We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.
The Role…
The Entertainment Editor (Women’s 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…
1. Oversee talent negotiations across Hearst’s Women’s Lifestyle titles across all brand platforms, including print, digital and video.
2. 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
3. Book and oversee the execution of the brands’ covers · Writing print and digital profiles to the monthly / weekly schedules, as required.
4. Book talent for entertainment led interview slots, as well as commissioning and editing the pieces, and writing them when needed
5. Booking talent for video franchises with the support of the Group Entertainment Booker.
6. Oversee the booking of talent for brand events, with the support of the junior members of the team
7. Work closely with HMI, Hearst US and the global talent teams, as required
8. Attending cover shoots and video shoots
9. Participating in creative brainstorms · Help with the day to day management of junior members of staff
10. Attending screenings and entertainment launches
What We Are Looking For…
11. A strong interest and knowledge of entertainment and pop culture (music, television, film, books, social, digital)
12. Accomplished writer with journalistic skills and experience
13. Experience working as part of an entertainment team on a magazine, website, or as a talent booker/entertainment producer for radio or TV
14. Experience booking talent / celebrities for magazine photo shoots / video shoots / TV / Radio appearances
15. A brilliant network and contacts book of entertainment PRs and publicists
16. Positive and collaborative
17. A journalist qualification such as an NCTJ diploma would be preferable but is not essential