Reporting to Ella Dolphin, Group Commercial Director, Becky’s key responsibilities are to drive new commercial partnerships, develop sponsorship opportunities and revenue streams for Hearst’s events business Hearst Live, and generate commercial opportunities for Hearst’s Empowering Women initiative.
Becky has extensive publishing experience. She joined Red in August 2014 as Publisher to lead the brand and has worked closely with Editor-In-Chief Sarah Bailey and Ella Dolphin to develop a number of live events.
Prior to joining Hearst, Becky was Strategic Director Fashion and Retail at Grazia and Grazia.co.uk, International Fashion Director at its launch and previously Fashion Manager of Time Inc.’s InStyle Magazine. Becky began her advertising career at Business Traveller Magazine before joining IPC Magazines Women’s General Interest team, moving quickly to IPC’s joint venture Marie Claire as Advertising Manager.
Ella Dolphin, Group Commercial Director Hearst Magazines UK, says: “Becky is a brilliant operator, highly respected and has done an excellent job of developing a series of live events for the Red brand to appeal to its audience of smart, upscale women. As we continue to look for growth, she will apply her skills and experience across Hearst’s portfolio of brands to develop opportunities through new strategic partnerships.”
Becky Gee, Publisher, Red, says: “I’m delighted to have been given this opportunity to move into a new central role to work across the full spectrum of brands at Hearst Magazines UK. I’m particularly excited about the opportunities for our events business Hearst Live, which has doubled in size over the last 12 months delivering events such as Cosmopolitan’s Fashfest.”
