Content Director

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

Allure is seeking a Content Director to lead its digital editorial strategy and drive innovative, high-performing storytelling across beauty, wellness, and culture. In this senior leadership role, you will partner with the Executive Beauty Director to set the editorial agenda, oversee the execution of our editorial calendar, and ensure Allure continues to define the conversation in beauty.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and inspiring manager with deep expertise in digital media and a proven ability to translate editorial excellence into measurable audience growth. You will lead a team of editors and writers, manage contributor relationships, and collaborate across departments—including creative, social, video, audience development, commerce, and branded content.

Responsibilities: 

• Work with the Executive Beauty Director to plan and execute the digital editorial calendar

• Assign, edit, and topline stories on both long-lead and short-lead deadlines

• Manage 3-4 writers and junior editors for growth and guidance

• Maintain content calendar in Airtable, keeping team on schedule and running weekly production meetings 

• Coordinate with social team and PR team to ensure thorough content promotion

• Work with creative teams to ensure visuals are consistent across digital, video, and social platforms  

• Build and manage relationships with a steady group of contributors to bring unique voices and perspectives to Allure, while maintaining a budget

• Review daily newsletter copy and other newsletter templates as needed

• Ideate and execute new and existing monthly columns

• Be accountable for KPIs like pageviews and time spent, building a growth-focused strategy

• Assist in vetting branded content/sponsorship ideas as needed 

• Liaise with audience development, product, and commerce departments as editorial representative 

• Collaborate with commerce, creative, social, video and PR  in order to execute large features and tentpoles, project managing when necessary 

• Attend events to maintain relationships within the beauty industry 

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

Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years of digital editorial experience 

• High-level skills in line-editing and structuring sophisticated articles, from reported features to opinion pieces

• Established network of voice-driven freelance writers and experienced reporters

• Strong writing skills

• Firm understanding of analytics

• Experience managing large group of editors and contributors

• Experience working in a CMS

• Knowledge of latest/emerging digital tools, platforms, etc.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $120,000-$150,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education

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.