Junior Audience Editor (US Based)
Description:
Your mission
This role is: FULL TIME and the applicants must live and be based in the US.
HELLO! continues to grow and is looking for a data-driven, highly organised Junior Audience Editor to help HELLO! to maintain its impressive organic growth.
Role Overview
We're looking for a Junior Audience Editor based in the US to support our editorial team by helping shape and grow our reach across entertainment and lifestyle content.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who’s worked in digital publishing, especially as a writer with SEO know-how, and is ready to take a step into a more strategic audience role. You'll work closely with our UK and US teams to spot trends, pitch smart content ideas, and help optimize stories for search and discoverability.
Key Responsibilities
Spot trending topics in the US (and globally) that align with our brand, and flag them to the editorial team in real time
Use keyword and trend tools to suggest article ideas and support writers with SEO-optimized headlines, metadata, and internal links
Assist with optimizing and updating existing articles to improve rankings and visibility
Track competitors and flag when they’re ranking well or covering topics we’re missing
Help plan and support coverage of major entertainment events (e.g., award shows, reality finales) from a performance perspective
Monitor article performance using tools like Google Search Console and Google Analytics, and share insights and quick wins with the team
Learn and grow into a more strategic audience development role with training and support
Your profile
Candidates must be currently living and based in the US.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who’s worked in digital publishing, especially as a writer with SEO know-how, and is ready to take a step into a more strategic audience role. You'll work closely with our UK and US teams to spot trends, pitch smart content ideas, and help optimize stories for search and discoverability.
Experience
Experience writing or editing content with SEO in mind, ideally for an entertainment, lifestyle, or celebrity-focused site
A good grasp of SEO basics (search intent, keyword research, optimizing headlines, metadata, etc.)
A genuine interest in digital trends, pop culture, and how people find and engage with content online
Comfortable using tools like Google Trends, Search Console, or similar
Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities
Strong communication and collaboration skills, you’ll be working closely with writers and editors
Based in the United States, ideally with awareness of US cultural moments and TV/celebrity events
Qualifications
Experience writing or editing content with SEO in mind, ideally for an entertainment, lifestyle, or celebrity-focused site
A good grasp of SEO basics (search intent, keyword research, optimizing headlines, metadata, etc.)
A genuine interest in digital trends, pop culture, and how people find and engage with content online
Comfortable using tools like Google Trends, Search Console, or similar
Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities
Strong communication and collaboration skills, you’ll be working closely with writers and editors
Based in the United States, ideally with awareness of US cultural moments and TV/celebrity events
Benefits
25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
1 birthday day per year
Private Medical Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance currently 6 x salary
Generous Employer Pension contributions
Group Income Protection Scheme
Plus all of the perks of working for a fun media company!
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.