Writer (Stylist) – FTC until March 2025

Stylist (part of DC Thomson) is the UK’s leading media brand for women; talking to 5 million UK women a month and making up 40% of the women’s lifestyle sector.

Our audience are the UK’s finest professional women – a demographic who we understand and represent better than any other publisher. Our mission? To support, uplift and entertain this audience with compelling content and life-enhancing experiences so that they always feel seen and heard.

The award-winning Stylist magazine and Stylist.co.uk sit at the heart of our portfolio, reaching 400K women in print and over 3 million UK women online through non-stop, mobile-first content.

About the role:

Stylist is looking for a writer to join their editorial team.

The editorial team works at pace producing content for our audience across all platforms – print, digital (free and paid), email, social and events.

Reporting to the Deputy Editor (digital), the successful candidate will have experience writing for a fast-paced digital publication and take an interest in everything from feminism and politics to entertainment and the latest food trends. This role requires a self-starting journalist who has a passion for trends and is keen to grow as part of the Stylist team.

What to expect:

This is a busy role that will see you writing news and working on features every day, while also taking part in ideas meetings as a wider team and focusing on personal deadlines. Excellent organisation and communication skills are required. The primary focus is to drive traffic to Stylist.co.uk and increase subscriptions on-site, while ensuring content is always on-brand. You will work alongside the editorial team to create a breadth of content; you should be well-versed in digital best practice and have experience working towards ambitious traffic targets.

Accountabilities and responsibilities:

• To create outstanding editorial content that meets the high standards held by Stylist
• To pitch and write content across a breadth of on-brand topics each day; writing a minimum of two stories/features for publication every day
• To be adept at spotting new trends and conversation points as they emerge, and make sure Stylist is at the forefront of these focal points
• To work with the Deputy Editor to ensure ambitious KPIs and deadlines are met
• To use digital SEO skills to ensure your content is reaching the target audience as required

Knowledge, skills and attributes:

• To have a keen interest in digital trends and have good relationships with PRs to ensure you’re first with the latest news
• Knowledge and experience of digital programming and analytics
• To be well-organised and able to juggle lots of different deadlines while working at pace
• The ability to work collaboratively and creatively with the wider editorial team

To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV, cover letter and complete the following task:

Pitch one news feature and one long-read feature that you think fit with the Stylist brand this week. Please include an explanation of why you’ve chosen those talking points, who you would contact and what tools you might use to get your work in front of readers. Please upload this as a file attachment when submitting your application.

This is a full-time, temporary position, working 35 hours per week from our London, Fleet Street Office. We offer a generous package including 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, health cash plan, gym discount, excellent pension, a competitive salary, and many more staff discounts and benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from everyone and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or any other protected characteristics.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early once we have received suitable applications. Therefore, please ensure you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.