Mark Guiducci has been named the primary international editorial director of Self-importance Honest.
Within the newly created position, Guiducci will oversee inventive and editorial route of Self-importance Honest throughout all markets, together with the US, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. The appointment comes a number of months after Self-importance Honest editor-in-chief Radhika Jones introduced plans to go away the publication.
Guiducci, who lives in New York, begins within the position June 30. He has been serving as inventive editorial director at Vogue since 2020, the place he led the launch of Vogue World, along with overseeing content material throughout print, digital, video, audio, social media and stay occasions.
“The world in the present day is spinning sooner than ever, because the forces of Hollywood, politics, the humanities, cash, and magnificence collide with all of the drama of a Verdi opera in its closing act. On the heart of all of it, documenting the stakes and the spectacle, is Self-importance Honest,” Guiducci stated. “My first job out of faculty was right here and it proved to be probably the most extraordinary journalism faculty I may have imagined. To return now, fifteen years later, as international editorial director — reuniting with former colleagues and assembly new ones around the globe—is the respect of my profession. I’m profoundly grateful to Roger, Stan, and Anna for this chance and can’t wait to get began. Will probably be a fantastic journey.”
Earlier than Vogue, the place he had beforehand labored within the function division, together with as arts editor, Guiducci was the editor-in-chief of GARAGE, the place he led the digital transformation of the biannual artwork publication. Guiducci began his profession at Self-importance Honest as an assistant to the managing editor.
“I grew up in an editorial family and have been surrounded by editors all my life. One factor I’ve noticed is that the best of them aren’t fastened rudders however sails. By the distinctive weave of their pursuits and expertise, they catch the winds of their second over and over. They encourage their colleagues to maneuver with pace, dexterity, and thrilling derring-do. That’s the magic of Mark, an lively and artistic editor on the heart of his technology and a frontrunner below whom Self-importance Honest will develop in methods I can foresee and, little doubt, some ways I can’t. None of us is aware of what the longer term will carry — solely that Self-importance Honest will outline it below Mark,” Anna Wintour, chief inventive officer, Condé Nast, stated in an announcement.