Your mission
As the Design Lead at Hello! Fashion Magazine, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the creative vision and tone of our publication across all platforms. You will be responsible for the design and layout of our print magazine, ensuring each issue is visually stunning and cohesive. Your expertise will extend to digital layouts and social media, where you will craft engaging and visually appealing content that resonates with our audience.
You will lead the design team, setting high standards for creativity and excellence. Your keen eye for detail and strong sense of aesthetics will ensure that Hello! Fashion maintains a consistent and captivating visual style. You will collaborate closely with editorial, marketing, and digital teams to produce a unified look and feel across print and digital formats.
Your role is crucial in maintaining the magazines reputation for high-quality design, making sure every page and post reflects the sophistication and style that Hello! Fashion is known for.
Proficiency in industry-standard design software is essential. You must be highly skilled in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, with the ability to create polished and professional layouts. Familiarity with Canva is also required, enabling you to quickly generate social media content that aligns with our brands identity.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead the design and layout of Hello! Fashion Magazine, ensuring a cohesive and visually stunning publication.
● Design and produce digital layouts and social media content, maintaining a consistent visual style across all platforms.
● Set the creative vision and tone for the magazine, guiding the design team to achieve high standards of excellence.
● Collaborate with editorial, marketing, and digital teams to produce unified and engaging content.
● Research and select appropriate visuals to accompany articles, ensuring high-quality and relevant imagery.
● Create regular features and galleries that align with the magazines aesthetic and editorial direction.
● Monitor design trends and traffic metrics to grow the magazines visual influence.
● Represent Hello! Fashion at brand events, when necessary.
● Participate in social media content creation and contribute to magazine features as needed.
Your profile
● Genuine passion and deep knowledge of fashion and beauty.
● Extensive network of contacts within the fashion and beauty industry.
● Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
● Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics.
Qualifications
A relevant higher education qualification is desired but not essential
Why us?
It's an exciting time for HELLO! Fashion as we expand our digital offerings and work on the future of our brand. We have just moved into a new office which allows us to come together as a team to collaborate, share ideas and develop as a business.
Benefits
As well as getting to work with an amazing team on exciting work, the role offers the following:
- 25 days annual leave per year.
- 1 birthday day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme that offers support to employees with a wide range of concerns from mental health through to finances
- Private medical scheme
- Life assurance 6 x salary
- Group Income Protection
About us
MISSION STATEMENT
To influence and inspire with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.
History of Hello
HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication, known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988.
Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.
HELLO! is part of the HOLA group, who launched ¡HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers’ lives. Always positive,¡HOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive, highly visual and celebratory, allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire, brighten and entertain.
With offices in London, New York and Toronto, HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website, with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK, US and Canada.
Our readership is more global than that however, with audiences also visiting the site from Australia, India, Europe and all other parts of the world.
