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Senior Features Editor, Food Network Magazine and The Pioneer Woman Magazine

Hearst

New York, NY 11-04-2021
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
Your impact:

Food Network Magazine and The Pioneer Woman Magazine, two of America's best-selling magazines, are looking for a rising-star lifestyle editor and packaging whiz to create fun, engaging features on star chefs, amazing kitchens, home trends, crafts, and more. The senior features editor will take stories from start to finish, working with Food Network talent and other contributors, then coordinating shoots with the photo department and planning layouts with designers. This editor should be an ideas machine who can dream up creative new ways to cover holidays and home, and should be able to fill our market pages with great finds. Food experience not required-but a love of food definitely is! Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in English, journalism, or a related field and six to seven years of experience at a consumer food or lifestyle magazine. Please note: For consideration, resumes must be received in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work.

What you'll do:
• Produce and edit home and lifestyle stories for all sections of Food Network Magazine and The Pioneer Woman Magazine
• Produce market/get-the-look pages for home and kitchen features
• Develop relationships with Food Network talent and their representatives
• Create long-term plans for FN talent features
• Build and maintain a group of reliable freelance contributors
• Build and maintain relationships with food-industry publicists, cookbook publishers, and other contacts
• Help create and package special projects (books, SIPs, etc.)
• Write engaging display copy
• Represent the brands on occasional ad sales calls

Who you are:
• 6 to 7 years of consumer food or lifestyle magazine experience
• Excellent at brainstorming and generating creative, relevant story ideas
• Pro at packaging home, lifestyle, and holiday features
• Deep knowledge of home, food, and lifestyle market and trends
• Adept at working in a fast-paced environment
• Culinary experience not required, but a love of food definitely is
• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, or a related field

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rjv1eb-3-145-60-149-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Hearst

Hearst Magazines isone of the largest publishers in the world, with more than25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and O the Oprah Magazine. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.