News and Features Director - Good Housekeeping

At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our News and Features Director to start the next chapter in your career. 

This role is focused on elevating Good Housekeeping’s profile by delivering high-impact, shareable news stories that resonate with audiences and generate engagement across digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the writing and commissioning of daily news stories, both for immediate publication and upcoming trends, driving traffic and engagement to meet KPIs.
• Be the engine of fresh ideas at daily editorial conferences, ensuring content remains relevant and newsworthy.
• Oversee the cultural calendar (maintained by the Junior Staff Writer), ensuring forward-planning for talent involvement in covers, features, and events.
• Take editorial ownership of the Good Housekeeping website, app news, and the bi-weekly GH Life newsletter, writing, commissioning, and overseeing production and delivery.
• Collaborate with section heads to identify and deliver fast-turnaround, digital-first news across fashion, beauty, household, health, and other areas, ensuring that every facet of the GH woman’s world is covered across web, app, and newsletters.
• Adapt digital news articles and features for print to maximize editorial efficiency.
• Work closely with the Content Strategy Director to track content performance, identifying opportunities and adjusting tactics where needed, while setting a strong example of data-informed editorial decision-making for section heads.
• Support the Director of GH Homes in optimizing content performance across all digital channels.
• Conduct celebrity interviews, participate in Good Housekeeping events, and contribute print features as required.
• Line manage the Editorial Assistant and Junior Staff Writer, with a focus on developing their writing and idea-generation skills.
• Provide dotted line management for the Social Media Manager, ensuring cohesive social content.
   

ABOUT YOU

• Substantial experience of writing daily news / features in a newsroom or high-frequency publishing environment 
• Personal experience of editing a email newsletter at least bi-weekly is essential 
• Significant experience of public speaking and/or stage interviewing a significant advantage 
• Media showreel of commentary / appearances on TV & radio/podcasts would be an advantage but not essential  
• Brilliant, fast copywriter and copy editor who can turn around five high-impact news features in a day (personally writing and commissioning) 
• Extensive contacts book of freelance writers who write today-for-today and today-for-tomorrow on diverse range of topics 
• Proficient in creating reactive, self-shot video for instant publication on social and web 
• Confident media spokesperson for the brand on a wide range of topics 
• Engaging interviewer, able to hold a live audience  

 

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) - pro rated for part-time or fixed-term employees
• Hybrid working 
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause
• Life assurance and pension scheme
• Regular socials and more!

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here. 

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.