At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Acting Entertainment Booker 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.

Leveraging the global and local power of talent is critical to bringing our brands to life, and the Talent & Entertainment hub is responsible for securing and booking talent across all platforms for the Lux and Lifestyle brands.   Access to top tier talent is key to make magazines stand out on the newsstand, help drive revenue through our content, and to help lock in sponsors for future brand events.

 

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Entertainment Booker works over Luxury and Women’s Lifestyle, supporting the Entertainment Editors in the Talent hub as well as the Group Entertainment Director, to deliver top tier talent, and associated content, for print, digital, video and events.

They serve a crucial support function in making sure that a steady flow of ground-breaking talent is booked effectively and efficiently across the brands for print, video and events, as well as supporting with content across all channels, and ensuring the Talent team are aware of all new entertainment releases with an up-to-date release schedule. 

They oversee all video bookings for the Luxury and Women’s Lifestyle titles, liaising directly with the brand digital teams and the video team, about relevant releases and is key is setting these up.

They support the talent hub with writing, production admin on photo shoots, brand projects and with the day to day running of the department.

 

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in, plus a wealth of knowledge and contacts in the entertainment and pop culture industry and have experience in working in this arena across Luxury and / or Lifestyle brands, ideally for a consumer publication.  They will have experience in booking, handling and producing celebrity-based shoots, events and projects.  Interviewing and writing experience is also desirable. 

 

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  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.