Q: With Linked In and online portfolios, do I really need a resume these days?
A: Maybe. Maybe not. If you are applying for a full-time role in content at a brand or a media company, yes. You may be …
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Author Archive | Chandra Turner
How to Nail a Cold Outreach to an Editor or a Brand You Love
By Alyshia Hull
When I was in college I was really excited to apply for an editorial internship with Girls’ Life magazine. However, with so many other applicants, I was worried that my application would get lost in the shuffle. …
6 Things to Do When You’re in an Interview With a Recruiter
By Chandra Turner
I spend a good chunk of my day interviewing folks. The interviews I enjoy the most are the ones that are the most like conversations at a cocktail party — remember those? sigh — where the back …
10 Steps to an Inclusive & Diverse Workplace
By Gabrielle Korn
How does a brand go about setting up a structure for actual, true female empowerment? It’s not an exhaustive list, but it covers the bare-minimum feminist-oriented elements of a brand that can honestly say it’s built on …
Congrats to Talent Fairy New Hires Juliana LaBianca & Mackenzie Dunn
Congratulations to Juliana LaBianca and Mackenzie Dunn, who started new positions at Editorialist YX this week! The Senior Strategists & Editors will provide SEO and editorial strategy and create content for the growing luxury fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brand. “I’m …
Talent Fairy Q&A: Gabrielle Korn, Editorial & Publishing Manager of The Most at Netflix and former EIC of Nylon
When Editorial Talent is Unleashed Upon the World
The Talent Fairy Q&A by Chandra Turner
It’s no longer news that some of our best editorial talent are leaving media for non-media brands. The story has become a staple in …
Talent Fairy Coaching Package Descriptions
Freshen Up Your Resume
Feel like your resume is stuck in 2010? That it doesn’t have the keywords (or right words) that media brands, content agencies, or the corporate world is looking for? I will help you frame your media …
Editors Make The Best Hires Archive
When I started this project I thought I’d get a handful of unique responses to the question, Why do editors make the best hires? Turns out editors don’t just make the best hires, they’re also pretty damn quotable!…
What Editors Thought About the Year 2020: The Survey Results are In!
Well, we made it.
Congratulations — if you are reading this post, you survived, albeit barely, this hell of a year. Not only have we lived through a pandemic (so far), a stressful election, and an economic earthquake, our …
Talent Fairy Featured Opp: Digital Designer
Hello my talented friends. Here’s what the Talent Fairy has up her magic sleeve this month. If you are a member of After Magazines (you know if you are), please say so in your application!
