Apply: WGSN - Senior Editor, Intimates & Swim - London

We’re WGSN. 
 
WGSN, an Ascential brand is the World’s Global Style Network, digital subscription products include WGSN Trend, WGSN Homebuildlife, WGSN INstock, and WGSN Mindset bespoke consultancy services.

WGSN has trend and information hubs in New York, Hong Kong, São Paulo and London and has 16 offices around the world. We employ approximately 500 people, and more than 50% of our talent are content experts. WGSN seeks talent globally to work within a business that offers a unique blend of creativity and intelligence, of intuition and analysis to empower our customers to create tomorrow.


About the role
We're looking for a Senior Editor, Intimates and Swim to join our team in London; this is an opportunity for your passion for Intimates & Swim to truly have an impact and for your design and analysis skills to really shine. 

To be successful in this role, you will be a Swimwear expert who also has proven experience within the Intimates and loungewear market. You'll be from either a Design or Buying background, be a strategic thinker and a department leader.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for trends research and analysis in the creation and publication of Intimates & Swim reports across; men’s and women’s categories
• Lead the team members and ensure content quality is of the highest standards
• Deliver concise written retail trend analysis reports showing a clear understanding of the subscribers’ needs
• Commission, edit and sign off others’ content for publication
• Develop the quality of the team members’ content, via regular feedback and 1-to-1’s.
• A proven ability to sketch and CAD, with good Adobe illustrator skills
• Line management of team with a responsibility for mid-year and end-of-year reviews, setting of objectives and personal development plans
• Responsible for the content strategy of Intimates & Swim, department budget and budget process
• Deliver traffic growth by consistently evaluating internal data and client feedback to improve content standards and relevance.
• Deliver consultancy projects as and when required with Mindset Advisory teams.
• Active participation in the content for WGSN trend days
• Provide quotes for press and broadcast media
• Liaises across the editorial team and key functions to educate on the scheduling of published reports, ensuring clear communication of what/when/how
• Act as a department Ambassador both internally and externally
• Contribute to overall content team objectives and accountable for specific personal content goals
• Travel globally for industry events such as trades shows

Your experience 

• Swimwear expert with experience within the Intimates and loungewear market
• Ability to demonstrate a deep understanding of the Intimates & Swim industry across design, buying, innovation, textiles and print
• A leader within the Intimates & Swim industry with a list of industry contacts.
• Have exceptional knowledge of the global market from premium to commercial trends across fashion and lifestyle product areas, and the ability to pin-point Intimate & Swim trends that will impact the women’s and men’s categories
• Expert level of experience in writing, editing and reporting through an extensive career path within design, buying or content creation.
• An expert understanding of the role data and analytics plays in commercial success; Ability to analyse data and pinpoint trends that will impact the market.
• A proven quality of research and personal output
• Proven experience of managing a team
• Ability to take ownership of personal assignments, prioritise workload and provide support to other members of team when needed
• Excellent organisation, communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within an international team to ensure production standards, reports or outputs are of a consistently high standard and published on time and to budget.
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships with Global Sales, Client Services and Marketing to help facilitate sales and client engagement where appropriate

 

What we offer     
We offer our employees a great package of perks, including: 

• 25 days of holiday per year – with the option to buy or sell between 1-5 days
• Great learning and development opportunities
• Bonus, Pension, Private Medical and Dental Insurance plans
• Life Assurance; Income Protection and Critical Illness covers
• Option to opt into the Ascential Shares Scheme
• Volunteering opportunities

 
In addition, we offer flexible benefit packages that include Childcare Vouchers; Cycle to Work; Retail Vouchers; Gourmet Card; Gym Flex; Gadget Insurance, Health Assessments and Will Writing. 
 
We also place great importance on health, lifestyle and wellbeing consistently, in which you will have the options to fuel up on free fruit, attend yoga sessions, join our running club, or perhaps taking up on a lunchtime massages. 
 
More information provided on:
https://careers.ascential.com/our-benefits
 

About Ascential  
WGSN is a part of the Ascential group. 
 
Each of our products and brands has its own unique heritage and voice, but all align to one common goal: to enable an eco-system that better informs and connects the business world. 
 
Here at Ascential, we have a deep knowledge of our customers, their businesses and industries. Our aim is for our products – increasingly offered both face to face and online - to offer content and connections that professionals rely on for growth and value creation. 
 
Operating from 14 offices around the world, Ascential serves customers in more than 150 countries, providing local and global knowledge, connections and access. 
 
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