Phillip Picardi

Phillip Picardi (born 5 April 1991) is an American journalist and editor. He is the former editor-in-chief of Out.

Phillip Picardi
Born (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991
Alma materNew York University
OccupationEditor
Years active2010-present
Era21st century
EmployerOut
OrganizationPride Media Inc.
Websitetwitter.com/pfpicardi

His career in journalism began at Teen Vogue. He also worked for Refinery29 and Allure.

Early life and education

Picardi grew up in an Italian American Catholic family in Lawrence, MA.[1]

Picardi attended Central Catholic High School, where in 2008 he was one of the founders of a now-annual student fundraiser called Catwalk4Cancer; the 2017 event raised more than $250,000.[2] After graduating from high school, Picardi attended college at New York University.[3]

Career

Picardi started his publishing career as an intern at Teen Vogue.[4] He then served as online beauty editor at Teen Vogue before becoming senior beauty editor at Refinery29 in September 2014.[5] At Refinery29 he worked for Mikki Halpin,[1] whose influence as well as Picardi's personal experiences led to a growing interest in political engagement alongside his work on beauty; speaking to The Guardian, he said his experience growing up gay in a Catholic family meant "I can certainly relate to what it feels like to be underrepresented or even marginalized. I took sex ed classes and there was no mention of homosexuality. Or I would sit in religion class and be told my life was a sin."[1] Since June 2020, Picard has hosted a podcast about this subject called Unholier Than Thou, part of the Crooked Media podcast network.[6]

Teen Vogue

Picardi returned to Teen Vogue as digital editorial director in April 2015,[7] the next year becoming part of a reorganization of the magazine's leadership with editor Elaine Welteroth, creative director Marie Suter and Picardi replacing departing founding editor-in-chief Amy Astley.[8] Picardi oversees web content and social media for Teen Vogue, significantly increasing traffic to its website;[9] in January 2017, the magazine's website had 7.9 million US visitors compared with 2.9 million the previous January.[10] He has also been part of the magazine's shift in focus on social issues and politics,[11][12][13] part of his pitch when he joined the magazine. He told the hiring team at Teen Vogue that he felt the magazine's success depended on offering more to its reader: "I thought it was really important to talk about reproductive rights, gender. To dig into politics and the news cycle. Basically, by omission, we were kind of assuming that she's not interested."[1] With the growth the site has seen through this approach, Fast Company named Picardi to its "Most Creative People" in 2017, "for reading teenagers' minds" in his work to "align TeenVogue.com with every aspect of its socially conscious readers' lives": the politics section has now surpassed entertainment as the site's most-read section.[14] Under Picardi, TeenVogue.com also won 2017 Webby Awards for both the Fashion & Beauty and the Education & Discovery categories.[15] He left the magazine and Condé Nast in August 2018.[16]

Them

In March 2017, his role at Condé Nast expanded to become as digital editorial director for Them as well as Teen Vogue.[10][17] Under Picardi's leadership, Them has also seen a significant rise in web traffic: April 2017 had a 53% increase over the prior year (6.9 million over 4.5 million in April 2016).[18] He left the magazine and Condé Nast in August 2018.[16]

Out

In August 2018, Pride Media Inc. announced Picardi as the new editor-in-chief of Out.[16] Picardi was let go from Out in December 2019, describing it as “the most complex chapter of my career so far”.[19][20]

References
  1. Warrington, Ruby (25 February 2017). "Inside Teen Vogue: 'Our readers consider themselves activists'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. Francis, Peter (April 3, 2017). "Fashionable fight at Central Catholic's Catwalk4Cancer". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  3. O'Baner, Anthony (October 12, 2016). "Teen Vogue's Phillip Picardi represents fashion's prince charming". District. Savannah College of Art and Design.
  4. Folkenflik, David (December 23, 2016). "Trump Essay Signals Shift In Approach For 'Teen Vogue'". NPR. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  5. Cision staff (2014-09-04). "Phillip Picardi Jumps from Teen VOGUE to Refinery29". Cision. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  6. "Unholier Than Thou". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  7. Sherman, Lauren (2016-08-04). "Inside the New Teen Vogue". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  8. Folley, Aris (May 20, 2016). "Teen Vogue Hires New Editorial Head, Elaine Welteroth". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  9. Mosendz, Polly (2016-12-19). "How Teen Vogue Won the Internet by Mixing Trump With Makeup Tips". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  10. Fernandez, Chantal (2017-03-03). "Teen Vogue Digital Editorial Director Phillip Picardi to Also Oversee Allure Digital". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  11. Roy, Nilanjana (January 24, 2017). "How Teen Vogue got political". Financial Times. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  12. North, Anna (2016-12-19). "The Teen's Guide to the Trump Presidency". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  13. Chayka, Kyle (2017-02-13). "Condé Nast Takes Aim At Trump". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  14. "Check out Phillip Picardi, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People 2017". Fast Company. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  15. Main, Sami (May 16, 2017). "The 21st Annual Webby Awards Honored Solange Knowles, BuzzFeed and BBDO as Winners". AdWeek. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  16. "Phillip Picardi Leaves Condé Nast for 'Out'". Fashionista. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  17. McDuffie, Candace (March 16, 2017). "How Teen Vogue Is Tackling Hot Button Issues Without Losing Its Fashion Edge". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  18. Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2017-05-22). "Here's How Top Women's Magazines Are Doing Online". WWD. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  19. Hays, Kali (2019-12-11). "Phillip Picardi Exits Out Magazine After Tumultuous Year". WWD. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  20. Yar, Sanam (2019-12-12). "Out Magazine Sheds Top Editor and Staff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-19.

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