Second Act Editor
Second Act Editor
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Job Description
Your mission
HELLO! Magazines Second Act is a platform and community celebrating and supporting women in midlife. It reframes midlife as a time of possibility reinvention and empowerment offering inspiration advice and stories from women embracing their next chapter.Second Act combines expert guidance community engagement and immersive experiences to help women live their most confident exciting and fulfilled lives.
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic entrepreneurial Editor to leadSecond Act building and shaping this editorial pillar into a thriving mini-business. This is more than a traditional editorial role; you will be a visionary content leader a community-builder and a growth-orientated thinker with the freedom to innovate across digital print newsletter social video audio and live events.
You will work closely with HELLO!s core editorial social video podcast marketing and audience development teams but you will own the creative vision forSecond Act.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the editorial vision and strategy forSecond Act ensuring it resonates with women in midlife and beyond.
- Create and commission compelling content across digital print newsletter social video and podcasts optimised for engagement reach and discoverability (including Google Discover and Apple News).
- Drive audience growth and engagement by developing innovative content series interactive experiences and community initiatives.
- Identify and develop monetisation opportunities including live events masterclasses partnerships and other revenue streams while maintaining editorial integrity.
- Collaborate with HELLO!s teams to leverage cross-platform expertise in marketing audience development and commercial strategy.
- Track and analyse content performance to inform strategy and maximise impact.
- Build relationships with contributors experts and influencers aligned with Second Acts mission.
Your profile
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to inspire teams and external collaborators.
- Passionate about celebrating women in midlife and creating content that is empowering inclusive and aspirational.
Experience
- Strong editorial background with experience in commissioning writing and managing content across multiple platforms.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: proven experience building an audience growing a platform or leading a project with commercial ambition.
- Creative thinker: able to generate bold engaging ideas for digital social video audio and live experiences.
- Strategic and analytical: confident in using audience data to inform content and growth strategy.
Qualifications
A full cover letter and CV demonstrating why youd be right for this role.
The cover letter should include:
2 x articles to appeal to a Google Discover audience and one idea for a social video series.
Applications that dont fulfil this requirement will not be considered.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year.
- 1 birthday day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme that offers support to employees with a wide range of concerns from mental health through to finances
- Private medical scheme
- Life assurance 6 x salary
- Group Income Protection
About us
MISSION STATEMENT
To influence and inspire with relevant exclusive and entertaining content in a positive celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.
History of Hello
HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988.
Over the years its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.
HELLO! is part of the HOLA group who launched HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Snchez Gmez and Mercedes Junco Caldern launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers lives. Always positiveHOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive highly visual and celebratory allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire brighten and entertain.
With offices in London New York and Toronto HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK US and Canada.
Our readership is more global than that however with audiences also visiting the site from Australia India Europe and all other parts of the world.
Employment Type
Full-Time
