Anna Wintour Makes Room for New Editorial Leader at US Vogue
American Vogue is hiring a new head of editorial content.
The move will bring in a new leader for the title that will put it under the same structure that Vogue has rolled out across its international editions, with a head of editorial content reporting to Anna Wintour as global editorial director of Vogue. Wintour will continue on in that role, overseeing American Vogue as well as eight of the publication's international editions. She will also continue on as chief content officer of parent company Condé Nast, where she supervises nearly every title at the company, with the exception of the New Yorker.
The company will not seek an editor-in-chief to replace her at American Vogue, but instead a 'head of editorial content' — the title used by all of the more recently-installed international editors.
This news, which was announced to Vogue staffers on Thursday morning, is something of a response to how much Wintour's role at the company has expanded in recent years; bringing on a new head of editorial content will allow her to more equally distribute her time among the other titles under her supervision.
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Rumours of Wintour's departure from the top job at American Vogue have swirled for years — decades, even — typically shot down by a Condé Nast spokesperson or Wintour herself. While this move is certainly far from a retirement, it is the surest sign that the company is considering succession plans for the inevitable post-Wintour era.
Wintour joined American Vogue as editor-in-chief in 1988; she previously served as the top editor at British Vogue. In her nearly 40 years at the helm, she's become not only one of the most important figures in the fashion industry, but also a pop culture icon memorialised in films like the 2009 documentary 'The September Issue' and less directly, 'The Devil Wears Prada.' She also spearheaded the transformation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute fundraiser from quiet society function to one of the most talked-about red carpets in the world.
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