Bauer Media has appointed former Cosmopolitan deputy editor Suzy Cox as editor of Heat magazine.
Cox replaces Jeremy Mark, who left in March after two and a half years as editor. Lucie Cave, who was Mark’s predecessor, remains as editor-in-chief of the broader brand including its digital operation.
Cave said: “Suzy is a very talented editor, full of brilliant plans for Heat, and I am very much looking forward to working with her. She is joining Heat at a very exciting period in its history as we continue to evolve.”
Cox has previously worked on News UK’s Fabulous magazine and Grazia, and has written a series of young adult fiction books.
Heat publisher Richard Howard said: “I am thrilled that Suzy is joining Heat and I know that her and Lucie Cave will make a formidable team. They are both highly creative and dynamic with the vision to lead Heat – and its talented journalists – into its next exciting life-stage.”
Heat’s average circulation for the second half of 2014 was 203,000, down more than 15% on the same period a year earlier.
