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I worked as features editor for Cosmopolitan magazine, from September 2021 until July 2022. I wrote and commissioned content, for both print and digital, pitched ideas in monthly editorial meetings, supported other members of the team and assisted on case study photo and video shoots. During my time there, I spent months writing and researching a feature about women and drugs. It involved shadowing various harm-reduction charities across the country, seeking out case studies, talking to parents whose children died because of drugs and challenging policing minister Kit Malthouse on the UK’s zero tolerance approach. The feature was published in the August 2022 issue and was featured on the cover as: The Party Drug Paradox.
I spent two years as editor of Oh Comely magazine, from May 2017 until July 2019. During my editorship, I honed the arts-focussed editorial direction of the magazine and strengthened its feminist voice to engage readers and increase circulation. I commissioned a diverse mix of freelance photographers, writers, illustrators and stylists who I worked with collaboratively. I edited, commissioned and wrote features, negotiated fees and rights, and worked closely with our advertising director to increase revenue and bring in partnership opportunities. Issue 38 marked Oh Comely’s first ever illustrated cover and it was also my first issue as editor. I significantly grew the magazine’s social media channels and also organised events including a panel talk to mark International Women’s Day in partnership with eyewear brand Bailey Nelson and a reader dinner at the iconic Spring restaurant inside London’s Somerset House.
Opposite are highlights, including a selection of illustrated covers, our sustainable fashion shoot to mark Fashion Revolution Week, cannabis feature from issue 42, Redressing Gender issue 43’s fashion editorial and a fruit-themed shoot I styled for issue 48.
I published and edited independent tattoo magazine for women, Things & Ink, for three years / 12 print issues. It provided an alternative to the largely misogynistic titles already on the market. It profiled women tattooists and collectors, focused on tattooing’s rich culture and history – with sections on beauty, fashion, art, artists and misconceptions. All features sat alongside high-end, creative photo shoots and illustrations. Each issue had a theme: launch, face, love, art, celebration, modification, identity, illustration, stripped back, anatomy, fruity, and horror.
