Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others. Condé Nast Entertainment was launched in 2011 to develop film, television and premium digital video programming.
Job Description
Location:
London, GB
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
WIRED is looking for a creative and innovative social media journalism talent in London to join our global audience development, social, and analytics team. A perfect candidate will understand and want to dig into key social media platforms inside and out, and also be clued into emerging networks and creative opportunities to showcase the best of WIRED on social platforms. This role will work closely with WIRED’s editors and designers on the optimization of content for WIRED’s social platforms, and will develop, write and execute engagement and content ideas on all social platforms. They will be responsible for writing and publishing daily social posts to WIRED’s core social media accounts and will work to increase audience engagement, overall social referrals, the size of WIRED’s loyal audience and increase awareness of WIRED’s content. This London-based position will play a key role in the global promotional strategy for WIRED’s stories, and will work closely with colleagues on the audience development team in the UK and US. This role is on a quickly moving team and so good humor, flexibility and a desire to understand and explain news is a must. They will report to the Associate Director of Social Media at WIRED, and will work on a day-to-day basis with the team’s UK audience development manager. They will also be part of the Global Audience Development, Social, and Analytics team at Condé Nast.
What will you be doing?
Manage and execute posting schedule on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social media platforms for wired.com and wired.co.uk (these sites will merge next year)
Work with editorial staff and designers in the UK and US to frame content packages on social media
Ensure all posts are optimized for daily, night and weekend optimal engagement, and are tracked for performance
Monitor global trending topics and alert editors and the audience development team to promotional and coverage opportunities
Report weekly on progress and learnings; continually suggest improvements and changes to tone, pacing, style
Collaborate with larger audience development team and WIRED’s editors to improve social headlines and decks on website copy
Work with social media managers at other Condé Nast brands to gather product updates, best practices and report them back to WIRED
Who you are:
Experience in publishing, ideally having worked on both editorial and audience development
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent copywriting with close attention to details
Professional experience creating and optimizing content for platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Snapchat
Professional experience with publishing and analytics tools including SocialFlow, CrowdTangle, Facebook Insights, Tweetdeck, Parse.ly, and Omniture
Where will you be?
We encourage hybrid working but when you are in the office, this role will be primarily based in our iconic Vogue House building, situated in the heart of Mayfair. This is where our award-winning Editorial and Content teams sit.
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
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
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.