At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Designer on a 10 Month Maternity Cover Contract to start the next chapter in your career. 

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

Good Housekeeping’s Designer will assist the Creative Director, Art Editor and Senior Designer in implementing the creative vision across all platforms for Hearst UK’s biggest and most trusted women’s lifestyle brand Good Housekeeping. You will be responsible for working on design and visuals across print, digital, events, marketing materials and commercial projects.

 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

 

Working with the Creative Director and Art Editor to ensure their design perfectly complements the editorial content and follows the house style whilst maintaining the individual style, design and look of the brand. Marking up pages to be sent to press and repro. Checking final proofs, ensuring pages are of an excellent standard and any corrections or instructions have been actioned when requested. Retouching images if needed and support the senior art team with general administrative tasks. Attending shoots and art directing still life shoots where necessary across all platforms working closely with the editorial team. Attend company and art meetings to generate exciting ideas for layouts of features and regular pages. Research and commission illustrators when appropriate after approval from Creative Director. To work with industry-standard toolsets to complete your work, as well as work within the proscribed processes of the structured workflow systems used to create editorial content. Designing for digital, socials, newsletters, events and brand marketing as necessary. Performance Measurement: The Key Performance Indicators against which you will be measured will be set by your line manager. To be an ambassador of Hearst UK and its values.  You may be required to undertake such further duties as your skills, qualifications and experience allow and/or as may be assigned to you from time to time. Designing editorial pages and visuals across all platforms for print and digital. 

 

ABOUT YOU

 

Creativity  Adaptability  A strong eye for detail The ability to think outside the box Expanding Personal Network Audience understanding and engagement Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines Technical skills to design on all multi-platform offerings (e.g., InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator and After Effects) Ability to think creatively to generate visual ideas and see them through from scratch to publication  Forge excellent working relationships with an editorial team A passionate approach to work with the ability to be 
self-motivated Experience working as a Junior Designer / Designer on a publication in the consumer magazine market

 

 

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 – Three days per week in the office 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.