The STYLIST GROUP
Digital Content Director
March 2022 – Present
Strategic Leadership: Appointed to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to steer the brand’s multi-channel digital roadmap, directly managing core editorial, video, and social teams while aligning content strategy with commercial objectives.
Subscription & App Growth: Spearheaded content initiatives designed to convert casual web traffic into loyal app users and paid subscribers, directly improving first-party data capture and digital yields.
Team Operations: Restructured cross-functional teams across lifestyle, fashion, and beauty, fostering a high-performance culture that balanced editorial integrity with sharp, fast-paced commercial agility.
Product & Platform Innovation: Pioneering next-generation publishing strategies, including the integration of AI tools within the newsroom, the expansion of automated newsletter ecosystems, and the growth of narrated article formats to deepen user habits.
Vertical Rebranding: Successfully oversaw the major strategic launch and rebrand of Well by Stylist (commenced January 2026), optimising content for high-value wellness demographics and premium commercial partnerships.
Industry Authority: Representing the brand at major international publishing forums, including leading industry roundtables on app engagement, subscription strategy, and future-facing editorial leadership.
Content monetisation: Spearheaded Stylist’s content monetisation strategy leaning into AI platforms, engagement tools and diversifying revenue streams intelligently (reducing impact on team, working smarter).
Executive Editor (Digital)
March 2019 – March 2022
Editorial Excellence: Directed daily digital operations, setting the tone, legal guardrails, and creative direction for all online features, breaking news, and lifestyle verticals.
Cross-Department Collaboration: Partnered closely with commercial, marketing, and events teams to package editorial tentpoles into highly successful, digitally integrated sponsorship opportunities.
Audience Scale & SEO: Transformed Stylist’s day-to-day digital output by implementing data-led search, social, and distribution strategies that consistently drove multi-million user reach every month.