Household Advice Writer - Military Veterans
at Hearst
At Hearst UK, there's always more to the story. Join us as our Household Advice Writer 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.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Brilliant decluttering and cleaning tips are what Good Housekeeping is known for. Our readers rely on our time-saving hacks and invaluable insider advice. As the Household Advice Writer, you will be responsible for creating engaging and relatable decluttering and cleaning content, across digital, print and video, sharing our expert tips on everything from how to clean your cooker hood without breaking a sweat to the best decluttering method for every personality type.
You will work with Good Housekeeping's Homes & Household Advice Editor to help grow traffic to our household advice section on the website through thumb-stopping, creative content. You will also liaise closely with the GHI Head of Content and Senior Homes & Lifestyle Writer to ensure we're integrating Good Housekeeping Institute Tried and Tested household products into our features to help support our ecommerce target.
Key Responsibilities
- Help to create, update and maintain cleaning and decluttering content across print, digital articles and video.
- Track and report back on success of content created, iterating on success to drive our Household traffic target.
- Work with the GHI team to ensure household content includes Tried and Tested products to support our ecommerce and accreditation targets.
- Come up with creative new ways to showcase our cleaning and decluttering knowledge, from first-person features to attention-grabbing new franchises, trying out new methods yourself at home where required.
- Support on building and creating content for the Good Home newsletter.
- Represent Good Housekeeping at external PR events to ensure knowledge of relevant future and current product releases.
- Upload accurate and clean copy to the content management system ready to be checked and published by the relevant editor.
- Ensure all content is fully optimised for affiliate links.
- Work with the SEO manager to ensure all content produced is fully optimised for SEO.
- Keep content as up to date as possible in line with new advice and products.
- 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.
ABOUT YOU
- Excellent and accurate writing skills, with the ability to produce engaging, original copy at pace.
- Experience writing across print and digital.
- Experience working with PRs to get the inside scoop on new product launches.
- Experience using content management systems.
- Organised, meticulous and able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Good knowledge of SEO best practice.
- Experience with affiliate links and writing for ecommerce desirable.
- Experience using Photoshop desirable.
- Confidence in front of camera and self-shooting video for social platforms desirable
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.
London, Greater London

Hearst is one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies. Hearst has been innovating for more than a century, leading with purpose, integrity and a culture of care, with a mission to inform audiences and improve lives. The company’s diverse portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; digital services businesses; and more than 200 magazines around the world. Hearst is always moving forward, investing in healthcare solutions to improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions; providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. With a commitment to maintaining the highest quality in its products and services, Hearst is dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.