Vogue International has announced the appointment of Justine Bellavita as editor-in-chief. The newly created role will be based in London and Justine will lead the new central Vogue International editorial team, creating high-quality digital journalism covering all international aspects of fashion. Justine was previously the digital editor of Vogue Italia, where she doubled unique users to the site in her first year, going on to launch the current iteration of Vogue.it. She is currently editor of VanityFair.it, having overseen its editorial integration with the print team, as well as supervising its social media activities, branded content production and media partnerships.

Reporting to the President of Condé Nast International Wolfgang Blau, Justine will commence this new role in October.

The Vogue International team includes editors, reporters, interactive and video journalists, a social media and audience development team and a dedicated Snapchat team. The central digital team supports and coordinates joint editorial projects and internationally relevant coverage for Condé Nast International’s Vogue teams in Asia, Europe and Latin America.