Beauty Editor, Vogue Business

Location: London, GB

Role Overview

CondéNast is seeking a Beauty Editor to lead Vogue Business's beauty coverage, covering M&A activity, notable brands, key global markets, and product, consumer and marketing trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead the weekly Beauty Edit newsletter: plan content, compile data, and write the editor's letter.
• Write a minimum of two stories a week on emerging trends and pivot to breaking news as needed.
• Interview CEOs, CMOs, founders and high profile executives of major beauty brands, startups and conglomerates.
• Produce investigative, longer format articles on broader industry topics.
• Build and maintain industry sources and a growing network of contacts, including C level executives and freelance writers.
• Source images, video and charts to enhance storytelling across the website and social platforms.
• Collaborate with other editors and journalists and contribute a proactive and positive approach.
• Help build Vogue Business's coverage and profile with new formats and series.
• Host and build forums, podcasts and events with key industry figures.
• Collaborate with the Vogue Business team for dual byline stories and maintain a pool of freelancers.
• Work across other content pillars (fashion, sustainability, tech) when required.

Qualifications

• Track record of reporting for a professional or business audience.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines in a dynamic digital newsroom.
• Knowledge of the beauty industry, including small brands, large luxury conglomerates, PRs and agencies.
• Passionate about investigating new products, brands and major players and tracking emerging trends.
• Ability to juggle next day news stories with investigative, longer format pieces.
• Maintain a growing network of contacts, including C level executives and freelance writers.
• Bring a global perspective with insights and networks beyond the UK industry.
• Experience working with digital tools, including CMS and newsletter platforms.
• Fluency in a second language is a plus.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) plus extra days for relocation or volunteering.
• Competitive pension scheme and Bupa Private Healthcare.
• Season ticket loans, eye tests, and core hours with 10 remote days.
• Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership, cycle to work scheme.
• Dog friendly office, magazine subscriptions and corporate discounts.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CondéNast evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status or other legally protected characteristics.