Senior Director of Creative Development, Condé Nast
$165-190k
Office located in 1 World Trade Center, NYC
Global media company
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Global media company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$165-190k
Office located in 1 World Trade Center, NYC
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inform in new and compelling ways, creating beautiful, visually arresting moments that offer new perspectives, and new forms of self-expression.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience developing and producing premium original digital video, entertainment, or editorial programming, including experience leading creative development
- Proven track record developing successful original formats, franchises, or series from concept through launch and iteration
- Exceptional creative instincts, visual sensibility, and editorial judgment, with a strong understanding of what makes an idea distinctly right for AD
- Demonstrated ability to lead creative teams, provide clear and actionable feedback, and translate creative vision into execution
- Deep understanding of YouTube, social video, and emerging platforms, including how storytelling, talent, packaging, and audience behavior differ across them
- Strong understanding of design, architecture, celebrity, lifestyle, entertainment, and culture
- Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to use audience insights to identify new formats, audiences, and business opportunities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across matrixed teams, senior leadership, and high-profile talent
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to efficiently balance creative ambition with timelines, resources, budgets, production complexity, and scalability
What the job involves
- Architectural Digest is seeking a Senior Director, Creative Development to help lead the continued growth and evolution of AD’s global digital video business. Working closely with the Executive Director, Video Programming, this role will shape a distinctive portfolio of original video franchises, developing ambitious ideas that extend AD’s authority in design and reach new audiences across platforms
- The Senior Director will be a leading creative voice in AD’s video organization, responsible for developing original IP, evolving successful franchises, and teaming up with top brand leadership to set the creative vision and standards for AD video. This role will collaborate across editorial, video, audience, talent, social, commercial, and global teams to create compelling, scalable entertainment. This role is based in New York
- Working with brand senior leadership, define and execute AD’s creative development strategy for revenue-generating digital video across O&O, YouTube, social, and emerging platforms
- Own the creative development pipeline from early-stage ideas and pilots through greenlight, launch, and franchise evolution
- Develop original video IP and evolve successful franchises with the potential to scale across platforms, formats, and global markets
- Identify stories, talent, cultural moments, and areas of AD authority that can become compelling video formats
- Lead creative development for new pilots and evolving formats, shaping narrative, talent, visual approach, storytelling, and platform positioning while efficiently maximizing resources
- Establish and uphold a high creative bar across the portfolio, reviewing treatments, scripts, rough cuts, and final cuts and providing clear creative direction
- Lead brainstorms and develop compelling pitches, treatments, and programming recommendations for senior leadership
- Partner with Talent/Casting and editorial teams to identify and develop internal and external talent, from designers and creators to high-profile celebrities
- Leverage audience insights, platform behavior, and cultural trends to inform development and identify opportunities to reach new audiences
- Identify revenue-generating opportunities to extend AD’s IP across platforms, markets, cultural moments, events, and partnerships
- Lead and mentor creative collaborators, producers, and freelance partners
- Direct or produce select pilots and priority projects as needed
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media powerhouse, shaping culture through its iconic brands across print, digital, video, and social. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest and they reach audiences in more than 32 markets worldwide - the company has expanded far beyond magazines too, into entertainment, experiences, and even education.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has stayed ahead by redefining what it means to be a modern publishers. Today, far more people engage with its digital and social content than its print editions, adn the company has leaned into that shift by prioritising digital storytelling, building massive online communities, and moving several titles behind paywalls to replace shrinking print advertising revenue.
Now, as the company looks towards the future, it has doubled down on growth and innovation. In 2022, it created a dedicated strategy and corporate development role to uncover new opportunities, while heavily investing in its entertainment division. The result: a legacy media brand that's actively reinventing itself for the next era.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Domestic Partner Benefit Extensions
- Free Mental Health Services
- Assistance in Refinancing Student Loans
- Long-term Remote Work Pilot
- Extended Bereavement leave
- Extended Parental Leave
- Added Adoption Financial Support
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO)Previously served as President and CEO for Pandora, CEO for Sling TV, EVP of Advanced Technologies for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporation, and Chairman and CEO for Video Networks International LTD.
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