Global Editorial Operations Leader

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Global Director of Editorial Operations for GQ/Pitchfork in New York, NY. This leadership role oversees editorial strategy, budgets, rights, and cross-functional coordination across platforms to maximize impact and monetization.

The position requires 8-10+ years in senior editorial roles, strong team mentoring, and a deep passion for fashion, music, and culture. Reports to the Global Editorial Director and leads a global team across markets.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in senior editorial roles or leading editorial teams.
• Experience mentoring and fostering growth for a large, creative team, as well as coaching editorial leaders on effective management, nurturing team development, and conflict resolution.
• Excellent organizational, time-management and prioritization skills; ability to effectively manage several competing deadlines with an eye towards achieving both short-term and long-term goals.
• Experience managing a budget and balancing financial goals with editorial ambition.
• Deep understanding of GQ and Pitchfork brands; passion for core coverage areas of each brand: fashion, menswear, music and culture.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with GQ and Pitchfork leaders to build, effectuate and operationalize editorial strategy; support leadership with communicating editorial strategy to all internal stakeholders.
• Partner with editorial leadership to ensure clear editorial programming plans are developed across all platforms to deliver on editorial KPIs and strategic goals.
• Oversee all editorial project management, including building clear workflows for print, digital, video and events content production; leading regular team production meetings; creating project plans and deadlines for all editorial endeavors; and partnering across departments to distribute all content across editorial channels.
• Oversee and manage all content and opex budgets for global GQ and Pitchfork, ensuring resources are adequately allocated according to editorial priorities and content strategy; oversee all editorial cost management, communicate all budget targets to internal stakeholders, and partner with Finance and People teams to manage budget goals.
• Build and manage content rights management processes; ensure editorial teams are securing and tracking the required rights for content prior to publication; oversee editorial contract and release management in partnership with Business Affairs team; ensure all editorial team members are trained on content rights expectations on regular basis
• Support Global Editorial Director with leading GQ global content strategy and managing global content team; communicate global priorities, wins and identify strategic solutions as needed
• Act as primary editorial point of contact for Revenue partners, collaborating on revenue‑driving initiatives to find innovative solutions and developing new opportunities, communicating editorial strategies to maximize monetization, and partnering with editorial teams to execute all editorial deliverables for revenue‑driving initiatives.
• Partner with HR to support team growth, manage organizational change, oversee performance management and cascade company policies, guidelines, and expectations as needed; lead editorial hiring process, supporting editorial managers through recruitment, hiring and onboarding.
• Take a lead role in helping shape, refine, implement, and iterate on both the global editorial structure and team structures by market.
• Establish and maintain editorial brand guidelines, standards, and processes to ensure excellent and accurate storytelling across all platforms; partner with editorial leaders to ensure all brand standards are followed; ensure clear processes are in place to comply with company Code of Conduct.
• Take a lead role in the onboarding of any senior editorial staff across all markets.
• Provide operational support for brand extensions and special projects, including but not limited to all product, property and media licensing opportunities; support launch, onboarding and maintenance for new and existing licensee GQ markets.
• Monitor industry trends, innovations and developments to identify new opportunities for brand growth
• Direct management responsibility for the Editorial Operations Team.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Budget management

Mentoring and growth

Organization and prioritization

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Condé Nast is seeking a Global Director of Editorial Operations for GQ/Pitchfork in New York, NY. This leadership role oversees editorial strategy, budgets, rights, and cross-functional coordination across platforms to maximize impact and monetization.

The position requires 8-10+ years in senior editorial roles, strong team mentoring, and a deep passion for fashion, music, and culture. Reports to the Global Editorial Director and leads a global team across markets.