Commerce Market Editor, Vogue

Condé Nast is one of the world’s most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today’s most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company’s owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.

Job Description

Location:

London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others.

We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.

British Vogue is seeking a visionary Shopping Market Editor to craft unique and compelling shopping-focused content for Vogue Shopping. They will lead the fashion direction of the department, be passionate about setting the tone and identity across all major fashion tentpoles and running with multi-model content opportunities. The ideal candidate will be excited about shopping across every fashion category and possess a strong background in fashion market, styling and merchandising whilst being competent in writing.

The ideal candidate is confident in content execution with an ability to spot trends, pitch story ideas and provide compelling visuals to support via affiliate linked product and original shoot imagery aligned with the Vogue Shopping creative aesthetic in our in-house editorial studio.

As well as creating content, the ideal candidate enjoys analysing traffic and conversion results to help inform decision making. They will brainstorm new ways to engage our audience around shopping-driven stories on all our digital platforms, including social, newsletter, original content, and storefront. The candidate should have a strong editorial eye and taste level with a passion for curation and discovery. This role reports into British Vogue’s Shopping Director.

The successful candidate needs the instincts and editorial judgement of a Vogue editor with a strong understanding of digital commerce: someone who can drive a clear visual editorial point of view for product and shopping recommendations, spot what the Vogue reader will want next, and understand how exceptional editorial can translate into measurable revenue.

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the world’s most influential fashion titles and play an important role in the continued growth and evolution of the Vogue Shopping team at British Vogue.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Pitch and compile 3-4 fashion-focused pieces of content a week, (including new, evergreen, storefront, and additional content for contributors)
• Brief, manage, and approve freelance market pulls, keeping expert curation, best practices, and partnership deliverables in mind, working with editorial teams to ensure that all content is on-brand
• Assist in brand partnership execution
• Keep the Vogue storefront up to date and best in class with product pulls and merchandising across category pages
• Ability to concept, lead, and execute original shoots with Vogue visuals team, ie. partnerships, editor-led shoots, and more from start to finish
• Curate product and pull imagery when needed for Vogue Shopping Newsletter or any other Marketing channel
• Identify new content opportunities that capture industry trends for articles, new franchises or social and video content
• Regularly report on content performance across platforms, studying purchasing data, tracking site analytics, researching trends, and performing competitive analysis of comparable sites
• Attend relevant appointments, retailer/partnership meetings, fashion calendar events, and more to stay up to date on new brands, trends, etc.

Essential Skills & Requirements:

The ideal candidate must have fashion market & shopping experience at either an editorial platform or mulit-brand retailer and a strong enthusiasm for helping define the content-to-commerce strategy at Vogue.

• A minimum of 3 years fashion market or merchandising experience at either a mulit-brand retailer or editorial platform
• Experience with styling shoots, product call ins, and decision making on set
• Ideal candidate will have their own relationships with fashion brands, PRs, as well as retailers
• Experience analysing performance across different verticals, product categories, retailers and content types to optimise for revenue generation
• Experience of conceptualising fashion franchises adapted across social
• A finger to the pulse on what shopping content is exciting across both onsite and social: a strong sense of runway trends and seasonal fashion moments
• Good knowledge of writing is desirable
• Being comfortable appearing on camera highly desired, as well as UGC
• Exceptional project management skills - must be able to consistently plan ahead while maintaining daily content production
• Strong organisational skills, a self-directed work style, and polished communication skills that make collaborating easy across all editorial and creative departments
• A self-starter who relishes the opportunity to directly accelerate the growth of Conde Nast commerce business

What benefits do we offer?

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.
• You’ll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.
• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• We’re a dog-friendly office, plus you’ll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.
• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub, where you’ll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training available in local languages.
• Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.