Multiplatform Writer - Harper’s Bazaar

At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Multiplatform Writer to start the next chapter in your career.

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Harper’s Bazaar’s Multiplatform Writer will be a proactive, self-starter with a passion for luxury fashion, beauty, culture and entertainment. The role will report into the Multiplatform Director and support with the day-to-day running of Bazaar’s site, helping the team to hit traffic and ecommerce targets. The role involves identifying and writing news and shopping content as well as curating and building newsletters and supporting the social media team where necessary. This is an ideal job for an emerging talent who already has journalism experience but is keen to develop as a writer and learn new publishing skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Source and write daily news stories relevant to harpersbazaar.com/uk, in a timely manner, contributing to traffic growth.
• Work to support SEO strategy across the site.
• Work with the social media editor, when needed, to support in the creation of content for Bazaar’s social media channels.
• Work with the Multiplatform Director on the brand’s newsletter strategy, compiling and building the weekly newsletter and monitoring analytics.
• Support the team in the creation of ecommerce content, and helping to hit targets.
• Represent the brand, where appropriate, attending relevant events, including reader events, which may be out of office hours.
• Monitor traffic and trends, reporting back to the team.
• Be committed to creating diverse and inclusive content.
• Be an ambassador of Hearst UK and its values.
You may be required to undertake such further duties as your skills, qualifications and experience allow and/or as may be assigned to you from time to time.

ABOUT YOU

• Some experience of working on a consumer website.
• Good understanding of SEO best practices.
• Experience of uploading content online and use of social media.
• Ability to generate and translate ideas and concepts into first class digital news stories.
• Proven experience and talent for writing for web.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Strong communication skills and a team player.
• Enthusiastic, with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• A genuine interest for the topics that Harper’s Bazaar covers.
Some experience using Photoshop and InDesign

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) - pro rated for part-time or fixed-term employees
• Hybrid working – Three days per week in the office
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause
• Life assurance and pension scheme
Regular socials and more!
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There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here.

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 we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.