Editor in Chief

One of the largest media companies in the Middle East, ITP Media Group are looking for an Editor in Chief to head up a leading Men s lifestyle and Fashion brand. The company reaches an audience of more than 42million people across the region and beyond through its leading websites, portals, social media platforms, events, conferences, award ceremonies, magazines, books and social media influencer agency.

ITP Media Group s luxury portfolio includes major international and regional brands such as Time Out, Arabian Business, Gault & Millau, Harper s Bazaar Arabia, Esquire Middle East, Grazia Middle East, Cosmopolitan Middle East, The Rake, Cond Nast Traveler and GQ Middle East.

The EiC will be responsible for defining, shaping and driving the high quality content that will place this brand at the intersection of lifestyle and people of interest in the Middle East. Using original, high quality, visually stunning and engaging local and regional content, the brand will be produced to global standards, and will be aligned with the core DNA and casual elegance of an internationally recognised men s fashion and lifestyle brand to deliver the most authentic representation of iconic mens codes in the MENA region today.

Audience engagement will be through two seasonal Epilogue editions which explore Men s Style and Good Living, alongside multiple intimate, high-end experiential roll-outs and online presence.

Requirements

The ideal candidate has an unmatched enthusiasm for good living and high-end fashion, a lifetime appreciation of aesthetic, style, the global and local players in the luxury market place, global lifestyle trends, and be a citizen of the world. They will also display an excellent understanding of new media and the evolving digital landscape, be passionate, able to manage a team, commission articles, have an eye for detail, be numerate as well as literate, have a healthy respect for deadlines, commercial opportunities and a peerless ability to communicate through engaging, immersive, platform-agnostic content.

Strong originality, perseverance as well as the ability to work well under pressure while maintaining efficiency and accuracy are key attributes.

Additionally, the right candidate will have prior experience in;

• Magazine / brand editorship
  
• High-End fashion/ lifestyle brands
  
• Creative content solutions.
  
• Brand and product extension & development
  

Benefits