Features Editor - That's Life!

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).    

We support flexible ways of working through our Activity Based Working (ABW) model. We encourage a balance of working in the office and remotely and we believe this enables our people to do their best work. 

About the role

Do you live and breathe amazing real-life stories that make readers gasp, laugh or cry? Or sometimes all three at the same time? Are you highly organised, a stickler for deadlines and a fast copy editor who can turn any story into a brilliant first-person read in print and online? Then this is the job for you.

that's life! is Australia's biggest-selling real-life magazine and we're looking for a Features Editor to manage our team of experienced writers, plan eye-catching and engaging content and edit sparkling copy.

This fabulous opportunity will suit someone with at least five years of experience with a media brand, plus experience writing or editing human interest features.

You will be creative, decisive, a good manager, and a problem-solver. You'll also be passionate about real-life stories from every day Australians and committed to bringing the best quality content to the homes of women around the country every week.

Duties

• Planning and editing content across several magazine issues at once.
• Managing a team of writers and freelancers and responding to story pitches.
• Meeting and exceeding content deadlines.
• Editing copy into that's life!'s unique first-person style.
• Working closely with copy and picture editors and briefing designers.
• Applying media law knowledge to crime content.
• Liaising with marketing and advertising teams to execute client briefs.

Skills and experience

• 5+ years experience in media including writing or editing human interest stories. Real-life magazine experience highly desirable.
• Experience managing a team.
• A keen understanding of the real-life magazine audience.
• Excellent news sense and strong editing abilities.
• Be able to successfully juggle competing demands and deadlines.
• Experience in online content and social media an advantage for the brand's omnichannel future.

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.