Senior Director of Communications, Conde Nast
$157-185k
Office located in World Trade Center, NY
Global media company
Open for applications
Global media company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$157-185k
Office located in World Trade Center, NY
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
- Expert in communications with high standing and known reputation in media and among top journalists
- Confident driving strategy with senior leaders and executives; ability to work collaboratively across global teams
- A clear understanding of the changing face of the media landscape to inform the creation of new PR strategies
- Consistent track record of securing high-level media coverage in news, trade, consumer and entertainment press
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Extensive and existing relationships with media contacts, including news, business, trade, consumer and entertainment reporters
- 12+ years experience in media and/or entertainment communications.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
What the job involves
- Condé Nast is seeking a Senior Director of Communications based in New York to lead strategic brand communications for Vanity Fair, GQ and Pitchfork
- Collaborating closely with editorial leadership, the Director will build and execute a strong, integrated communications strategy to help amplify the journalism, content and leadership across each of the brands in innovative ways
- The Director will aggressively create new opportunities to expand the reach and influence of the iconic brands and to elevate their world-class editorial and business narratives
- The role will report to the SVP of Communications
- Leverage expertise in brand communications to deliver best-in-class communications and PR campaigns and initiatives
- Collaborate closely with editorial leadership on wider narrative positioning and business strategy
- With a clear point of view, execute advanced strategies and tactics with measurable results to build both consumer and industry awareness
- Promote content, talent and business priorities across Vanity Fair, GQ, and Pitchfork spanning all platforms, including print, digital, social, audio, and video
- Manage brand crisis communications strategies and responses
- Develop and lead communications strategy for tentpole brand events: advising edit team on execution, closely managing contracted PR firms, overseeing red carpet and onsite press access
- Brainstorm new events and franchises with top edit team
- Staff editors and key editorial leaders at events
- Partner with all business divisions integral to the success of our brands including product and technology, commercial, consumer marketing
- Lead announcement strategy for all brand studio projects including film, documentary, series and podcast releases
- Cultivate top-tier media relationships to secure opportunities for key editorial and business priorities
- Produce high-quality written materials including key messaging, narrative, press releases, Q&A and statements
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media company responsible for producing print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. The company now operates in over 32 markets and has ventured out with entertainment and education divisions.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has held its market-leading position by recognising that it is no longer just a ‘magazine company’. Millions more consumers interact with its digital and social content over those who read the magazines. Not only does it now prioritise its digital content but to account for the collapse of print advertising, Condé Nast moved titles behind online paywalls.
Targeting future growth, Condé Nast in 2022 appointed a strategy and corporate development role to seek out new opportunities, and has placed great efforts into building its entertainment division. Recently, the company has had to lay off a number of its staff and undergo some restructuring, but it is doubtful this will have a major effect on its operations.
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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 values
- Creativity
- Passion
- Innovation
- Empowerment
- Collaboration
- Integrity
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO, not founder)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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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Conde Nast
- Diversity Data Collection - As we assess our diversity and inclusion policies and processes to determine where we need to focus our efforts, we have asked U.S. employees to update and provide diversity data about themselves voluntarily. We plan to use this data to strengthen our recruitment, progression and retention efforts around the globe
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) - Employee Resource Groups play an important part in building an inclusive culture that celebrates our employees diversity. Currently, there are five ERGs in the U.S.: The Women’s Network, Pride (LGBTQ+), ACN (Asian American), Conexión (Hispanic/LatinX) and NOIR (Black)
- Inclusion Training - Mandatory inclusion training program was launched in 2020 in the U.S. and has now been delivered to all of our markets around the globe
- 2020 Global D&I Report - Our inaugural D&I Report was released last year to best capture our efforts through the first part of 2020. It will be updated with our entire year’s D&I achievements and will include many insights from our global markets
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