Manager, Audience Growth
Overview (Be Part of What's Next)
We’re looking for an Audience Growth Manager to accelerate first-party data growth and audience engagement across our iconic portfolio of brands. You’ll lead high-impact initiatives that convert casual readers into known users and loyal subscribers—powering smarter marketing across email, SMS, and beyond. If you thrive at the intersection of strategy, experimentation, and execution, this role is for you.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 30 iconic brands in the U.S.—including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, and Popular Mechanics — inspires, entertains, and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social and print, reaching nearly 130 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms. We are a global media company that publishes nearly 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the world—and together, we are shaping what’s next.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Develop and execute data-informed strategies to grow first-party audiences across email and SMS
- Drive paid media efforts in collaboration with Growth Marketing to increase reach and lifetime value
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to expand and retain high-value audiences aligned with subscription, commerce, and advertising goals
- Collaborate with Lifecycle, Newsletter, Editorial, and Product teams to optimize user journeys and conversion paths
- Enhance on-site lead generation tools and placements to maximize registration and engagement
- Own reporting and dashboards to track acquisition, engagement, and conversion performance
- Lead A/B testing and experimentation to improve funnel performance and channel effectiveness
- Bring new ideas to the table, test them rapidly, and formalize successful strategies into scalable best practices
Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)
- 5+ years of experience in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing
- Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition
- Skilled in analytics tools and campaign reporting (e.g., Google Analytics, Looker, Sailthru)
- Understanding of paid media strategy and lifecycle marketing a plus
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
- Highly analytical, creative, and collaborative with a test-and-learn mindset
- Hybrid role based in NYC; in-office presence required 4 days per week
What We Offer
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
Compensation
The base salary for this role is between $88,000 - $106,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Hearst is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing
- Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition
- Skilled in analytics tools and campaign reporting (Google Analytics, Looker, Sailthru)
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
- Highly analytical, creative, collaborative, with a test-and-learn mindset
- Understanding of paid media strategy and lifecycle marketing
- Hybrid role based in NYC with in-office presence required 4 days per week
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
