Fashion Editor - ELLE & marie claire

Job no: 500342

Work type: permanent full time

Location: Sydney

Categories: Content

About the role

We are looking for a Fashion Editor to join the teams behind ELLE and marie claire; two globally recognised brands shaping the conversation around fashion, culture and contemporary storytelling!

This is a hybrid editorial role with a digital-first mindset, responsible for delivering high-impact fashion content across digital platforms while also executing premium fashion direction for print.

On occasion, you may be asked to style shoots or compile pages for Gourmet Traveller and Beauty Crew, as well as style celebrity guests for Marie Claire and ELLE events.

This role demands a strong editorial eye, advanced styling capability, and a deep understanding of how fashion translates across digital, print, social and commercial environments.

You will be instrumental in ensuring our fashion output is visually exceptional, culturally relevant, commercially effective, and optimised for audience growth and engagement.

What you'll do

• Own and execute digital fashion content across ELLE and marie claire platforms
• Curate, package and publish content via WordPress CMS, ensuring best-in-class formatting, SEO and performance optimisation
• Translate print fashion into engaging digital formats that drive traffic, engagement and conversion across respective websites and social platforms.
• Collarorate with editorial, social, video and e-commerce teams to deliver integrated, cross-platform storytelling
• Monitor trends, audience data and cultural moments to inform real-time content strategy
• Represent ELLE and marie claire at key industry events, acting as a visible brand ambassador across fashion, cultural and commercial moments
• Ensure advertiser integration across both titles, delivering considered, brand-aligned visibility within fashion content
• Front fashion content for social, appearing in pieces-to-camera (Reels) to drive engaging, social-first storytelling and audience growth
• On occasion, style digital covers and/or beauty shoots for Beauty Crew

What you'll bring

• Experience in a fashion editorial or styling role, ideally across both digital and print
• Digital-first mindset with experience working within CMS platforms (WordPress is essential)
• Ability to execute high-quality fashion shoots from concept through to delivery
• A strong styling portfolio with experience working with talent and high-profile events
• Clear understanding of SEO, analytics and content performance
• Clear understanding of social media platforms
• Commercially astute, with experience working on brand shoots and client-facing projects
• Deep knowledge of the fashion landscape, with a strong network of industry contacts

Who Are We?

Are Media is Australia’s #1 women’s lifestyle network. We connect with 90% of Australian women, igniting intention through our brands including The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, ELLE Australia, TV WEEK, New Idea, WHO, Australian Gourmet Traveller and BEAUTY/crew. With deep insights into what moves, inspires and excites women, we join commercial partners with audiences across print magazines, digital and social channels, TV, video, Australia’s biggest online communities, content commerce and immersive experiences. We create content Australians love across food, fashion, beauty, homes, entertainment, and lifestyle and through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people.

Why Are Media?

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families \& carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).

At Are Media, you'll be in the office four days a week, with one day to work from home.

Are Media is a proud member of Media Diversity Australia, a not-for-profit organisation working towards a media landscape that looks and sounds like Australia. We are committed to fostering diverse, respectful, collaborative \& inclusive workplace. We know \& value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome \& encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Advertised: 11 Jun 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 17 Jul 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time