Hearst Magazines announced that Ronak Patel has been named senior vice president and general manager of the Lifestyle Group. The announcement was made by Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella, to whom she will report. In this new position at the company, Patel will be responsible for developing and overseeing brand-level consumer strategies that drive innovation, revenue growth and profitability across the company's Lifestyle Group of brands: Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, Delish, House Beautiful, Prevention, Redbook, Seventeen, The Pioneer Woman and Woman's Day. Patel joins Hearst from Ziff Davis, where she rose to general manager of the Consumer Tech portfolio of brands.
While serving as GM, she led global teams and operations across all facets of the business and was responsible
for growing audience and diversifying revenue streams. Prior to joining Ziff, Patel was the senior vice president of marketing at Trusted Media Brands, where her role
also included oversight of research, data strategy, ad operations and video. Throughout her career, she has
held numerous senior level marketing and publishing positions, including vice president of client solutions
across the network of brands at Time Inc. (now known as Dotdash Meredith). She will begin her new role on October 16.