Hearst UK has announced the appointment of Alison Forth as Director of PR and Communications. In this role, Alison will be responsible for driving Hearst UK’s corporate communications agenda, as well as handling external communications across Hearst UK’s 21 prestigious brands which include Good Housekeeping, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Esquire and Digital Spy.  

Alison's remit will also incorporate internal communications for the UK arm of Hearst, whose employees work across sites including House of Hearst in London’s Leicester Square, St Anne’s Court in Soho, the Hearst Institute in Feltham and regional offices in Manchester. She will report directly into Interim CEO, Simon Horne, sitting on the Executive Leadership Team, and heading up a recently restructured PR and Communications team. 

The team will also handle PR for Hearst UK’s world-class brand events, including Good Housekeeping Live, which takes place for the first time this Autumn, the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards, and the Bazaar at Work events franchise as well as promoting new experiential division, HearstX, which will bring Hearst UK’s brand experiences to a multi-platform audience.