Fashion Editor - London, United Kingdom - ESI Media

Description

About us:

The Evening Standard is an iconic London brand, recognised as setting the agenda in politics and business, as well as being first with lifestyle content, major news and sports stories.

We are UK's largest quality daily and online newspaper, with one of the fastest growing audiences in the UK. We provide brands and marketers with an unparalleled gateway to London's high-value audiences through digital, print, social and events.

ES Magazine, Homes and Property and ecommerce platform ES Best are all market leading in their fields, and add to the compelling Evening Standard portfolio.

We are proud of our history and firmly set on a future that is focused on growing audiences and revenue with a digital first entrepreneurial approach.

Diversity Statement:

At the Evening Standard our ambition is to represent our city with a team and through content that reflects our audience.

We want to attract those voices previously underrepresented in media, offering a rewarding career and opportunities for all.

Teamwork is key to our success. We want all our people to feel like they belong and that their voices matter.


The team:

Evening Standard features:

We are a dynamic, highly creative and enthusiastic team who work to deliver a digital first offering and print product filled with compelling and authoritative fashion, news review, beauty, culture, travel and food coverage.

About you:

• You are an experienced fashion writer and editor, with a deep understanding of the changing media landscape.
• You are extremely well versed in the fashion industry with a network of strong relationships as well as an established track record of journalistic high achievement.
• You are a voracious ideas generator, and are driven by a search for brilliant fashion features and stories that speak to the Evening Standard reader.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail, you can work flexibly when needed. You are comfortable in an ambassadorial role.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and working within a team comes easily to you.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience writing, editing and commissioning in both print and digital at a senior level.
• Ability to write clean copy with a quick turnaround time.
• An established portfolio of published pieces.
• Eagerness to jump on breaking and trending stories and topics in the fashion industry.
• An extensive contacts book, brimming with writers and collaborators.
• Styling experience is a plus.

Role purpose:

A key ambassadorial role responsible for delivering top quality, on brand fashion content for the Evening Standard's digital, newspaper and magazine platforms.

Includes editing, writing and commissioning all fashion features, trend pages and reviews for the newspaper and the wider digital operation.

Building excellent brand relationships and attending and covering fashion weeks and other key industry events.


Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Writing, editing and commissioning fashion features, reviews and trend pages for digital, newspaper and magazine platforms.
• Attending/representing the title at the international women's and men's collections, jewelry and watch fairs.
• Liaising with fashion and luxury brands for celebrity talent opportunities.
• Coordination of inside profile shoots including some styling duties.
• Working closely with all the relevant print and digital section editors, to ensure needs are met and high standards are achieved across platforms.
• Managing the Evening Standard's commercial relationships both internally and externally with brand partners, including liaising with Evening Standard commercial on advertisers throughout the year to ensure adequate coverage.
• Be an ambassador for the brand at industry events such as shows, press events, dinners and trips.
• Uncovering new talent for features through brands, advertisers and agencies.
• Contribute to the Evening Standard's social media platforms including show reviews during the collections.

Expected behaviours:

• Continuous Improvement - Works in a smart, flexible and focussed way, is open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.
• Collaboration - Builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Building Capability - Keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Quality Service - Delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.
• Responsive Delivery - Works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.