Product Design Director, Vogue

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.

Location:
New York, NY
About Condé Nast:
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair, and Wired, among many others. The company's 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.
The company is headquartered in London and New York and operates in 32 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.
About Condé Nast Product, Technology, And Data
Our mission is to empower the most iconic brands in media for business and creative success by creating the next-generation suite of content publishing and consumption experiences. We are a group of designers, product managers, engineers, strategists, and researchers dedicated to building innovative, user-centric products.
About Our Design Team
Our team is experienced in visual design, interaction design, content design, and design research. We partner closely with editorial, product management, engineering, and business partners to strategize, design, and launch ambitious digital products. We believe that a well-formed design culture is essential to delivering top-notch work.
About The Role
Our digital products play a critical role in Vogue’s future. Bringing Vogue to life on digital platforms, in engaging, user-centric ways, which drive business value is key to Vogue’s continued success.
We are looking for a Product Design Director, located in New York City, to lead the design of our user experience and our international design team, across Vogue’s global portfolio of digital products.
The Product Design Director is responsible for bringing to life industry leading, global user experiences, which put our users’ needs at their centre and elevate the excellence of our editorial, in order to deliver business value.
Responsibilities Of The Role
Design strategy
The Product Design Director has a deep understanding of how great design can drive overall business results. They provide vision and direction, in collaboration with their cross-functional partners, to articulate a compelling vision for Vogue’s user experience across its portfolio of digital products, including Vogue Runway, Vogue Club, Vogue Business and more. They are an expert in artfully aligning business goals with our user’s needs, in order to create engaging, user-centric experiences.
Insights driven approach
Qualitative research and data is essential in forming a strong foundation for design work. The Product Design Director, in collaboration with partners in the UX Research team, Product Analytics and Audience Development, is able to draw sophisticated, actionable insights to inform their design direction, as well as assess the success of their initiatives. The Product Design Director is an expert at running a user centred design process, and is able to flex their approach to the needs of fast moving, complex projects.
End to end
We have multiple users to serve - internal, as well as external - and we have numerous touchpoints to consider in designing a coherent user experience. The Product Design Director is responsible for orchestrating the end-to-end product experience and its ecosystem - from the publishing of content, the integration of consumer revenue and commercial experiences, through to the end user experience on and off platform.
Team leadership
The Product Design Director is well versed in leading high functioning teams, establishing the culture and processes necessary to set up their team up for success. They will lead a team of product designers, researchers and content designers, working in a matrixed organisation. They empower and motivate their team, through fostering a collaborative, transparent and inclusive culture, where team members can thrive.
Foster relationships and collaboration with cross functional partners
The Product Design Director is a close partner to Product, Engineering, Editorial, Audience Development, Consumer Revenue, Commercial and more. They’re able to navigate the needs of a complex group of stakeholders and corral teams around a shared perspective to chart the path forwards.
Design Leadership
This role is an essential part of our Design Leadership team, who set the tone and shape our organizational culture and our broader design strategy, while championing the value of design and research.
Champion the brand
The Product Design Director has a nuanced understanding of how to bring an established brand to life within the digital space, and is able to collaborate with creative partners to create a cohesive, cross-platform brand experience.
Essential skills and requirements:
Extensive experience leading product design teams in large, complex projects, spanning both UX and UI
Experience working with design systems and scalable approaches
Experience managing multiple stakeholders and working in cross functional teams - in close partnership with Product and Engineering
Proven skills as a self-starter who can manage projects in a fast-paced environment and remain focused amidst frequently changing requirements.
Keen interest in fashion and storytelling
It would be a bonus to have:
Experience working in media / publishing or with a content rich product
Experience working for fashion and / or beauty brands
Experience working on e-commerce products, particularly in the fashion and beauty sectors
Experience designing for subscription acquisition and retention, and membership user experiences
Experience working in matrixed organisations with distributed teams across multiple time zones
Base Salary Range: $150k - $200k
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.