The company has promoted Elle acting deputy editor Marion Jones to associate editor, handing her responsibility for special projects on the title.
Jones took on the acting deputy editor's role following the departure of Margi Conklin for the same post at IPC Media's In Style magazine in June this year (PRWeek, 20 June).
Hachette has also promoted Elle Decoration features writer Kate Jacobs to homes editor of the title, replacing Claire Bingham, who has left the company to work in Italy.
Meanwhile, Elle Decoration art editor Andrea Lynch has been promoted to creative director of the title.