Fashion News and Features Director

Grazia is looking for a dynamic Fashion News & Features Director to write, commission and edit fashion news and features across digital, social and print. This is a pivotal role that helps shape the tone and voice of Grazia fashion, from fashion month coverage to the magazine's fashion pages.

What you'll be doing

Leading Grazia's digital and social fashion coverage, including fashion month, and writing fast, sharp, search-optimised news and features.Generating news and features ideas that keep Grazia at the forefront of the fashion conversation and pitching them at daily conference.Using your relationships with brands and PRs to secure exclusives and breaking stories.Writing and commissioning fashion features for print and bringing new voices into Grazia.Appearing on camera for Grazia's social channels, including at shows and events.Representing Grazia at industry events and building key brand relationships to turn into commercial ideas that work for both the client and the Grazia reader

Who you are

You have significant experience in a fashion editorial role, writing, commissioning and editing across digital and print.You're confident on camera and happy to front social content.You can build and edit stories at speed in a CMS, and you understand SEO, from body copy to headlines.You have an entrepreneurial mindset and an eye for new stories and audience growth.You have keen visual abilities for choosing effective pictures to go with copyYou understand the Grazia reader instinctively.You have a strong contacts book, from designers to PRs.You're comfortable working to traffic and engagement targets.You’re commercially minded, with a track record for delivering revenue-generating ideas with brands

Where you'll be

The team works in the office Tuesday to Thursday and from home on Mondays and Fridays. This pattern changes during the fashion show season.

Closing date: Friday 23rd October 

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

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.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• 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.