Condé Nast announces new global leadership structure
Date posted on DIARY directory: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Condé Nast has announced its new global leadership team, designed to accelerate the company's evolution into a 21st Century media company. The new structure was created with several principles in mind, including the preservation of local editorial voice and authority, an enhanced focus on the consumer, unification of the company's ad and commercial sales functions to reflect clients' local and global needs and the development of new ways to share capabilities and best practices across the company. The structure is as follows:
Global Content Functions:
- Anna Wintour, US artistic director, editor-in-chief of Vogue US and global content advisor. She will advise the executive leadership team on global content opportunities.
- Oren Katzeff, President of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), will expand the company’s digital video, film and television operations to create best-in-class video content experiences for audiences worldwide.
- David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, will continue to report directly to CEO of Condé Nast, Roger Lynch.
Global Operations Organisation:
- Wolfgang Blau, President, International & Chief Operating Officer will oversee all non-US markets, as well as selected global strategic functions, including Product & Technology, Data, Licensing, Global Editorial Operations, Business Development, and Delivery & Business Transformation.
Global Commercial Organisation:
- Pamela Drucker Mann, Global Chief Revenue Officer & President, US Revenue, will lead a new global revenue organisation that brings together the company’s US and international ad sales, creative and agency, B2B marketing and client service capabilities.
- Jamie Jouning, promoted to Chief Client Officer, will report to Pamela Drucker Mann and oversee key global accounts, multi-market deals, and central digital ad operations.
Consumer Marketing Organisation:
Condé Nast is creating a new consumer marketing organisation that will be led by a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and will bring added focus to the company’s direct-to-consumer efforts. It will be charged with developing best-in-class capabilities and consistency across consumer experiences on every platform. The team will also be responsible for consumer revenue, with a core focus on subscriptions and memberships. In addition, the team will have responsibility for global brand management, consumer research and insights and global audience development, ensuring a data-driven approach to the company’s efforts.
Corporate Functions:
The company is also globalising its three corporate functions to leverage skills, expertise and standardize processes and best practices: People, Finance and Communications. The company will begin an immediate search and selection process for these and other open roles. Until new leaders are identified, teams will maintain their existing reporting lines and responsibilities.

