NEW GUARDS: Dazed on Friday is anticipated to disclose the brand new crew to steer the journal following the deliberate exit of Ib Kamara in June, WWD has discovered.
Succeeding Kamara, Ted Stansfield might be promoted to editor in chief of Dazed in June from his present roles as editorial director of Dazed Digital and AnOthermag.com and editor of One other Man.
The primary difficulty edited by Stansfield might be printed in September.
Stansfield joined Dazed Media as a vogue author over a decade in the past earlier than rising by the ranks by rising Dazed’s viewers throughout digital and social channels. He’ll relinquish his roles on AnOthermag.com and One other Man beginning in June.
In a sequence of HR adjustments, Dazed additionally appointed Dominique Sisley editorial director, Serena Smith deputy editor, Imruh Asha vogue and picture director, Ana Takahashi magnificence editor at giant, Laura Pitcher U.S. editor, and Ester Mejibovski artwork director. Zara Mirkin will proceed her function as vogue editor at giant.
Dazed mentioned additional bulletins will comply with forward of Stansfield’s inaugural difficulty in September.
The important thing print management crew will even embody vogue options director Emma Davidson, magnificence options director Alex Peters, content material technique director Danil Boparai, tradition editor Halima Jibril, artwork and pictures editor Emily Dinsdale, and vogue author Elliot Hoste.
Jefferson Hack, chief govt officer and cofounder of Dazed Media, mentioned: “Dazed was based on a transparent objective to empower the following era by creativity. This new chapter celebrates our unique objective by selling the brilliant younger expertise on the coronary heart of our enterprise.”
Hack added that handing the editorial reins to Stansfield and his crew “immediately rewards the individuals who use their every single day at Dazed to create space for undiscovered and rising voices, addressing pressing tales that matter to younger folks in a turbulent world.”
“Bringing this skilled editorial drive — along with Imruh’s pioneering imaginative and prescient for vogue and Ester, who’s a brilliant new visionary — marks a shift within the historical past of Dazed. For the primary time ever, we might be giving carte blanche to at least one crew on the centre of the model to precise themselves throughout Dazed’s print, digital, and social platforms,” he continued.
