Senior Fashion Correspondent
Condé Nast · New York, NY · 3 wk ago
Public Relations$125k–$200k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as a lead GQ voice covering the global fashion industry, with an emphasis on men’s fashion, luxury, designers, celebrity style, runway, fashion in pop culture, and the business of fashion
- Deliver 1-2 pieces per week for GQ.com, including newsletter coverage and web-first reporting
- Produce original reporting, trend stories, criticism, profiles, interviews, essays, and access-driven features for print and web
- Pursue first-and-best fashion reporting, including news scoops, insider coverage, and deeply sourced industry reporting
- Build and maintain strong relationships across the fashion industry, including designers, publicists, executives, stylists, talent representatives, and creatives — and leverage these relationships to generate reporting opportunities, exclusives, and distinctive editorial access
- Work closely with GQ’s Style and Fashion editors in the U.S., global fashion team, and global editorial network to help shape and drive the brand’s fashion and menswear coverage
- Help develop and appear in social video and video projects, particularly as part of broader content plans around fashion weeks and major menswear moments
- Develop sharp editorial perspectives on fashion trends, designers, collections, and the evolving role of style in culture
- Travel as necessary to international men’s fashion weeks and major industry events
- Collaborate with editors, producers, and social teams to create real-time, cross-platform coverage
- Help shape GQ’s distinctive point of view on runway shows, collections, trends, celebrity attendance, and industry conversation
- Work closely with the Senior Style Editor to plan and execute GQ’s fashion coverage across web and print
- Develop and expand fashion-focused editorial IP and recurring franchises across GQ platforms, particularly site, newsletter, social, and video
- Serve as a visible ambassador for GQ within the fashion and luxury industries, representing GQ at industry events, fashion weeks, panels, premieres, and GQ-owned moments like Men of the Year and The GQ Afterparty
- Participate in video shoots, social storytelling, live conversations, and multimedia editorial projects tied to fashion coverage
- Help translate major stories and fashion moments into cross-platform editorial programming
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience covering fashion for a major media brand or publication
- Strong reporting skills and demonstrated ability to break news, develop sources, and produce original journalism
- Deep understanding of the global fashion industry, particularly menswear and luxury fashion
- Excellent writing skills with experience across criticism, reporting, profiles, and digital storytelling
- Experience working across multiple platforms, including digital, newsletter, social, video, and print
- Strong industry relationships and familiarity with the fashion week ecosystem
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally for coverage assignments