About Rent the Runway:

Described by Forbes as “Tech’s Next Billion Dollar Star” Rent the Runway is set to disrupt the $1.7T Global Fashion Industry by ensuring that rental is a habitual, convenient, daily part of getting dressed. We believe that every woman in the U.S. and soon every woman in the world, should have a subscription to fashion that is powered by a mobile-first experience, aided by top-notch customer service and serviced by omni-channel capabilities. We also believe that fashion is an industry that should be democratized by giving everyone access to the real thing and the associated feelings of self-confidence that comes with. Since our launch in late 2009, we have raised over $125MM and built a transformative business model, proprietary technology all coded in-house, a unique reverse-logistics operation and one of the most beloved brands on earth. 6MM women in the U.S. are members of our community - many have used Rent the Runway for some of the most important events in their lives. We have also launched a foundation to support female entrepreneurship and help women build scalable businesses. There is a revolutionary spirit in our founding DNA that permeates to our culture today; Our team is smart, aggressive, entrepreneurial and ready to continue challenging old systems and rewriting new rules.

Position Overview:

Rent the Runway is looking for a top associate editor to create buzzy, shareable content for the brand’s new lifestyle site, The Shift, as well as contribute creative content solutions for the company’s integrated marketing campaigns around tentpole events. This role involves collaboration with our creative, product, marketing and fashion teams in addition to our external partners.

If you love writing about women’s issues, fashion trends, beauty tricks and career tips, this job is for you. You’ll join a creative, fast-paced team always on the hunt for innovative and strategic ideas.

Responsibilities:

• Pitch, research, write and package original content for The Shift on a weekly basis
• Manage the day-to-day of The Shift’s publisher partnerships, closely tracking and reporting performance to the content team on a weekly basis
• Manage The Shift’s image library, conducting photo research of assets in line with the brand’s aesthetic
• Stay abreast of trends and best practices in the lifestyle content space, suggesting ways to implement at RTR

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of content creation and ideation experience in online journalism, media or content strategy; publisher experience a plus
• Familiarity with top publishers and blogs as well as brands using innovative content
• Entrepreneurial spirit; ability to work quickly, efficiently and strategically
• Good aesthetic sensibility; amazing ability to understand a brand’s look and feel and how that translates to images, copy, tone of voice and editorial direction
• Fantastic headline skills
• Open to new ideas, creative collaboration and scrappiness