Saks Fifth Avenue Senior Editorial Manager, Brand Strategy

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Location
New YorkNew YorkUSA
Employment
Full-Time
Seniority
Senior
Compensation
$131,000–172,000/year
Department
Creative, Design & Styling
Industry
Selective Retailing & Department Stores
Posted
Jun 24, 2026

About Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue is a premier luxury department store and a cornerstone of the Saks Global portfolio. Renowned for a carefully curated assortment of designer fashion and high-touch client service, the brand blends immersive in-store experiences with an elevated digital offering across its North American locations.

Saks Global seeks Sr. Editorial Manager, Brand Strategy in New York to lead luxury brand storytelling across Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus. $131K–$172K.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Partner with the AVP of Editorial Copy to develop innovative editorial concepts, franchise ideas, and storytelling formats that reinforce each brand's authority in luxury fashion and culture
  • Oversee content development from concept through final execution across digital, social, print, and experiential platforms
  • Ensure all content reflects the distinct voice, positioning, and brand vision of each store while maintaining consistency and editorial excellence
  • Guide and mentor copy development, providing clear creative direction and editorial oversight across projects and teams
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with design, content, marketing, growth teams, and external partners to deliver cohesive storytelling across all touchpoints
  • Maintain a strong understanding of the luxury consumer, emerging trends, and the evolving fashion and cultural landscape
  • Balance high-level strategic thinking with hands-on creative execution in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Fashion, or a related field
  • 10+ years of editorial, copywriting, content strategy, or brand storytelling experience within fashion, luxury, media, or retail
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a refined sensibility
  • Deep understanding of the fashion landscape, cultural trends, and the luxury consumer
  • Proven ability to develop and execute multi-platform content strategies across digital, social, print, and experiential channels
  • Strong editorial judgment with the ability to balance creative storytelling and business objectives
  • Demonstrated ability to lead creative projects from concept through execution in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with experience working cross-functionally across creative, marketing, social, design, and merchandising teams
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with exceptional attention to detail and organization
  • Highly collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset

Skills

Editorial copywriting Brand storytelling Content strategy Multi-platform content development Creative direction Fashion and cultural trend analysis Wrike Figma

Experience

10+ years of editorial, copywriting, content strategy, or brand storytelling experience within fashion, luxury, media, or retail environments. Demonstrated expertise in developing and executing cohesive narratives across multiple channels and managing creative teams in fast-paced luxury retail settings.

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Fashion, or a related field.

Workplace

The successful candidate will be located in New York, New York, USA.

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 131,000 to USD 172,000 per annum.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; basic and supplemental life insurance; disability insurance; voluntary critical illness, hospital, and accident insurance; employee discount.

Culture

Saks Fifth Avenue emphasizes a high‑standard, client‑centric retail culture that fuses creative visual storytelling with commercial rigor. The environment rewards initiative and offers cross‑functional career mobility across retail, digital and corporate disciplines within the Saks Global portfolio.

About Cerulean

Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.

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