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Fashion Writer
Refinery29
New York, NY, United States
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About us:
Refinery29 is the leading digital media company for young women. Our mission is to be a catalyst for women to feel, see, and claim their power by delivering optimistic and diverse creativity, storytelling, and points of view. Focused around core values of individuality, inclusivity, and impact, we create content that speaks to 360 degrees of a woman’s life, including editorial articles, original video programming, sharable social content across a variety of platforms, and live experiences. Our content sits at the intersection of style and substance, helping our audience live a more informed and inspired life.
What Makes an R29er?
• You have commitment and passion about the mission of R29 to be a catalyst for women to feel, see, and claim their power and realize their infinite potential
About the Role:
Refinery29 is in hot pursuit of the next, big culture and industry-defining voice in Fashion; the ultimate candidate will have not only 2+ years experience in writing about the fashion industry, style-related news, and pop culture, but will also have a proven track record for delivering breakout ideas and angles that drive conversation well beyond fashion.
Our new Fashion Writer will have an opinionated, original voice and will be obsessed with sourcing the most relevant and unexpected fashion content out there, including, but not limited to, news and market stories, reporting on industry events, and hunting down exclusives, hidden stories, and breaking headlines. This candidate will possess the ability to redefine what trending and shoppable service content means for millennial women.
R29's fashion content is surprising, highly engaging, and as entertaining as it is resource-driven. This candidate will tackle serious topics connecting fashion with larger social, political, and economic issues, as well as present the smarter, quirkier side of general-interest stories. Most importantly, our Fashion Writer will bring intelligence, levity, and a wider-interest to our fashion content; stories that provoke action, discussion, as well as a deeper appreciation for personal style.
What you'll do:
• Work with Fashion News Editor to pitch and produce innovative content that deviates from the news cycle (12-15 posts a week), including topical items, celebrity interviews, and broader scope trend pieces
• Assist Fashion Market team in keeping SEO-driven market content current and up-to-date, pushing boundaries and predicting trends while providing service to our audience
• Report live during relevant fashion events, including Fashion Week, award show red carpets, etc.
• Conduct all photo, video, and/or design research, and build stories in our custom CMS
• Work with the marketing and social teams in order to hit production numbers and traffic goals
• Represent R29 at industry events, market appointments, and in videos, as needed
What you have:
• A minimum of 2 years experience writing for a highly trafficked website
• Proven ability to produce original reporting with a unique POV that attracts significant media attention
• Expertise in identifying market trends and turning them into creative features
• Deep, expert knowledge of the fashion industry, with strong opinions that are in line with Refinery29’s inclusive, women-positive ethos
• A vast, preexisting network of sources, industry connections, and contacts to find and break news
• Must be a quick and agile worker, ready to turn around clean, complex copy
• Must be comfortable collaborating with a team of writers and editors, but also able to work independently
• Experience working with SEO