Comments on: Condé Nast

By: Willy Franzen

Willy Franzen — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:23:26 +0000

Lusia, that’s awesome advice! Thanks.

By: Lusia

Lusia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:13:19 +0000

I think that entry level positions will be a lot easier to get at CN (especially for those who’ve interned prior to looking for a full-time position, as well as candidates with excellent web skills). I used to work there until recently and it looked to me as if they were aiming to get rid of the older, experienced people first—supposedly everyone’s replaceable. They seem more open to placing a younger skilled person somewhere else in the company than someone who’s middle-aged or has been there for a long time—they just show them the door. During this economy, though, it’s a tough thing to prove…. and they know it. It’s a perfect time for them to restructure and skim the salaries at the top while welcoming the young and eager. If they were so desperate, they wouldn’t continue to launch magazines like the one in England, and instead keep the people in our country working. Domino was doing well compared to several of the other titles, but they didn’t reward a job well done, they dumped a perfectly good and loved magazine for a few pet projects. So all of you eager-to-be-writers, editors and journalists, don’t worry too much. Brush up on your computer skills (including the intricacies of website building, coding, etc) and you’ll be a fine candidate. In the meantime, get some experience at brands that are hiring interns to work for nothing—the experience will be priceless.

By: Willy Franzen

Willy Franzen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:59:18 +0000

Good call. Like I said in the post, it’s a risky place to work right now, but that could lead to some pretty big rewards if you play it right. It won’t be easy though.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:39:56 +0000

Conde Nast might not be the best place to find a job right now. My roommate works for them or did since she got laid off from her job a cookie, the Magazine across the hall( Domino)was just shut down. THere last issue was March. They are losing ad sales majorally and even the big mags like Vogue are doing horribly. My roommate still freelances sometimes and she says that people and mags are dropping like flies over there. Every day she hears of someone else losing their job. Which is unfortunate because everyone still loves magazines but I don’t think people do subscriptions as much as they used to. I know the first thing I cut back on was my magazine subscriptions. Hopefully Conde Nast can get through this but they aren’t doing very well right now.