Editor in Chief

Are you ambitious, passionate, design-obsessed, editorially minded and results-driven? We are looking for a brilliant Editor-in Chief to lead one of our most important and successful brands, Livingetc, the interiors magazine that focuses on the now and the next in home design and decor. As a senior leader, you’ll be responsible for all the content and tasked with growing audiences and revenues across print, digital and social platforms. You’ll also work closely with commercial stakeholders and run a thriving team based in both New York and London. This is a hugely exciting and rare opportunity to be part of the senior leadership team running the world’s fastest-growing Shelter media brand, and the market leader in the contemporary design space.

What you'll be doing...

The ultimate mission of the Editor-in-Chief is to build audience and drive e-commerce revenue across all Livingetc channels. You will be responsible for delivering best-in-the-market content that is in line with the brand strategy, delights its target market and supports commercial ambitions. You’ll be ambitious for the success of the Livingetc, constantly striving for growth and pivoting as needed to ensure the brand wins. You’ll be a perfectionist editor and commissioner, and you’ll ensure that your team operates to deadline and in budget. SEO and digital best practice will be part of your toolkit. An incredible ideator, you’ll have strong visual skills, and be able to select a great image and curate a stunning layout. You’ll run the forward planner, content calendar and output planner, and work closely with central centers of excellence to train your team to be the best. You’ll be a figurehead for the brand, networking and building relationships with clients and industry contacts.

The production of market-leading content for your brand, from writing through commissioning through editing.
Optimizing the performance of all content on our website by managing processes and using data to drive action
All content planning for your brand - including building pyramids, maintaining and updating features lists, tentpole planning.
Driving e-commerce revenue through smart, on-brand shopping content and product inclusions
Managing your team to ensure you meet output goals set by the senior leadership team while maintaining best-quality standards.
Protecting and developing the Livingetc POV and brand voice.
Managing your freelance budget and team resources to meet the business objectives. Prioritize work in order to meet brand requirements
Foster a culture of ideas generation and pitching – identify trends and timely news/feature/shoot ideas relevant to the brand.
Ensuring all content on your platforms is compliant legally
Representing the brand internally and externally; hosting events and industry networking.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

Min 5 years of relevant editorial experience with proven background in digital and print media.
Exceptional writing and editing skills - from the ability to write snappy headlines to tight grammar control, through to the ability to source the right image to draw people in.
Understanding of principles of building audiences on websites and knowledge of different acquisition channels
Experience of and skills in driving affiliate revenues
In-depth knowledge of all the key content distribution channels
First-rate knowledge of editorial SEO and analytics packages
A strong understanding of and keen interest in homes and interiors, and an ability to write for American audiences. Excellent industry contacts.
Strong commercial thinker
Experience of managing budgets
Superb people manager. Ability to work as part of a broader senior management team and support the goals of others.
A great communicator and collaborative team player - both with the industry and the wider Future team - to allow you both to sell our brands to the industry but also extract the knowledge we already have in the business and apply it.
A ruthless approach to success - you’ll enjoy the competitive nature of digital content production, taking pride in success and learning from others

What’s in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed into one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience.

Additional benefits include health Insurance; ranging from medical to dental and even vision care,

401k match and monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit & snacks and coffee and tea on tap.

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level E3

Please note, the salary range for this position is $102,000-$120,000

This is a Hybrid role from our New York office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!