The best kind of job for parents, according to Joanna Coles

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"Be
realistic about what you can and can"t do" as a new parent, says
Joanna Coles, pictured.
Hearst

Joanna Coles has held the glamorous titles of editor-in-chief of
Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines. Today, she"s the first
person to serve as the chief content officer of Hearst Magazines.

But Coles launched her journalism career in a place far from the
world of glossy monthlies, as a reporter for The Guardian and The
Times of London.

On an episode of Business Insider"s podcast, "Success!
How I Did It," Coles told Business Insider US editor-in-chief
Alyson Shontell that she leapt from newspaper to magazine
journalism because she thought the lifestyle of a magazine editor
was more conducive to being a mom.

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Coles said, "I always urge women to aim for the highest job they
can get because you get more money and you get more support and
you get more control, and those are the three things that
actually make life easier."

Coles described what the transition from The Times of London to
magazines was like:

"It was quite jarring to go from newspapers to magazines, and the
reason I did it was because I had my second son, and with my
second child I just thought I can"t travel at will, which you
really need to be able to do. And so I had a sort of slow
realization that I could no longer do the job that I loved. It
wasn"t the job"s fault — it wasn"t the newspaper"s fault. I was
just at a life stage that didn"t make sense. ...

"So I moved into magazines because I thought I would have more
control over my schedule. I wanted a desk job, I didn"t want to
be traveling all the time, and I"m not someone who found it easy
to travel with young children, and I wanted to see them. And it
was very difficult. The transition of a desk job, having to be in
the office at the same time every day, I found super hard. But I
did it for three years, and that led to me taking over at Marie
Claire, which was a really exciting experience."

Coles hammered home the point about flexibility being key for her
— and for all working parents:

"[When I took over at Marie Claire] I had the opportunity to make
my own schedule a bit more, which was, again, something I always
try and tell women who are anxious about taking on more
responsibility when they have children that, if you can create
your own schedule, if you are in control of your schedule, that"s
one of the most important things that helps with children."

Other executives agree with Coles about the importance of a
malleable schedule. Weekly CFO Kim Jabal
previously told Business Insider that flexibility is integral
to work-life balance. "Rigid work hours and work location make it
much more challenging," she said.

Jabal"s personal schedule is "home an hour in the morning,
get kids to school, work in the office 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., have
dinner with kids, work three hours at night."

If you"re thinking about finding a job that makes it easier to
juggle work and family responsibilities, check out
this list of the best jobs for parents. Magazine editor isn"t
on there — but you"ll find 10 other relatively high-paying,
low-stress jobs that offer flexibility.

"It"s important to be realistic about what you can and can"t do
at any one time," Coles said. "Doesn"t mean you can"t go
back to it at a later stage, and at some point I would love to
set off across the country again with a notebook and a pen and
that"s all. But I"m not quite there yet, and also I"m rather
seduced by the glorious office I have at Hearst Tower."

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