Features Director in City of Westminster

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit, and Wired, among others.

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.

TATLER is looking for a Features Director to lead its Features desk into the next phase of Tatler’s success. The Features Director will work closely with the Editor-in-chief to create and commission agenda-setting content and scoops to a world-class standard. They will oversee Tatler’s talented Features desk, and ensure that the team’s talent is leveraged efficiently across all of Tatler’s platforms, including print, digital and social. The successful candidate must have a creative flair for new content and a strong understanding of Tatler’s heritage, modern world, cast of characters and direction. They will thrive on producing high-quality editorial in a fast-paced environment, and work closely with Tatler’s Digital Director to ensure that there is also a strong pipeline of digital-first features being commissioned as well as maintaining Tatler’s print excellence.

Responsibilities

• Commission agenda-setting stories for both print and digital
• Be obsessive about culture, current affairs and the Tatler scene
• Edit, proofread and work with sub-editors to come up with witty headlines and standfirsts
• Work closely with the wider team to deliver punchy and must-read coverlines
• Establish strong relationships with key industry contacts
• Lead Features meetings, manage the team’s daily content output, oversee the features budget and ensure deadlines are met
• Identify and pursue landing Tatler-unique cover talent when non-celebrity is required
• Contribute creative ideas on how to cover key events across different digital platforms, including social and video
• Use their strong network of writers and journalists to deliver top-quality pieces and scoops for Tatler
• Take a keen interest in mentoring the Features team
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably required

Requirements

• The ability to deliver edited copy to a high standard within tight deadlines
• A good knowledge of the Tatler world and who’s who
• Excellent writing and copy-editing skills, with a sharp eye for detail
• A nose for news: an ideas generator, eager to uncover original stories and angles that work across all of Tatler’s platforms
• Exhaustive knowledge of high society, fashion, film, lifestyle and arts and culture
• Extensive experience as a senior editor within an established global media business or working on a national title, with experience running a features team
• Excellent people-management, delegation and communication skills
• Great planning and organisational skills
• A brilliant contacts book of writers and journalists to commission for features
• Impeccable discipline with keeping to, and enforcing, deadlines

Benefits

• 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.