Marketing and Production Manager, GQ

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Conde 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, Conde Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appetit and Wired, among others. Conde Nast Entertainment was launched in 2011 to develop film, television and premium digital video programming.

The unit job description listed below includes job duties and responsibilities that are illustrative, not exhaustive, and is designed primarily to ensure proper classification for purposes of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that the job description does not include every job duty and responsibility of the role, that the job description shall not restrict management's right to assign new duties or responsibilities to the role, and that any duties or responsibilities listed in the job classification also may be performed by employees in other job classifications, at management's discretion. The parties also acknowledge that employees in the role may be asked to perform certain operational tasks such as evaluating and/or meeting with candidates for open positions and/or assisting in the training or mentoring of colleagues.

Marketing and Production Manager

GQ is seeking a Marketing & Production Manager to support the digital production team. This person should be a quick learner when it comes to software of all types, comfortable working from an editorial calendar, and able to work quickly to build (and manage the building of) content in a fast-paced environment.

This person will manage GQ Recommends' production team to create product galleries, product pages, and commerce stories, daily. They will also be responsible for optimizing retailer links as well as formatting revisions (eg. higher EPC retailers, removing out of stock). The role will also act as a key point of contact with the Conde Nast Technology team in the development of CMS and Commerce products across GQ's platform. An interest in writing, layout, design, and/or photography will be extremely useful.

Responsibilities

• Execute and optimize content distribution strategy for GQ Recommends' owned channels including site, newsletter, social and external collaborators

• Manage GQ Commerce production workflow, scaling production resources (freelance and internal) to meet the team's publishing goals

• Collaborate with Edit, Audience Development, and Technology to optimize revenue opportunities across all GQ and GQ Recommends content

• Consistently increase commerce metrics across all channels including UVs, CTR, CVR and revenue

• Evolve and grow GQ Recommends 'storefront' model focusing on improved experience, engagement and technology enhancements

• Build content plans around tentpoles, franchises, and packages and new initiatives/categories

• Partner with commerce team stakeholders to manage day-to-day publishing schedule

• Oversee overall content production schedule to meet deadlines and quality assurance; establishing new workflows and efficiently maximizing output for internal and external resource

• Oversee lede art creation for all commerce stories, and collaborate with GQ's design team to define art and photo strategy

• Plan, build, and deploy GQ's commerce-focused newsletters and measure and report on performance to guide future strategy

• Work directly with Commerce product team to inform, implement, and evolve product creation enhancements as well as commerce template and tool upgrades

• Collaborate with Commerce Analytics team on ways to improve channel and category reporting to drive concrete action points and takeaways from insights

• Create and maintain production workflow guides, calendars, manuals, and process documentation

• Collaborate with partnerships team to ensure delivery of all committed programs, including timely execution and reporting dashboards

• Support photography content production efforts with fashion requests to ensure timely delivery of assets

• Build best-practice playbook to share across brands and markets to grow Conde Nast's commerce business beyond GQ

• Additional duties as required, or as assigned by manager

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in consumer marketing and growth channels

• Solid understanding of editorial and content strategy

• Proficient in CMS systems

• Articulate in core KPIs and analytics

• Proven experience collaborating with product and technology teams/providers

At Conde Nast, we value diversity of background, views, and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, their skills, and their contributions. And we recognize the power our brands have to influence and shape culture, catalyze action, and help make our world a better place for all. For more information, please visit condenast.com and follow @CondeNast and @CondeNastCareer on Twitter and @condenastcareers on Instagram.

Conde 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.

This is a guild position.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $80,000-$93,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.

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.

Conde 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.