Executive Editor, Vanity Fair

Condé Nast • New York, NY

88d • $170,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Vanity Fair is seeking a bold, curious, and imaginative Executive Editor to help shape the future of one of the most iconic editorial brands in media. This role calls for a creative powerhouse with a deep appreciation for the many forms journalism can take—narrative features, news analysis, visual storytelling, audio, video, live events—and a sharp eye for the stories and voices that define our cultural moment. We’re looking for a leader with big, ambitious ideas, and who sees connections between power and potential, influence and style, celebrity and substance. This editor will manage a team of top-level writers and editors and be expected to expand our roster of writers, nurture talent, and dream up editorial projects that push beyond traditional formats. The Executive Editor will play a central role in story development and execution across platforms, ensuring that everything we publish—from deep investigations to quick-turn dispatches, newsletters to social-first features—feels urgent, stylish, and unmistakably Vanity Fair.

Requirements

• A highly creative editor with 10+ years of experience in high-level editorial roles, ideally across multiple mediums
• A cultural omnivore with deep fluency in politics, show business, media, fashion, tech, and society
• A collaborative leader with a track record of developing talent and managing complex editorial workflows
• A visionary who sees stories before they’re trending—and knows how to make them essential reading/viewing/listening
• Equally comfortable in a headline brainstorm or a cover concept meeting, and just as invested in a great tweet as a groundbreaking feature
• Adept at balancing daily publishing needs with long-lead planning and big-picture strategy
• Curious, courageous, and excited to take creative risks that feel true to the brand and surprising to the audience
• Experienced with audience development, analytics tools, and editorial planning across platforms

Responsibilities

• Conceive and develop high-impact editorial ideas that span formats and platforms—print features, digital packages, podcasts, newsletters, video, and social
• Lead major cross-disciplinary projects, from cover stories to special issues to live event coverage
• Guide a team of editors and writers, overseeing everything from quick-turn political analysis to long-lead celebrity profiles
• Recruit and cultivate a diverse stable of writers—new and established—across beats and mediums
• Shape and refine story pitches, helping editors and writers find the most compelling angles and execution strategies
• Work closely with visuals, audio, social, events, and product teams to build out stories in immersive and innovative ways
• Bring a discerning editorial eye to every stage of story development—from conception and reporting to writing, packaging, and distribution
• Drive editorial excellence across all platforms with a focus on originality, voice, impact, and cultural relevance
• Monitor audience behavior, industry trends, and platform performance to inform strategy and experimentation
• Contribute to overall editorial vision in collaboration with the Editor-in-Chief and senior leadership

Benefits

• The expected base salary range for this position is from $170,000-$225,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees