Grazia Online, Digital Assistant

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and passionate journalist to join the Grazia online team as a digital assistant.

The right candidate will be a highly-organised recent graduate with a passion for creating content across all platforms, a proven ability as a writer and a strong understanding of SEO best practice and how to write and optimise content for search.

Our ideal candidate is someone who is brimming with energy and ideas (from current affairs, entertainment and culture to fashion and beauty) and is willing to go above and beyond to support the team and help us create the best content to engage with our audiences across all our platforms.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Attend conference daily and pitch engaging and original online news stories for the Grazia audience on a day-to-day basis across all channels
• Create brand-friendly content (features, news and galleries) that are fully optimised for search on a daily and weekly basis.
• Work closely with the digital director and audience development team to develop and execute a search strategy that delivers consistent traffic from brand-friendly content.
• Track the progress of relevant search keywords and update and optimise existing content accordingly to ensure we rank on page one for as many as possible.
• Obsessively track viral trends and stories on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, and help create content around those trends
• Work closely with our social media editor to find inventive new ways to share our content on social media – not just on our own platforms but with internal and external brand partners, too
• Track performance of content through content analytics and identify new ways of reaching new audience and engaging with existing audience
• Selecting visuals to accompany each story that are on-brand and in keeping with the Grazia look and feel.
• Support the rest of the digital team editorially where required, with a particular focus on search optimisation.
• Building the weekly brand newsletter
• Uploading magazine content and optimising for online.

Requirements:

• Enthusiastic knowledge of Grazia and specifically a keen interest in lifestyle, fashion, beauty and current affairs and how produce content around these areas that speaks specifically to The Grazia audience.
• Deep understanding of the Grazia audience and what makes her tick
• Enthusiastic in learning new ways of working, including new tools and technologies
• Working knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation
• Working knowledge of all social media platforms including Instagram Stories, Instagram Live, Facebook Live and Twitter
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics
• A strong visual eye and ability to select pictures that are in keeping with the brand’s identity.

How to Apply:

CV and Cover Letter to be submitted to Rebecca Holman by completing the application form below.

Closing Date for applications: Sunday 25 August 2019

About us:

BAUER XCEL MEDIA is advancing the media industry by applying user driven strategies to deliver cutting edge news and build original, innovative products centred around audience needs.

With 150 million monthly unique users and offices in New York, Hamburg, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Warsaw, BAUER XCEL MEDIA is one of the world's fastest growing digital media companies.

Bauer Media Group is one of the most successful media companies in the world. More than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations reach millions of people around the globe. It has more than 11,000 employees in 20 countries. In the U.S., Bauer sells more magazines at retail than any other magazine publishing company.