Beauty Director, Harper's Bazaar

Job Description

Your Impact:

Harper's Bazaar is looking for an experienced Beauty Director to shape the magazine's beauty coverage and lead a small team of editors. The Beauty Director will concept and execute ambitious stories that position Bazaar's beauty as best in class and deliver on the mission of the magazine.

Please note: For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work.

What you'll do:
• Oversee the beauty content of Harper's Bazaar print, while working collaboratively across all platforms of Harper's Bazaar, collaborating with digital as needed
• Ideate, assign, and edit beauty content for Bazaar print, working with in-house editors and designers as well as outside contractors
• Recruit new voices and writers; produce engaging beauty content that speaks to Bazaar's unique lens on beauty
• Manage the beauty team; serve as a mentor and leader in the beauty space
• Work collaboratively with sales and marketing teams when appropriate to create compelling native content, help pitch new business, and share the HBZ perspective in the market
• Work cross functionally with art, copy, research, fashion, social, etc. on tight deadlines
• Attend relevant beauty events and industry launches
• Take market appointments and representing Bazaar at press appointments and events
• Liaise with art and photo teams to help produce beauty layouts
• Work directly with copy/research teams
• Call in products and arrange shoots for print stories
• Work with advertising for projects as necessary
• Conduct preliminary art and photo research for Beauty Well shoots
Who you are:
• 10+ years' experience in the beauty editorial space, with strong writing and editing skills
• You are knowledgeable about SEO best practices and able to utilize Google Analytics or other tools
• Experience managing and mentoring a staff
• A robust network of beauty contacts and deep industry knowledge
• An interest in health and wellness topics and a vision for how these connect to the overall topic of beauty

As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements. ​​​​​​​

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9x844-18-118-137-243-42 in your application.