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Evening Standard, Digital Fashion Journalist

Employer
The Independent
Location
Kensington, London
Salary
£DoE
Closing date
11 Jul 2019

Job Details

The Evening Standard website (standard.co.uk) is looking for a talented journalist with an in-depth knowledge of fashion and style.

Reports to: Digital Lifestyle Editor

About us:

The ES Digital Features team

The Evening Standard’s Digital Features team incorporates four key pillars: Lifestyle, GO London, Shopping and our luxury platform Insider.

Each section is committed to delivering the latest news, reviews and features on the best trends and topical issues. We deliver quality cross-platform content for a global urban audience.

The dynamic, fast-growing team covers a wide spectrum of subjects from restaurants and bars to fashion, travel, tech and fitness. We also champion the arts and entertainment.

About you:

  • A motivated individual with a passion for fashion.
  • An insatiable interest in celebrity style and beauty, as well as experience in creating shoppable content, will be necessary. 
  • You will have worked in a fast paced editorial environment and be enthused by the challenge of working on a new project.
  • You will be flexible about working hours.


Job purpose:

The candidate will be responsible for writing about celebrity fashion, fashion trends and fashion news. An interest in beauty is also welcome, as is the desire to plan and appear in fashion/style videos.

The successful candidate will be expected to meet traffic and commercial targets, and achieve SEO, social media and audience growth.

They will work closely with the Senior Fashion and Beauty Journalist, as well as the rest of Lifestyle, Showbiz and Shopping teams.

Candidates will have experience working within a fast-paced digital environment, with proven digital publishing skills and the ability to write, commission and edit compelling content– including video content.

They will work to a flexible schedule, with late hours to cover shows and events, as well as providing weekend cover when necessary.

Key responsibilities:

  • Contributing to the fashion content strategy plan with a focus on galleries and shoppable content, as well as trending/social content that will appeal to a UK/US/global audience
  • Grow social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram – with scope to start new accounts across different media.
  • An ambassador for the Evening Standard, willing to go to out of hours events and network.
  • Working with freelancers and influencers to bring in extra content/traffic – commissioning and editing this content
  • Assist with video content creation
  • Meet traffic and commercial targets


Skills and experience:

  • Keen and comprehensive interest in all areas associated with fashion
  • Record of pitching with strong writing skills and an ability to create pithy, engaging content to tight deadlines. Copy must be clean and accurate
  • At least 3 years’ experience in digital publishing
  • Proven experience using data analytics including Chartbeat, Omniture and Google Analytics
  • A strong contacts books of PRs, writers and influencers
  • Photoshop + InDesign experience
  • Ability to source pictures and compile online galleries
  • Experience using affiliate marketing tools
  • Experience in contributing to and growing social media platforms, in particular Facebook and Instagram
  • Good forward planning skills
  • Strong understanding of SEO


Expected behaviours:

  • Responsive delivery – Work to specified traffic targets and commercial objectives
  • Collaboration – ability to build and maintain positive and supporting working relationships with colleagues, helping to create an inclusive and professional work environment
  • Initiative – effort to continuously update own knowledge and skill-set to support the achievement of business objectives
  • Flexible – able to work in a smart, flexible and focussed way, and be open to change, while also suggesting ideas for improvements


To apply, please complete the application form below to send an up to date CV along with a full covering letter with salary expectations.

Closing date: 11 July 2019.

Due to the high volume of applications we will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted and progressed through to the next stage.

Company

Working to inform, challenge and inspire our readers and clients every day, The Independent offices in Finsbury Square offer a lively and sociable working environment.

From our journalists to our commercial team, we have some of the best talent in the business, who are all passionate about our fantastic brands.

All of our employees are entitled to benefits including great pension and health insurance schemes. We also offer cycle to work and season ticket loan initiatives to make our employees’ journeys to work easier. We want our employees to enjoy working for us and we invest in training and development to support and develop rewarding careers.

Company info
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Location
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14 - 18 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AH
United Kingdom

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