Special Projects Entertainment Editor

At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join our us as our new Special Projects Entertainment Editor 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

You will play a crucial role in supporting the Group Entertainment Director by handling talent negotiations and bookings across diverse brand platforms, including print, digital, video, and events. You will serve as the main point of contact within the Entertainment team for the Events team and Commercial operations. In this role you will collaborate with the Group Entertainment Director to manage external talent teams and negotiations for editorial productions with a commercial aspect. Balancing the editorial-commercial space, you contribute to projects involving covers, digital, and video content. Additionally, you will be instrumental in overseeing talent negotiations for brand events and ensuring commercial partners' talent needs are met. The role involves close collaboration with Group Entertainment Editors for Luxury and Women’s Lifestyle. You might also deputise for the Group Entertainment Director, assisting with junior staff management, staying updated on entertainment releases, maintaining relationships with publicists, and actively participating in launches and events.

Key duties:

Supports the Group Entertainment Director on talent negotiations
Oversee talent negotiations for any editorial productions with a commercial element, across all brand platforms, including print, digital, video and events.
Oversee talent negotiations for brand events, such as Harper’s Bazaar’s Women of the Year, and the ELLE Style Awards
Ensuring commercial partners’ talent requirements are met on brand events
Work closely with the Events team
Work closely with Commercial Operations
Attending shoots
Participating in creative brainstorms
Attending screenings and entertainment launches
Help with the day to day management of junior members of staff

About You

A strong interest and knowledge of entertainment and pop culture (music, television, film, books, social, digital).
Five years’ experience working as part of an entertainment team on a magazine, website, or as a talent booker/entertainment producer for radio or TV.
Experience booking talent / celebrities for magazine photo shoots / video shoots / TV / Radio appearances.
A brilliant network and contacts book of entertainment PRs and publicists.
A journalist qualification such as an NCTJ diploma would be preferable but is not essential.

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)
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!

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here.

Please submit a cover letter and your CV.