Brendan Vaughan

About

I am an editor and a leader of creative teams with experience at some of the top editorial brands in America. I am currently Editor in Chief of Fast Company. I've held senior positions at Business Insider, The Atlantic, Medium, the Random House Publishing Group, Esquire, GQ, and Condé Nast Portfolio. I've managed teams of various sizes and compositions for the better part of two decades, from famous writers to up-and-comers, entry-level editors to seasoned pros. My management style emphasizes transparency and prioritizes each person’s career growth within organizational goals. I'm highly adaptable to the kinetic world of digital media and fluent in the languages of product people, UX designers, data scientists, social-media managers, and marketing professionals. I'm a sophisticated audience thinker with strategic experience finding and growing audiences via social media and traditional publicity outreach. I have been fortunate to work with creators of all kinds—investigative journalists, #longform maestros, novelists, essayists, visual artists, documentarians, tech visionaries, business luminaries, comedians, chefs, politicians, policy experts, and more—on content ranging from breaking news coverage to 10,000-word feature stories to video series to podcasts and just about every form of media in between. I am platform agnostic. I just want to do great work that helps companies meet their business and creative goals.