Anna Wintour returns from her role as American editor of American Vogue And the hiring of a new regional “editorial content chief” to supervise the daily title operations.
This decision is the last stage of a reorganization of the years which has moved to the international editions of Vogue, replacing chief publishers with editorial content leaders reporting to Wintour, who after today will continue to supervise the Vogue brand as a global editorial director and chief of content of the publisher Cond Nast, where she supervises almost all titles The expansion on the part of the edge advertisement New York.
This news, which was announced to Vogue Thursday morning staff are in a way an answer to the role of Wintour in the company in recent years; Bringing a new editorial content chief will allow him to distribute his time more also among the other titles under his supervision.
Rumors about Wintour’s departure from the first job at American Vogue have swirled for years – decades, even – generally shot dead by a spokesperson for Conddé Nast or Wintour herself. However, perhaps as a sign of what was going to happen, last December, the magazine typed its very first guest publisher, designer Marc Jacobs, who put the Kaia Gerber model on the cover; The problem was well received online.
Under his direction, Vogue Having moved away from putting models on the coverage in favor of celebrities, a transition adopted by fashion magazines around the world. She also directed the transformation of the annual fundraising of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute of the Société de la Société Quiet to one of the most discussed red carpets in the world. Its influence extends far beyond fashion: as the biographer Amy Odell documented it in her book in 2022 “Anna: The Biography”, everyone, directors like Bradley Cooper to athletes such as Serena Williams, relied on the advice of Wintour and advice at pivotal moments of their career.
The more recent years of its mandate have been defined by a drop in the media industry, as advertising dollars have been diverted from traditional outlets to social giants and technology. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Wintour also recognized “Vogue has not found enough ways to raise and give space to black publishers, writers, photographers, designers and other creators. That year, for the first time, the majority of the models, photographers and artists presented in the September issue were black.
Although this decision is certainly far from a retirement, it is the surest sign that the company is considering succession plans for the inevitable post-Wintour era.
His departure from the daily newspaper the first time in 37 years that the first job at American Vogue is available. Competition for work will inevitably be fierce, with a lot of speculation on which will be named as its successor. This is the second start of a high -level editor for Condé Nast this year; Vanity Editor Radhika Jones announced its release in April, Vogue Insider, director of the creative editorial staff Mark Guicci, was appointed his replacement earlier this month.