The Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine are seeking a dynamic and experienced Style Director to supervise and run our fashion team in producing award-winning fashion editorial, fashion market editorial, and stepped-up fashion visual and social content across all platforms, including WSJ. Magazine, social, video, The Journal's Style and other sections.
WSJ. Magazine sets the bar in defining luxury men's and women's style, providing best-in-class fashion editorial and muscular feature journalism to an affluent global readership. The ideal candidate will have a deep roster of industry contacts, a top-tier understanding of the style and fashion world, a shareable, reader-first approach to new content ideas, a unique and irreverent eye for exciting new contributors and trends, and be a strong and dynamic motivator, manager and mentor to a large, talented and growing team.
Responsibilities:
Set the fashion editorial strategy for WSJ. Magazine and other Journal style areas across all platforms, alongside the Editor-in-Chief and the Head of Creative.Spearhead and closely manage the fashion team on all aspects of fashion editorial production, from dreaming up concepts and helping commission teams to liaising with vendors and ensuring all shoots are successful and all goals are met within budget.Burst with highly shareable, witty, arrestingly beautiful visual fashion ideas for all forums and platforms, with real and clearly understood value to commercial partners, digital audiences and talent.Champion an audience-first mindset to create inspiring work: Have a sharp sense of how to connect with and grow audiences, including what both a luxury-fashion insider and a more general reader will require.Supervise team maintenance of fastidiously organized systems for how fashion operations are run, from the closet to shoot prep to global logistics to scheduling to credits.Work with the Offplatform Director to conceive of, execute and implement fashion social video ideas and support across all platforms.Proactively outline, set, and lead a robust calendar of team meetings with key PR partners and brands to maintain source relationships and develop new projects.Attend European fashion shows as a marquee WSJ. Magazine representative, uncovering ideas for next season's editorial that are unique and inspiring.Ensure the ethics and standards of The Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine are consistently met through your own work and through both the conduct and output of your team.Qualifications:
6 to 10 years of experience, most recently at the deputy director or director level, at a luxury brand or publication that produces top-tier fashion editorial.A portfolio of beautiful, unexpected, inspiring work across multiple platforms—including digital- and social-only work.Exceptional leadership skills, an inspiring managerial touch and a proven effectiveness at motivating and guiding a creative team.Social and digital thinking: a vested interest in how all content and stories will look and present across platforms, including video.A proven track record of managing a team to support complex fashion shoots, covers, videos and more from inception to completion.A sense of humor, including a history of finding clever, intelligent ways into trends and concepts that are being widely covered.Strong character, an honest nature and scrupulous adherence to WSJ's unique ethics code within the fashion industry.You will report to the Editor in Chief of WSJ. Magazine. This position is full-time and is based in the New York office.
To apply, please submit a cover letter describing your experience and interest in this job, a detailed résumé and either a portfolio link or five creative-work examples that showcase your capabilities.
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