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About the Role
As Features Editor, Red (maternity cover), you will play a key role in shaping the overall content of the Red brand. Your creativity, strategic thinking, and solid editing skills will be essential in delivering engaging and captivating features content that resonates with our audience.
Responsibilities
- Conceive, commission and edit features for the print magazine, bringing fresh, engaging ideas and ensuring a smooth workflow and timely delivery of content that meets the highest standard of writing, accuracy and style.
- Draw upon existing relationships with industry professionals, including writers, authors, book publishers and publicity contacts, ensuring the brand is across new releases, trends, ideas and voices.
- Contribute and edit features for the brand’s digital platforms, including Red Online and the weekly Love Red membership newsletter.
- Collaborate with the visual, production, digital, newsletter, social and membership teams, ensuring open and clear communication channels and that features are represented across platforms.
- Work alongside the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor to shape brand strategy and contribute creative ideas, as part of a small brand team.
- Manage the commissioning budget for features and ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner.
- Represent the Red brand at external events and in the media as required.
- Act as an ambassador of Hearst UK and its values.
- Undertake further duties as skills, qualifications and experience allow or as assigned.
Requirements
- Extensive experience working in features, running a features desk or overseeing an editorial section for a national newspaper or magazine.
- Excellent writing, commissioning and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail and a strong sense of storytelling.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Exemplary networking and relationship building skills.
Skills
- Proficiency in content management systems
- Proficiency in digital publishing tools
- Proficiency in social media platforms
Location
- London
Work Type
- In office policy with flexible Fridays
Experience Level
- Dependent on experience
Salary/Compensations
- £41,000 - £46,000
Benefits
- Good Housekeeping Taste and Beauty Testing Panels
- Office sample sales
- Specsavers eye care
- Company-funded Health Cash Plan
- Access to mental health support
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Location Flex
- Holiday Exchange
- Charity Day
- Wellbeing resources
- Generous Workplace Pension
- Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Season Ticket Loan
- Salary Finance tools
- Financial Wellbeing sessions
- Home Tech benefits
- Discounts across London
- Everyday savings via the HAPI at Hearst app
About the Company
- The UK's leading premium publisher, home to iconic and influential media brands including Esquire, Men's & Women's Health, ELLE, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Digital Spy, Cosmopolitan, Red and more.
- Driven by passion, shaped by authenticity and powered by creativity.
- Backs bold ideas, acts with an entrepreneurial mindset and continually evolves.
- Believes in each other's potential and pushes boundaries together to create meaningful impact.
- Proud of its heritage but excited about making history.
Equal Opportunity
- Deeply committed to using its influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people.
- Recognises the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams.
- Working to build a sense of true belonging within the business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.