Entertainment Editor, YOU Magazine
Location: YOU Magazine HQ - High Street Kensington, London
Position: Permanent
About the Role
We are seeking a passionate and innovative Entertainment Editor to join the vibrant and high-performing team behind Britain's best-read women's magazine, with 1.3 million loyal readers every week.
Responsible for securing cover stars and commissioning cover interviews, the ideal candidate will bring a good roster of celebrity interviews in your contacts book as well as the below:
- Proven experience editing the entertainment section of a national newspaper or magazine, ideally a weekly supplement
- Extensive experience commissioning covers and working closely with agents and entertainment PRs
- Great contacts in the world of entertainment PRs and agents
- Demonstrated commissioning and editing experience
- Ability to work full time and be fully office based with a willingness to go out to events and launches, theatre openings, etc.
Key Responsibilities:
- Knowing exactly who the right star is for the YOU audience
- Being across all forthcoming film, TV, music, theatre and podcasts
- Running the entertainment coverage in print
- Contributing ideas for online content
- Regular liaison with the Editor and Deputy Editor
Package Description
Our benefits package increases the longer you've been with us. Here's what to expect:
- 25 days' holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
- Pension plan and life cover
- Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics
Plus much more...
About Us
dmg media maintains an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most. Its brands Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, The i Paper, MailOnline, and Mail+reach more than 9 million people daily in the UK.
Globally, dmg media's brands reach 160 million unique browsers every month across its domains and apps.*
Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats, delivers highly engaging, trusted content to loyal and new audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Mail brand reaches three in five Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country. It is the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 28 million total followers and nearly 45 billion views** in the past year.
www.dmgmedia.co.uk
*GA Sept 2024 **March 2024 - Feb 2025 inclusive
Our Commitment
We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.
