Editor, AD PRO

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 72,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking an Editor, AD PRO, for the premier resource for design professionals. The editor will conceive, assign, edit, and write smart, distinctive content across AD PRO with a focus on the business of design.

The role requires at least 5+ years of editorial experience, a strong writer and editor with an entrepreneurial approach, and the ability to develop newsletters and service journalism. The base salary ranges from $72,000 to $94,000, and the position is Guild-based in New York.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of editorial experience within interiors, architecture, or design.
• Strong writing and editing skills with a distinctive voice.
• Ability to generate original story ideas and develop across newsletters, features and packages.
• Strong organizational skills and collaborative, entrepreneurial approach.

Responsibilities

• Conceive, assign, edit, and write AD PRO coverage with emphasis on trends and practical intelligence for design professionals.
• Exercise editorial judgment to identify developments and craft original AD PRO angles.
• Write AD PRO newsletters with a strong editorial voice and recurring franchises.
• Develop service packages, trend reports, and recurring franchises for design events and markets.
• Collaborate with social, video, events, and cross-platform teams; participate on camera or moderating as needed.
• Maintain designer profiles, industry calendars, and other tools that strengthen AD PRO’s value to members.
• Work with senior leadership to set priorities using audience insights to inform coverage.

Skills

Editorial experience

Strong writer

Editorial judgment

Networking

Job description

AD is the international authority on design and architecture. AD provides exclusive access to the world's most beautiful homes and the fascinating people who live in them, bringing its audience a wealth of information on architecture and interior design, art and antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products; its AD100 list of top architects and designers is one of the industry's most relied-upon indexes of talent. Every day AD inspires millions of affluent readers to redesign and refresh their lives through a multiplatform presence that includes print and digital editions, social media, signature events, and the brand's website, archdigest.com.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

Editor, AD PRO

Architectural Digest is seeking an Editor, AD PRO, for the premier resource for design professionals. The ideal candidate is fascinated by the people, ideas, and business shaping the design industry, with a sharp instinct for the stories and information entrepreneurial professionals need to know now. This editor will conceive, assign, edit, and write smart, distinctive content across AD PRO, with a particular focus on the business of design: How designers build their practices, find clients, manage teams, navigate the market, and grow successful careers. They will help make AD PRO an essential resource through useful service journalism, compelling features, newsletters, trend reports, and coverage of the conversations shaping the industry. The ideal candidate has impeccable editorial judgment, a strong and distinctive voice, a non-stop flow of original ideas, and a well-honed instinct for translating industry developments into compelling, useful journalism for design professionals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conceive, assign, edit, and write distinctive AD PRO coverage, with a particular emphasis on trends and practical intelligence for design professionals.
• Exercise strong editorial judgment, identifying the developments, shifts, and emerging conversations that matter to the design industry and finding the original AD PRO angle-what happened, why it matters, and what professionals need to know.
• Write AD PRO newsletters, developing a strong editorial voice and identifying stories, formats, and recurring franchises that make them essential reads.
• Develop ambitious service packages, trend reports, and recurring franchises, including coverage around major design fairs, industry moments, and AD editorial tentpoles.
• Contribute to AD PRO programming across social, video, live events, and other platforms, including appearing on camera or moderating conversations as needed.
• Build and maintain useful membership resources, including AD PRO Directory designer profiles, industry calendars, and other tools that strengthen AD PRO's value to members.
• Work closely with senior leadership and the broader editorial team to set priorities and use audience and membership insights to inform coverage and support growth.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with designers, industry leaders, trade organizations, showrooms, fairs, and other sources throughout the design community.
• Collaborate with consumer revenue, marketing, sales, and events teams on initiatives that support AD PRO growth while maintaining editorial independence and standards.
• Support cross-platform and global publishing needs, including adapting select print stories for digital publication and managing the syndication of relevant stories across AD's international editions.
• Represent AD PRO at industry, press, and AD events as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant editorial experience, with demonstrated knowledge of and enthusiasm for interiors, architecture, and the design industry.
• A strong writer and editor with a distinctive voice, excellent editorial judgment, and an instinct for making professional and business subjects engaging and accessible.
• Strong network of relevant sources, contacts, and freelance writers.
• Demonstrated ability to generate original story ideas and develop them across newsletters, service journalism, features, and larger editorial packages.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance short-term and longer-lead projects and priorities.
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial approach and an interest in building an editorial product that serves both its audience and AD PRO's membership goals.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $72,000 - $94,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

This is a guild position.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.