Early editing career After graduating, Giles interned at
The New Yorker and then
Vogue. She later began working as an editorial assistant at
Condé Nast. Giles served as the assistant to
Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive before being promoted to assistant editor a year later, and then associate editor at
Glamour. In November 2014, Giles joined
Hearst Magazines as digital director at
Marie Claire, where she served for three years. At
Marie Claire she spearheaded features on a wide range of women's topics from profiles of the women who guard our nuclear weapons, to an essay on feminism from Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau.
Cosmopolitan In January 2018, Giles was appointed digital director of
Cosmopolitan magazine. By the end of May she had revamped the magazine's digital presence.
Cosmopolitan saw an increase in traffic from 15 million visitors a year in February 2018 to 41 million visitors a year later, and digital subscriptions grew 185% from 85,060 to 242,075 between December 2016 and December 2018. In October 2018, Giles was named editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan. As editor-in-chief, Giles oversees the print magazine, website, video, social, Snapchat and product extensions of the brand. In 2019, Giles was named
Adweek's Editor of the Year. ==References==