Muddy Stilettos, ​​​​​​​Editor, Muddy Stilettos Bucks & Oxon

Editor, Muddy Stilettos Bucks & Oxon

Muddy Stilettos is the UK’s No.1 luxury lifestyle platform for ABC1 women outside London, with 4.4 million reach every month. Our award-winning site uniquely talks to women both regionally and nationally, working with the most exciting local indie businesses but also creating campaigns with national and international brands such as Volvo, Dulux Heritage, Royal Opera House, Knight Frank, Beauty Pie, delilah, made.com, Next, Bicester Village, Sky and Paramount+. We help our readers in all facets of their lives, across the Arts, Entertainment, Eating out, Travel, Fashion, Beauty, Finance, Kids and Home. 

Position Description

This is a brilliant opportunity for a creative, dynamic journalist to help shape and drive Muddy Stilettos’ continued growth and reputation in the prestigious flagship site of Muddy Bucks & Oxon, working directly with the Editor-in-Chief and the Senior Management team. 

Please note: you MUST be a national journalist or national content editor, and live in Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire to apply for this post.

Key Areas of Responsibility

These include:

• Writing, researching and editing reviews and features
• Idea generation for editorial and sales opportunities
• Newsletter generation
• Growing readership and followers across the site and social 
• Social media promotion across IG, fb, TT
• Assisting the editor-in-chief where required
• Representing the Muddy brand across the region

 
PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Urbane, cosmopolitan with great taste
• An excellent local knowledge of Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire including the best local businesses and the best of what’s on
• Charming, fun and unpretentious – you can get along with everyone
• Organised and good under pressure - able to reliably hit deadlines
• Positive, energetic and enthusiastic
• A strong team player – we are a strictly no-diva company! 
• Car essential 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Senior experience on national magazines and/or broadsheet titles as an editor or writer
• Brilliant writing - accessible, witty, down-to-earth
• A strong visual eye for what makes a stylish image
• A full understanding of how PRs, sponsorship and advertising work together
• Comfortable with Adestra or similar platform
• Knowledge of Wordpress is an advantage 
• Ability to work comfortably across social platforms, particularly IG  
• Ability to multi-task and work at pace

PERKS

• Regular press reviews (theatre, pubs, restaurants, hotels, spas, beauty treatments) 
• Overseas press trips with our international Travel section

 
Location: Predominantly home-based but with compulsory quarterly team days and optional weekly co-working in Bicester.
Hours/days of work:  4-5 days per week.
Start date: March 2025
Remuneration: Competitive + bonus and perks