Allure is the beauty expert, an insiders’ guide to a woman’s total image, with a print audience of 5.3 million and an average monthly online audience of 13 million. Allure is the world’s most trusted voice in beauty. With vibrant imagery, rigorous reporting, and powerful storytelling, Allure is a vital guide to the trends, people, innovations, procedures, and products that matter most in makeup, skin, hair, and wellness. Allure celebrates inclusivity and drives the cultural conversation around representation, helping to expand the way society sees beauty—and the way we see ourselves.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

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.

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Senior Staff Writer, Allure

The Senior Staff Writer will play a central role in shaping Allure’s distinctive voice across digital platforms, producing compelling, authoritative stories that drive conversation in beauty, wellness, and culture. The successful candidate will file major features along with shorter reported pieces, ranging from timely cultural commentary to original scoops and smart observations. This role requires not only excellent writing and reporting skills but also editorial judgment, initiative, and leadership in shaping content strategy and mentoring junior contributors. This is a Guild position.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Write and build a mix of evergreen, news, celebrity profiles, and opinion content all infused with strong voice 

• Work closely with the Features Director and Senior Editor to build a content lineup with performance and audience engagement in mind

• Pitch stories daily around current pop culture moments and trends, with the overarching lens of beauty and wellness 

• Spearhead one quarterly feature investigation in the beauty and wellness category

• Collaborate with audience development team to ideate unique ways to promote the content in newsletter, social, and Google Discover to maximize performance

• Develop and maintain relationships with hairstylists, makeup artists, dermatologists, psychologists, chemists, and other experts in the beauty, health, and wellness fields

• Represent the Allure team at events or in PR opportunities as needed

• Appear on camera as needed for commerce UGC, social media, video, and branded content campaigns

• Additional duties as required, or as assigned by manager

 

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• 5-7 years experience covering beauty or culture 

• Demonstrated expertise in researching, reporting, and writing with proven ability to turn around stories in a fast-paced environment

• An exceptional voice that comes through in their writing 

• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to balance daily output with longform projects

• Passion for pop culture and internet trends, with strong opinions and perspectives about current events 

• Ability to contribute original ideas

• Fantastic collaboration and communication skills

• Willingness to learn new skills, incorporate editorial feedback to improve