Michelle Lee (editor)

Michelle Lee (born 1975) is an American journalist and editor in chief of Allure.

Michelle Lee
Born
Michelle Karen Lee

Goshen, New York US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of South Florida
OccupationMagazine editor
Journalist
Years active1997–present
EmployerConde Nast Publications
Known forEditor-in-chief, Allure
PredecessorLinda Wells

Career

Michelle was named editor in chief of Allure in November 2015 by Condé Nast Artistic Director Anna Wintour and CEO Bob Sauerberg, replacing founding editor Linda Wells.[1][2] She is credited with the notable increase in diversity at the brand[3] and for being one of the first digitally-savvy chief editors at Conde Nast.[4] In 2017, Lee made headlines around the world when she declared that Allure would ban the term "anti-aging" and featured Muslim model Halima Aden in July 2017, making Allure the first major women's magazine in the U.S. to feature a woman in a hijab on the cover.[5] Adweek awarded Lee as Editor of the Year in 2017 and Allure was named Magazine of the Year.[6]

Prior to Allure, Lee was Editor in Chief and chief marketing officer of Nylon and Nylon Guys, where she was in charge of editorial content as well as branded content and launched Nylon Studio, the brand's in-house creative agency. Lee was co-founder and chief content and strategy officer at branded content agency Magnified Media and was featured as a "Thought Leader" by Google in 2013. She was the SVP of Content at Hollywood.com and the creator and editorial director of the style site Beyond the Row. She has held senior positions at CosmoGIRL, Mademoiselle, Us Weekly, In Touch Weekly, and Glamour.[7]

Public speaking

Lee speaks about the beauty industry, diversity, women's issues, and technology at various conferences, such as South by Southwest, CES, ColorComm, and Advertising Week, and appears regularly on TV for outlets including the NBC's TODAY Show, Good Morning America, VH1, MTV, CNN and MSNBC.[8]

Awards
  • Editor of the Year from Adweek (2017)
  • Magazine of the Year from Adweek (2017)
  • 100 Most Influential Asians of the Year from Gold House A100 (2018)[9]
  • Digiday's Glossy 50 (2017)[10]
  • Clio Award, Bronze, for Allure Unbound augmented reality app (2017)[11]
  • William Randolph Hearst Award for Outstanding Feature Writing[12]

References
  1. “Linda Wells Out at Allure; Michelle Lee Named Editor in Chief,” Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. “Michelle Lee, Editor in Chief, Allure.” Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. “Is 2017 Already the Most Diverse Year Ever for Mainstream Women’s Mags?” The Coveteur. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  4. “What's Going On at Condé Nast?” Business of Fashion. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  5. “With Michelle Lee at the Helm, Allure is Blowing Up How Our Culture Defines Beauty.” Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  6. “14 Magazines Shaking Up the Publishing Industry, One Reinvention at a Time.” Adweek. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  7. Brands/Media Kits, Conde Nast. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  8. MPA - the Association of Magazine Media. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  9. "Gold House – A100". Gold House.
  10. "Glossy 50: Modern Media". glossy.co.
  11. "Clio Fashion & Beauty Allure Unbound". clios.com.
  12. Media, NYLON. "NYLON and NYLON Guys Names Michelle Lee Editor-in-Chief". PR Newswire.
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