Entertainment Editor, Women's Lifestyle
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Were the UKs leading premium publisher and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan Esquire ELLE Harpers Bazaar and Country Living. Weve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. Well always try to develop and improve we trust each other to do our best and we have fun as we build on our heritageto make history.
The Role
The Entertainment Editor (Womens Lifestyle) supports the Group Entertainment Director with talent bookings and negotiations across print digital and video for Cosmopolitan Prima and Red. They lead on cover strategy and profiles commission and edit features and secure talent for interviews video franchises and events. The role involves close collaboration with senior editors the wider entertainment team and publicists while also contributing to team management and maintaining strong industry relationships.
Main Duties
- Oversee talent negotiations across Hearsts Womens Lifestyle titles across all brand platforms including print digital and video.
- Work closely with the Group Entertainment Director and Editor-in-Chiefs to provide a consistent talent strategy across the brands in keeping with their KPIs
- Book and oversee the execution of the brands covers Writing print and digital profiles to the monthly / weekly schedules as required.
- Book talent for entertainment led interview slots as well as commissioning and editing the pieces and writing them when needed
- Booking talent for video franchises with the support of the Group Entertainment Booker.
- Oversee the booking of talent for brand events with the support of the junior members of the team
- Work closely with HMI Hearst US and the global talent teams as required
- Attending cover shoots and video shoots
- Participating in creative brainstorms Help with the day to day management of junior members of staff
- Attending screenings and entertainment launches
What We Are Looking For
- A strong interest and knowledge of entertainment and pop culture (music television film books social digital)
- Accomplished writer with journalistic skills and experience
- Experience working as part of an entertainment team on a magazine website or as a talent booker/entertainment producer for radio or TV
- Experience booking talent / celebrities for magazine photo shoots / video shoots / TV / Radio appearances
- A brilliant network and contacts book of entertainment PRs and publicists
- Positive and collaborative
- A journalist qualification such as an NCTJ diploma would be preferable but is not essential
Key Skills
- Proofreading
- Taleo
- Content Management Systems
- Copy Editing
- Research Experience
- Journalism
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Creative Writing
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
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