Junior Writer (Prima)

Job Description At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Junior 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. Prima is the second biggest women’s lifestyle title in the UK. With crafting and community at its heart, our brand is warm, friendly and fun, encouraging the readers to get the very best out of life. Championing midlife women, we’re always relatable and inspiring at every touch point with the brand. 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: This is a key role in our team reporting into the Deputy Editor. Day-to-day tasks will include pitching ideas, writing engaging copy quickly, working across the site, social platforms, newsletter and print magazine. It will also involve responding to reader enquiries as well as some general office duties including sending out commissioning forms, invoicing and dealing with post as well as helping with any upcoming Prima events. Key responsibilities: Pitching and writing news stories for online Writing entertainment and lifestyle articles for online and print Building the weekly newsletter Contributing to social media output Working with the Deputy Editor to track and interpret data to inform content decisions. To help support the team with brand events To 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: An enthusiastic journalist looking for the next step in their career Experience of writing for online An understanding of how to write for different traffic sources Passionate about writing uplifting, relatable lifestyle content A positive, can-do attitude Adaptable and willing to learn new skills 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 – Four 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. 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.