Associate Beauty & Wellness Writer

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, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

The Role

This is a rare opportunity for an enthusiastic, creative and meticulously-organised Associate Beauty & Wellness Writer to join the award-winning British Vogue beauty team. The successful candidate will be passionate about beauty and wellness and have a flair for both idea generation and writing, with a view to contributing daily to Vogue’s website and print editions. They will have previous experience within the beauty industry, be it editorial-side or brand-side, and excellent relationships within.

They will also support the team in day-to-day administrative tasks such as product call-ins, credits, research and keeping our world-famous beauty cupboard organised. Working as part of an increasingly commercially minded department, the role requires an active participant in commercial content idea generation, as well as a willing contributor to any resulting projects.

First-class organisational skills, fantastic attention to detail and the ability to thrive under pressure and deadlines are also essential.

The Team

We are a team of three in London working very closely with our global Vogue beauty counterparts.

What will you be doing?

Ensuring British Vogue’s positioning as a beauty and wellness authority by contributing to all relevant content pillars.

Ideation - daily contribution and pitching of ideas in morning meetings and planned content meetings, plus forward planning for key editorial themes.

Writing - beauty news, reports, evergreens, features and viewpoints, with a focus on beauty, health, wellbeing and fitness.

Publishing - uploading all online content using the CMS and working with the Audience Development team on optimising digital stories for SEO

Filming - participating in editorial franchises for British Vogue’s social platforms (and commercial franchises where relevant)

Events - attending Vogue beauty events such as 5 Days of Beauty and acting as a British Vogue ambassador at press events with key advertisers.

Organisation - maintaining call-ins, credits and admin for the beauty team.

Supporting the beauty department in the day-to-day.

Who you are:

You will have a passion for good journalism, writing and generating ideas for stand out content.

You will have a strong instinct of how a story translates across print, social video and web with storytelling imagery.

You will have previous writing experience, preferably from a digital background.

You will have previous experience in the beauty industry either print or online.

You will have strong relationships with beauty brands across the industry.

You will be a responsible brand ambassador.

You will be commercially-minded.

You will have a good eye for visuals and a strong attention to detail.

You will have excellent time-keeping skills and general organisation.

You will be experienced at supporting a fast-paced team in a pressured environment.

What benefits do we offer?

Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find you’ll find all Condé Nast-developed learning courses and trainings, and over 16,000+ courses in seven local languages

25 days holiday and extra days of annual leave for if you get married, move house or want to volunteer

Hybrid working and core hours

Competitive pension scheme

Bupa Private Healthcare

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance programme

Bring your dog to work

A wide variety of wellness benefits including gym discounts

Discounts and Magazine Subscriptions

Employee Resource Groups to provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce