Acting Head of Beauty Grazia (maternity cover)

Grazia is an industry leader in beauty news, access, and innovation; synonymous with leading trends and delivering trusted, practical advice that really works. From magazine pages to digital stories, social posts, events, video regulars, podcasts and more, we connect with our readers over multiple touchpoints – always listening to what they want and delivering exactly that in a fun, intelligent and accessible way.

As Grazia's Acting Head of Beauty you will be the title's editorial lead for beauty across print, digital and social media platforms – as well as managing key commercial relationships.

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Oversee the beauty team to deliver market-leading beauty content across print, digital and social.
  • Ensure the beauty department meet targets for traffic, social engagement and affiliate revenue.
  • Commission the content of the beauty section in print.
  • Work with the creative director, style director and EIC to commission, plan and execute all beauty shoots in print.
  • Plan, write, commission and edit print content.
  • Manage key commercial clients – attending events, planning editorial and responding to commercial projects in a way that works for the Grazia audience.
  • Work with the commercial team to respond to commercial pitches for beauty.
    Generate proactive, innovative ideas that the commercial team can pitch to new clients.
  • Work closely with Grazia's SEO and affiliates teams to stay up to speed on latest innovation.
  • Manage the Junior Beauty Editor, Beauty Writer and Beauty Assistant.
  • Manage the beauty budget across print, digital and social media.
  • Continue to build a pool of Grazia beauty voices – writing and commissioning features.
  • Use key industry contacts to gain access to new celebrity brand ambassadors and 'faces of' for interviews in print and online, pursuing cover opportunities where appropriate.
  • Plan and produce Grazia's industry-renowned beauty awards throughout the year.
  • Continue to push the tone and creativity of Grazia beauty content and ideas.

 

The skills you will bring:

  • Extensive experience of working at a senior level as part of a fast-paced editorial team.
  • Extensive experience of working with a digital team and developing SEO and affiliate strategy.
  • A wealth of key industry contacts – brands, PRs, talent management, creatives.
    Management experience.

 

What's in it for you

  • You'll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
  • Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
  • We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
  • Grazia is a hybrid team that works three days in the office each week and two days from home.
  • And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

 

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk

We are actively recruiting for this position, however, the job advert may close earlier than expected.

 

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.

 

Date Job Posting Last Updated:  8 Jul 2026
Location: 

London, GB, NW1 2PL

Req ID:  3750