Highsnobiety is seeking a News Writer with a strong voice and a high metabolism. As a member of the editorial team, you will shape and elevate Highsnobiety’s voice through curated daily content packaged for both digital and social channels. You have an innate sense of the world of Highsnobiety, which covers culture through a style lens, and/or your own flair for — and obsession with — topics that feel vital to our readers.

You will work closely with the News Director to define our news operation, ideating, pitching, drafting, and publishing stories reflective of Highsnobiety’s taste. You will work with the greater editorial team to align on content, direction, and angles while working toward mastering them yourself.

You bring a deep passion for good clothes and personal style. You understand the tastes of the day, but you have your own lens on them and an instinct for what’s next.

Your Mission

Source and write multiple engaging, informative, and relevant style news stories daily, conceptualized with angles that are distinct to Highsnobiety, and deliver them in a timely manner.
Proactively ideate new content and engagement strategies to grow our site traffic and distinguish our platform.
Ensure copy is aligned with Highsnobiety’s tone of voice, house style, brand values, and editorial standards.
Stay up to date with fashion, footwear, and culture news and trends, along with any other topics relevant to your role, to Highsnobiety, and its audience.
Participate in select events as a Highsnobiety representative, including press days, interviews, and store events.
Assist with covering weekends and holidays when necessary, in collaboration with the rest of the team.

Your Skills

Minimum 3 years of writing for a digital publication.
Ability to make phone calls, source relevant documentation, and conduct interviews as they relate to a story.
A strong record of pitching, reporting, and writing compelling and accurate copy.
An encyclopedic knowledge of the fashion industry and culture at large, as well as a feel for what people are — and will be — talking about.
A solid understanding of SEO and social media.
A deep understanding of the Highsnobiety brand.
Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
The ability to self-motivate and juggle multiple assignments at once.
A desire to collaborate and improve.

What We Offer

A bright and spacious design office, which reflects our brand and focuses on employee well-being and sustainability, located close to U Kurfüstenstrasse
The opportunity to shape the company and help build a global brand in a motivating, international and diverse work atmosphere
High degree of responsibility, creativity, originality, independence and creative autonomy
We are constantly prioritizing attention on DEIB with internal trainings, workshops, parent friendly policies and our Employee Resource Groups (HighPower, HighPride, HighDreams & HighCulture)
2 extra days off globally for all employees on International Women's Day and Juneteenth
Flexible hybrid working policy, dog friendly office, and remote international working benefit
Access to visa support for employees relocating to Germany if needed
Attractive employee benefits (e.g. performance based bonus, ClassPass, OpenUp, bike leasing, sabbatical option)

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!!

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Highsnobiety is a global community of independent-minded creatives & professionals: Every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information. So if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

Highsnobiety is a global brand, sitting at the heart of culture that unites community, content and commerce.

Over the 19 years, our editorial and curatorial perspective has grown a community of Cultural Pioneers, a group whose social influence and ability to shape culture has become impossible to ignore.

For this audience, Highsnobiety is a destination to be kept ahead of the curve; a place to read and shop the latest stories, brands and products.

We are constantly investigating their relationship to a landscape we coined The New Luxury; a mindset that places stories over product and cultural knowledge over material possession.

What we’ve learnt from this community, we also share with our brand partners, ensuring they too can future-proof their business for tomorrow’s culture.

The Highsnobiety agency offers an end-to-end solution for brands, from consumer insights; strategy and consultancy; creative concepts and production and media.

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