Associate Editor - AD Pro Directory

About Condé Nast Condé Nast India is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video, and social platforms. Condé Nast is renowned for provocative, influential, award-winning content-across brands, across platforms, and across continents. Condé Nast India is dedicated to producing high-quality, compelling content that connects with India’s most influential audiences. A leader within the market, Condé Nast India produces the premium titles Vogue , GQ , Condé Nast Traveler , and Architectural Digest. Areas of Responsibility (Key Result Areas): As the custodian of AD Pro Directory, the associate editor is an essential part of the AD team and should work in the best interest of AD and AD Pro Directory. They must build on the existing AD Pro Directory property through editorial and commercial means as determined by this vertical. They must propagate the AD Pro Directory vision as a community building exercise and find appropriate opportunities to build on that They must work alongside the editorial and commercial teams in doing a thorough quality check for all brands and architects/designers brought on board the AD Pro Directory. They should plan and commission articles for the AD Pro Directory vertical, and ensure that these are high-quality digital stories, with professionally shot photographs, while the designer or brand is represented in an editorial style. They must work closely with the AD editorial team to identify digital stories, commission them, and write them for the AD website They must understand SEO and traffic driven content. They must be responsible for all copy, grammar, spell checks, hygiene checks on the AD Pro Directory weblink. They must work closely with the AD Pro Directory planning team to grow the vertical, to identify the important products/projects of the onboarded AD Pro Directory partners and create opportunities for editorial coverage. They must supervise and edit all social media creatives for AD Pro Directory. They must supervise all communication sent out related to AD Pro Directory, and represent editorial in all partner communication. They must ideate and come up with digital, video, event ideas to expand the influence on AD Pro Directory They will work with the commercial teams to understand standout works of AD Pro Directory partner, represent AD editorial team in partner communication and identify opportunities for possible editorial coverage. They must identify potential AD Pro Directory members and reach out to them to facilitate on-boarding They must maintain a working relationship with members, identifying their needs and finding appropriate opportunities to address them (through print, digital, events) They must schedule and be accountable for AD Pro Directly outreach programs, especially those held in-person such as the Editor's Brunches They must plan the annual content calendar and event calendar for AD PRO Directory partners in sync with AD brand goals & priorities