We embrace others' ideas

We’re committed to caring:

• We take personal responsibility to get things done
• We always think about every step of the experience
• We strive to understand and meet customers’ needs

We continuously learn:

• We actively seek inspiration from all quarters
• We constantly strive to improve what we do and how we do it
• We help learning lead to growth

About Clarion Events

Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947. (https://clarionevents.com/welcome)

Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone. Blackstone is one of the world’s leading global investment funds, investing capital for the long term to build successful, resilient businesses. (https://www.blackstone.com/) 

Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count.

Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• End of year wellbeing shutdown (closed for the last week of the year)
• Celebration day off (e.g. birthday, Diwali, Eid, etc)
• Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
• Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter to carry out charity work
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Wellbeing Library (MYNDUP)
• Mentoring Programme
• Subsidised Café
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free on-site gym and shower facilities
• Free eyesight tests
• Free flu vaccination – offered on site once a year for all employees