Deputy Editor
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Job Description
Your mission
The ideal candidate will be passionate about entertainment news royal stories and the international socialite scene be bursting with agenda-setting feature ideas interviews shoots and cover stories.
You will have a contacts book containing the top entertainment PRs and publicists an impressive track record of landing world exclusives a keen eye for visually-stunning layouts able to tell stories through photos and a flair for editing under pressure and within tight time constraints.
This position requires a strong understanding of the latest celebrity royal and society features as well as exceptional editorial skills art skills news judgement and leadership abilities.
As Deputy Editor you will work oversee the features department and their output to produce high-quality cover stories and features ensuring it aligns with the magazines tone style and values and be up to date on media law.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with the editorial planning production and execution of the magazine from a features angle
- Ensuring smooth operation of the editorial team
- Assist in managing the editorial calendar ensuring timely delivery of content
- Oversee the features agenda for the week in the magazine
- Manage the daily content workflow ensuring articles are produced on time and meet editorial standards.
- Approve features layouts
- Develop fresh angles on trending stories to stand out in a competitive media landscape
- Create and commission compelling and exclusive content build relationships with new writers for HELLO!
- Work cross-platform with the digital team and collaborate closely to ensure cohesive engaging and exclusive content
Your profile
- The candidate needs impeccable editorial judgement will have an eye for breaking stories a flair for polished storytelling understands what captivates HELLOs engaged audience and a commitment to upholding HELLO!s trusted voice and standards.
- A contacts book bursting with freelance journalists who have access to agenda-setting exclusive access to celebrities
- Work to a fast and tight-turnaround and ensure writers are delivering their news article at speed and accurately
- Regular attendance at entertainment industry events
- Proven track record of breaking exclusive stories which appeal to the HELLO! audience
- Monitor analytics to guide content strategy and increase audience engagement
- Confident in working with an art team on magazine design
- Strong provable existing relationships with the relevant celebs PRs publicists agents and other industry contacts
Experience
Qualifications
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
- 1 birthday day per year
- Private Medical Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance currently 6 x salary
- Generous Employer Pension contributions
- Group Income Protection Scheme
- Plus all of the perks of working for a fun media company!
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
