Deputy Editor, Harper's Bazaar

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Salary - Circa 65000- Salary is dependent on experience and will be assessed in line with the candidates skills knowledge and relevant expertise.

The Role

As theDeputy Editor of Harpers Bazaar you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the editorial vision of one of the worlds most distinguished fashion and culture brands.

Reporting directly to the Editor-in-Chief you will be their senior editorial partner and the key person responsible for the smooth running of the magazine and its editorial operation. You will help set Bazaars agenda oversee workflow from planning through to publication ensure the highest editorial standards are maintained and act as a key decision-maker in the Editor-in-Chiefs absence.

You will contribute across print and digital attending daily digital stand-ups and working closely with colleagues across the wider business to ensure Bazaars content is considered consistent and compelling across every platform. You will also play a leading role in Bazaars events and commercial projects and oversee the development of the brands membership proposition.

As a senior leader within the team you will manage and support editorial colleagues including the Membership Director and help create an environment in which ambitious ideas excellent journalism and high standards can thrive.

This is a role for an editor who is exceptionally organised instinctive and full of ideas with the authority and experience to run a high-profile editorial operation while understanding what makes Harpers Bazaar distinctive.

Main Duties

• Work closely with the Editor-in-Chiefto shape and deliver Harpers Bazaars editorial vision acting as a trusted partner and key decision-maker in their absence and taking responsibility for the magazines successful day-to-day operation.
• Own the editorial workflow from planning through to publication ensuring commissioning copy design production and approvals move efficiently deadlines are met and priorities are clearly communicated across the team.
• Oversee all proofs and final editorial output maintaining Bazaars exacting standards for quality accuracy tone and execution and ensuring every issue is delivered to the standard expected of the brand.
• Oversee editorial sections within the magazine leading the commissioning development and editing of content and ensuring each area makes a distinctive contribution to the wider Bazaar agenda.
• Contribute actively across the wider Bazaar brand including attending daily digital stand-ups and working with digital audience events commercial and other teams to ensure editorial ideas and opportunities are developed effectively across platforms. Social and video will remain specialist areas within the wider team.
• Play a leading role in Bazaars events and commercial projects contributing editorial expertise developing ideas and ensuring that activity involving the brand is aligned with Bazaars voice audience and editorial standards.
• Oversee and support the development of Bazaars membership proposition working collaboratively across the business to ensure it is relevant distinctive and aligned with the wider editorial strategy.
• Lead support and develop members of the editorial team including the Membership Director providing clarity direction and constructive challenge while fostering a culture of creativity collaboration accountability and consistently high standards.

What We Are Looking For

• An accomplished senior editor with significant experience in a premium magazine luxury media brand newspaper digital publisher or similarly sophisticated editorial environment with a strong track record of commissioning and editing outstanding journalism.
• Someone who instinctively understands the world of Harpers Bazaar - its heritage audience authority and place within fashion culture and luxury - and can translate that understanding into intelligent distinctive editorial ideas.
• A highly organised and operationally minded editor who is comfortable owning complex workflows multiple deadlines and competing priorities with meticulous attention to detail and the confidence to make decisions.
• An exceptional writer and editor with refined editorial judgement and an uncompromising eye for quality language accuracy tone and presentation.
• A natural leader with proven experience running and developing a team who can provide clarity direction and constructive challenge while creating an ambitious and collaborative environment.
• A genuinely multiplatform editor who understands how premium editorial can work across print digital and other brand touchpoints with the confidence to collaborate across digital audience events commercial and wider Hearst teams.
• Someone who is highly curious commercially aware and full of ideas with the ability to spot opportunities for Bazaar and turn them into compelling editorial projects experiences and initiatives.
• A polished credible and discreet communicator who can build strong relationships internally and externally and represent Harpers Bazaar with authority across the fashion luxury cultural and creative industries.

Benefits

(Your benefits at Hearst UK are more than just extrasthey are tools to help you thrive in every part of life.)

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• Get adventurous with Good Housekeeping Taste and Beauty Testing Panels - yes you could be trying the next big thing in beauty food & drink.
• Snag luxe beauty steals at our legendary office sample sales - score big on top brands without breaking the bank!

Inclusion Health & Wellbeing: Feel Your Best

• Stay healthy with Specsavers eye care a company-funded Health Cash Plan and access to mental health support.
• Get active and stress-free with discounted gym memberships and the Cycle to Work scheme.
• Embrace flexibility with a Location Flex and Holiday Exchange to take time when you need it.
• Take time to give back with a Charity Day and access wellbeing resources whenever you need them.
• Join one of our Hearst ERG Groups.

Financial Wellness - Boost Your Budget

• Plan ahead with a generous Workplace Pension Income Protection Life Assurance and Season Ticket Loan for easier commuting.
• Make smarter money moves using Salary Finance tools Financial Wellbeing sessions and Home Tech benefits to spread costs.
• Treat yourself with major discounts across London plus everyday savings via the HAPI at Hearst app

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our 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. As a business we recognise the significant benefits of creativity collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why were working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.