Who Are We? 

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.  Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people. 

Why Are Media?   

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).    

You’re welcome in the office every day, but you have the option to work from home one day a week.

About the role

This is an exciting role within a supportive and dynamic team, working on some of the most loved and respected fashion and beauty brands in the country. 

• The Digital Editor of ELLE will report into the Head of Digital, with a dotted line to the Editor of ELLE. 
• Key stakeholders include the print teams, the Heads of Audience, Social and Email, as well as Commercial Content, Sales and Shopping Content teams
• This role is vital for growing the digital audience of this highly regarded Fashion title, for maintaining the editorial excellence across site, email and social channels, for innovating new content formats and for assisting in the ideation, creation and execution of digital content for our Commercial brand partners. 

Duties

The specifics of the Digital Editor's day-to-day will be ever-changing due to the fast pace of the news cycle covered by the Fashion & Beauty brands, but the duties that will remain constant include:

• Plan, create, optimise and publish content according to the ELLE content schedule across multiple platforms including site, email and social media.
• Able to write engaging, unique and polished copy daily in the brand tone of ELLE with speed and ease. An ability to spot spelling and grammar mistakes at 50 paces preferred.
• Use analytics tools and platforms to make data-based content decisions, to optimise audience reach and engagement, in particular SEO
• Collaborate with print team to optimise and amplify magazine content on online platforms
• Execute weekly and monthly reporting to track results against KPIs.

Skills and experience

• 3 - 6 years experience in a digital content-producing role, and the management of online platforms and audiences
• A passion for innovative digital media, and curiosity for how to best serve the ELLE audience - wherever they may be
• Ability and drive to stay on top of fast moving news cycle, as it relates to fashion, culture, celebrity, politics and beauty 
• Extensive experience creating online content in CMS', like WordPress, and solid understanding of Best Practise digital production processes
• Solid SEO understanding, and a history of creating content that hits the top of SERPS and stays there
• Experience with Canva, and an eye for creating best-in-class visuals to elevate any given story angle 
• Familiarity with social scheduling platforms, SEO insights tools, Google Analytics etc. Video editing skills a bonus.
• Understanding of the importance of upholding editorial tone and style of the ELLE brand, and the nuance needed to appeal to Luxury-aligned audiences and commercial partners. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.   

Are Media is committed to a diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.  When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Please apply now and send your CV via the link.