Today, Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci announced twelve new hires and a promotion, including writers, editors, a social team, and senior leaders in new global roles.
“The range of talent and expertise in this list is expansive,” Guiducci said. “But what our new colleagues have in common is a love for Vanity Fair, an appreciation for its history, and an excitement for its future. Each of them will help lead us there.”
Guiducci highlighted Vanity Fair’s new global structure and a commitment to original, provocative journalism—whether it be in print or through screens or in real life—for a new generation of readers.
“In interviews with candidates over the past two months, we have been seeking out a certain fearlessness—people with a point of view, able to express it in both substance and style,” he said, noting more hires will be announced soon. “I can say that every one of our new colleagues has that quality.”
See the full list below.
Jennifer Pastore joins Vanity Fair as Global Creative Director overseeing visuals and design across all editions and platforms. She joins us from Sotheby’s Magazine, where she was visuals director. Previously, she was executive photography director of WSJ Magazine, where she commissioned photography, film, and illustration, and helped transform the Innovator Awards into a premier cultural event. Earlier in her career, she held senior roles at Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
Olivia Nuzzi joins Vanity Fair as West Coast Editor. In this new role, she will be editing stories across platforms and topic areas, with a focus on events, industries, and culture of the Pacific region, as well as writing for the magazine. From 2017 to 2024, she was the Washington correspondent for New York.
Lindsey Underwood joins as Senior Editor from the Style team at The Washington Post. She will be editing stories across platforms and across our areas of coverage. In 2023, Lindsey became The Post’s first features breaking news editor, where she oversaw assigning coverage of the biggest stories of the day on a range of subjects. Previously, Lindsey held editorial positions at The New York Times and Vogue and in audience development at the Times.
Aidan McLaughlin joins as Washington Correspondent. Since 2018, Aidan has been the editor in chief of Mediaite, where he hosts the Press Club podcast. He has written about politics for The Spectator World, including a series of cover stories and a profile of Patrick Bet-David that was a finalist for the 2025 Mirror Awards. He started his career at Monocle Magazine in London before serving as the night reporter for the New York Daily News, covering crime in the city’s five boroughs.
Martina Navratil is our new Executive Director, Global Operations and Audience. In this role, she will manage our workflow, audience development, and production across all platforms and markets. A 20-year tenure at Condé Nast has brought Martina full circle back to Vanity Fair, from early days in the VF publishing team to various roles in finance and operations.
Carly Walsh joins Vanity Fair from Saturday Night Live as Global Director, Social. She will be responsible for social media strategy and presence on all of the platforms where VF lives, and whatever may come next, globally. Carly spent the last seven years at SNL, managing and then directing the hit show’s social accounts. Carly started her career in tech—at Livestream, then at Vimeo, where she developed best practices for social promotion and coverage in the early days of livestreaming.
Elise Taylor joins us as Senior Staff Writer from Vogue, where she was senior lifestyle writer since 2017, covering weddings, interiors, travel, and society. She got her start as an assistant at Vanity Fair. making this something of a homecoming, and will be spanning topics for us, bringing to life some of the most intriguing and outrageous characters in our midst.
Juli Weiner joins VF as a Contributing Editor working on Vanities. Juli is an Emmy-winning screenwriter whose credits include HBO’s The Regime, The Franchise, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, as well as Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette and The Shards, both for FX. Her first job was at Vanity Fair in 2010.
Daniela Tijerina is promoted to Associate Editor. Daniela has already produced exceptional work for VF and will now be working alongside Claire Howorth, editing and writing across the publication.
Wisdom Iheanyichukwu joins as our new Associate Newsletter Producer. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in creative writing. Previously, she held positions at GQ, VICE, Refinery 29, and the Columbia Journalism School. She’s also worked for BDG Media and at a fashion PR firm in which she assisted, styled, and dressed models and clients for events and New York Fashion Week.
Kenneal Patterson joins as Associate Web Producer. She is a web producer, reporter, and creative writer who has covered everything from local politics to arts and culture at The Daily Beast, WNYC/Gothamist, Impulse Magazine, The Bay State Banner, 5280 Magazine, Greenpointers, The Brooklyn Rail, Bushwick Daily, and more. She is passionate about global health and worked at the nonprofit Action Against Hunger for several years.
Wengel Gemu joins Vanity Fair as Social Media Coordinator. Most recently, she was an NBC page supporting SNL and Late Night on their social teams. She has also worked across brand creative at Adidas and covered red carpet fashion for GQ.
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg joined as Executive Assistant to the Global Editorial Director. She graduated in May from Yale University with a degree in English and a certificate in journalism. Abigail was editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News Magazine and interned at CBS News Sunday Morning and Seven Days Vermont.
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