The posting
Vanity Fair holds a mirror to society by celebrating the best of global culture and investigating the forces that propel it. Pop culture can be profound and current affairs can be ridiculous. Our cast of characters is wide-ranging, wildly diverse, always exceptional, and quite often stylish. In every medium, Vanity Fair harnesses the tensions of modern life.
Job Description
Location:
London, GB
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, Dubai, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.
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.
Vanity Fair seeks a staff writer to join its global team in a London-based position, covering the areas of culture, fashion, politics, business, and tech—and the intersections of those things.
The ideal candidate has original ideas, a distinctive writing style, the ability to come up with stories and to report them out. This role is an integral part of the editorial team, with experience balancing short-term and fast-turnaround stories with longer-term projects. The writer will be working across sections, and a top candidate is versatile—with an understanding of how to write a story around all editorial facets of the brand.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Pitch, report, and write stories on platforms, balancing news and analysis of the most important stories with original investigative reporting, features, or essays.
- Collaborate with audio, video, events, and social media teams as needed to develop ways of telling stories on other platforms. Conceptualising how stories might live across all editorial facets of the brand, and brainstorming and pitching ideas for all platforms (digital, print, social, podcast, video, etc)
- Generating story ideas for VanityFair.com
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
Requirements:
- Sound editorial judgment, with strong writing and research skills
- Extremely organised, detail-oriented, and able to adhere to tight deadlines, sometimes turning around copy within one work day
- Ability to communicate well with people across departments (Art, Photo, etc.), at all levels of the brand, and with freelancers/outside contributors
- 3-5 years experience in journalism, writing, or related fields; ideally including reporting and editing experience and some familiarity with headline best practices, SEO, and newsletter strategy
Primary Responsibilities
- Mix commentary, newswriting, and original reporting to contribute to Vanity Fair’s daily digital output.
- Pitch and write feature stories on all manner of culture-driven stories, including profiles of rising talent, trend pieces, interviews, and more.
- Maintain a next-level cultural radar for what’s new and what’s next, with a passion for bringing it to readers.
- Be a one-person publishing outfit, sourcing photos and videos and posting directly to the site using our content management system.
- Use traffic data and social-media feedback to find new coverage areas, optimise performance, and maintain consistent growth
Desired Skills & Qualifications:
- College degree and at least 2-3 years writing experience
- Enthusiastic about style, entertainment, culture, and the Vanity Fair brand
- Experience using content management systems and major social media platforms
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Confidence and the ability to work in a fast paced/deadline-oriented environment
- Strong attention to detail with ability to multitask
- Ability to anticipate needs and execute quickly
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.
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
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.
