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- Anna Wintour oversees Condé Nast's brands globally, excluding The New Yorker, and has been Vogue's editor since 1988.
- Condé Nast reorganized editorial teams four years ago, creating heads of editorial content across markets including U.K., China, Japan, and India.
- Adding a U.S. editorial leader will free Wintour to support international markets and oversee Condé Nast titles more equally.
Vogue will be seeking a head of editorial content at American Vogue.
On Thursday, Anna Wintour, the 75-year-old chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director, Vogue, told staffers that she will be seeking a new head of editorial content at American Vogue.
As chief content officer, Wintour oversees every brand globally, including Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ, AD, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Bon Appetit, Tatler, World of Interiors, Allure and others, with the exception of The New Yorker, which is overseen by David Remnick. Wintour became editor in chief of Vogue in 1988.
Four years ago, Condé Nast changed its editorial structure, bringing together the editorial teams around the world for the first time. Every market where Condé Nast operates has a head of editorial content led by a global editorial director. The new Vogue U.S. role is part of the company’s organizational design and it will join the heads of editorial content for Japan, China, India, Taiwan, U.K., France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Middle East.
Over the past four years, Wintour’s role has expanded with a global responsibility across all brands, in addition to the day-to-day editing of American Vogue.
The addition of a new editorial leader on the U.S. Vogue team is expected to allow Wintour more time to support the markets more equally, in addition to leading all titles at Condé Nast, with the exception of The New Yorker.
Let the guessing games begin.
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