Deputy Editor, AD

Architectural Digest (AD) is the international authority on design and architecture, providing exclusive access to the world’s most beautiful homes and the fascinating people who live in them. AD delivers a wealth of information on architecture, interior design, art, antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products through print and digital editions, social media, signature events, and its website, archdigest.com.

Location: New York, NY

About the role

The Deputy Editor will help shape and execute the editorial future of AD across every platform. Reporting to the Global Editorial Director, this senior editorial leader will identify, develop, and champion ambitious ideas and signature franchises, ensuring the brand’s strongest journalism, talent, and storytelling extend across print, digital, newsletters, social, video, commerce, and emerging platforms. The role includes management responsibility for AD PRO, developing its team and ensuring consistently strong editorial execution.

Responsibilities

• Shape editorial strategy: Work with the Global Editorial Director to set and execute editorial priorities, stories, themes, and cultural conversations; conceive and lead signature initiatives, packages, and recurring franchises across print, digital, video, and social; identify opportunities for editorial innovation and new storytelling formats; maintain a consistently ambitious, distinctive, and high‑quality editorial point of view.
• Drive audience growth: Lead major editorial ideas from development through execution across platforms, maximizing reach, relevance, and impact; partner with audience, digital, video, and social leads to use performance insights and analytics; develop initiatives that boost engagement, subscriptions, video views, newsletter growth, and other key metrics; build relationships with international editorial teams to share ideas, talent, and franchises.
• Lead, develop, and elevate editorial talent: Provide direction, feedback, coaching, and mentorship; encourage ambitious thinking, strong editorial judgment, collaboration, and accountability; conceive, assign, edit, and write high‑impact projects while helping editors and writers produce their strongest work.
• Support revenue growth: Collaborate with business and revenue leaders to identify editorially appropriate opportunities around major franchises, events, partnerships, memberships, commerce, and other initiatives; protect AD’s editorial independence and standards while ensuring commercial opportunities support the brand’s authority and credibility; represent AD externally at speaking engagements, industry events, partnerships, and other brand opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of editorial leadership experience.
• Exceptional editorial judgment and creative instincts.
• Demonstrated success developing ambitious editorial across multiple platforms.
• Outstanding editing and writing skills.
• Deep understanding of digital publishing, print, social, newsletters, video, commerce, and audience development.
• Strong collaborative leadership skills with the ability to lead and influence across teams, including those outside direct reporting lines.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $111,000 – $200,000, with offers based on factors such as relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

Benefits

• Generous employee benefits package.
• Eligibility for discretionary bonus compensation.