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Senior Beauty Editor
Refinery29
New York, NY, United States
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About Refinery29:
Refinery29 is the leading digital media and entertainment company focused on millennially minded women with a global audience footprint of 550 million across all platforms. Our mission—from the very beginning—is to be a catalyst for women to see, feel, and claim their power, by providing diverse and ambitious storytelling as well as radically relevant points of view. We deliver style and substance to an audience that's highly engaged across a variety of devices and destinations, from the original video and editorial features, to live experiences and social storytelling. Please visit www.refinery29.com, www.refinery29.uk, and www.refinery29.de for more information and to browse content.
About the team:
We create all written content for the website, from long-form articles and programs to service and slideshows. We're composed of six categories — Health + Wellness, Living, Entertainment, News, Work & Money, Fashion, and Beauty — and we help shape and guide how Refinery29 and its impact can grow into those spaces, delivering on those promises with fresh content, tools, and discussion every day.
What Makes an R29er?
• You have a deep commitment and passion for the mission of R29 to motivate and inspire women through their own unique power, identity, and infinite potential. You have a deep knowledge and/or interest in women’s storytelling and reporting, as well as its distinct power to inform and drive conversation & change. You ignite possibility and solutions in even the most challenging moments, and you have an innate desire to strive for excellence and progress, through your daily work and your attitude.
About the job:
• Refinery29 is looking for a not-so-ordinary senior beauty editor to join our team. Our star candidate is a leader who inspires the team to rise to their potential with thoughtful edits and a collaborative energy. This person will help grow the junior writers on the team as well as some freelancers, making sure the content is smart, elevated, and leading the beauty conversation. They will also contribute originally reported features of their own — and work with our photo and art teams to make the pieces really shine. This person should have a clear vision, standout ideas, strong industry contacts, experience on set, superior judgement, and a passion for managing and mentorship.
What you'll do:
• Writing 8-10 features per month
• Top editing 6-8 stories per day, and mentoring writers to craft work to its highest potential
• Recruiting and editing strong freelance writers and working with them on pitches
• Securing exclusives, and investigative reports; making sure our beauty coverage is seen as a leader in the field
• Occasionally liaising between sales and branded teams
What you have:
• 5 years of relevant experience
• A strong, clean writer and skilled editor
• An ideas machine, with a vision for helping the team craft smart daily pitches as well as bigger feature moments
• Established contacts in the industry
• Superior judgement and discretion
To be successful here you are:
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high volume team
• Ready to adapt with an ever-changing environment
• A collaborative team player with a positive attitude