Senior Writer, The Village (Stylist)

DC Thomson Ltd.; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Senior Writer for Stylist's new parenting digital magazine. In this role, you will create engaging content focusing on motherhood experiences for an intelligent audience. The position offers a hybrid working model and a competitive salary package, including 26 days of holiday, health benefits, and more.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Health cash plan

Gym discount

Competitive salary

Excellent pension

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a journalist or writer, ideally focused on parenting or lifestyle.
• Strong digital publishing skills including SEO and CMS knowledge.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Originate and write features and news stories focused on parenting.
• Create and publish content across various digital platforms.
• Monitor performance using data to achieve digital targets.

Skills

Journalism

SEO knowledge

Social media content creation

Writing and editing

Data analysis

Job description

An exciting opportunity has risen for a talented Senior Writer for The Village, Stylist’s new parenting digital magazine!

ABOUT DC THOMSON

At DC Thomson we are a business with a purpose – to make a positive impact on the communities we serve.

Deeply rooted in our communities, we are investing in data, technology, and talent to unlock a new level of understanding about what really matters to our customers. This is how we are shaping the future of media.

We’ve changed the way we work to create a flexible, collaborative, learning-led culture that draws on expertise from across the organisation to create award-winning content and cultural moments that engage audiences to be part of our communities.

ABOUT STYLIST

Stylist (a DC Thomson brand) 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, Stylist.co.uk, Stylist+ and our newsletter portfolio sit at the heart of the brand, reaching 400K women in print and over 3 million UK women online through non‑stop, mobile‑first content.

At Stylist, we celebrate creativity, innovation and inclusivity. We offer a hybrid working model to allow our colleagues to work from home and/or the office as part of Stylist’s working culture.

ABOUT THE VILLAGE BY STYLIST

The Village by Stylist is a new quarterly digital magazine dedicated to parenting. It will be a place for honesty, shared experiences, expert advice and candid conversations about the realities of parenthood. Learn more about The Village by reading this launch letter penned by Lisa Smosarski (Editorial Director, The Stylist Group).

ABOUT THE ROLE

Overall objective:

As Senior Writer, you will originate and write compelling features and news stories with a parenting/motherhood angle for Stylist. You will ensure all content is accurately written to brief and on deadline and is targeted to our intelligent, female‑identifying audience and the aspirational advertisers wishing to reach them. In addition, you will monitor all work using data platforms to ensure key digital targets are achieved.

Key responsibilities:

• Generate forward‑thinking, exciting and exclusive ideas, and see them through from pitch to publication
• Ideate, write and publish content across all Stylist’s digital verticals: the website, our newsletters and social media
• Write content for digital and print magazines and commercial requests, as required
• Apply thorough SEO knowledge to all digital content published and monitor everything to get the widest reach possible
• Monitor your work post‑publication, and to strive to hit personal and website‑wide KPI targets
• Create video and static content for Stylist’s social feeds, appearing in the content when required
• Maintain Stylist’s competitive advantage in publishing the most relevant and timely stories

Secondary objectives:

• Stay abreast of all competitor activity and innovation across all platforms
• Use forward planning tools and insights to ensure Stylist content remains ahead trends, events and cultural moments
• Ensure there is adequate cover and a thorough handover when on annual leave

Candidate requirements:

• Proven experience as a journalist or writer, ideally with a focus on parenting, lifestyle or women’s media
• Strong digital publishing skills, including SEO, CMS and social media content creation
• A keen understanding of Stylist’s tone, audience and editorial values
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment
• Confident in using data to inform content strategy and performance
• Comfortable creating multimedia content, including video and appearing on camera when needed
• A proactive, ideas‑driven mindset with a passion for storytelling that informs, inspires and empowers

To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter.

NB:

• At Stylist we offer a hybrid working model to allow staff to work from home and/or the office as part of Stylist’s working culture.
• This job description is not exhaustive and does not exclude any other tasks that may reasonably be required by the role.
• It is also subject to change as business conditions dictate.

This is a full‑time, permanent position, working 35 hours per week from our London, Fleet Street Office. At Stylist, we offer a hybrid working model. We also 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.

The Stylist Group is a female‑focused media company which encompasses live events, a creative agency and product targeted to metropolitan women.