Acting Features Editor (Real Life) Maternity Cover

Bella magazine is offering an exciting opportunity to run its features desk for a six month fixed-term maternity cover contract from 18th July, or thereabouts. The successful candidate will have been a features editor or deputy features editor for at least two years on a weekly magazine that focuses on real life stories.  The candidate will be a first-class writer and understand how to weave a true life story in a way that is impactful and entertaining to the reader. They will be an excellent copy editor who relishes knocking any story into shape and be able to give clear and direct rewriting briefs to the team. They would ensure every issue of Bella is packed full of the most juicy/emotional/shocking real life stories, taking care that the flatplan carries a balance of everything the Bella reader expects. They will be expected to organise and lead a team of writers, have great contacts with real life agencies and freelancers and be bursting with brilliant features ideas. They will commission from agencies, negotiate prices, liaise with Bella’s picture and art desks so that the layout for every real life story is as good as it can possibly be. If this sounds like your bag, please send a covering letter and a CV to Julia Davis, Editor Bella, julia.davis@bauer.co.uk 

As part of the interviewing process you will be expected to rewrite a real life feature from agency copy into a brilliant Bella-ready story.