Full Name
Emilie Harkin
Job Title
SVP, Growth
DCN Member Organization
Guardian
Speaker Bio
Emilie Harkin is the senior vice president of growth at the Guardian US. She is responsible for crafting the Guardian US reader revenue plan in partnership with the UK-based global reader revenue team, determining future areas of investment to drive revenue and profitability, and leading the US-based data and insights team, among other responsibilities.
Prior to joining the Guardian US, Harkin served as executive director for global consumer revenue at Conde Nast, where she focused on growth for the subscription and affiliate businesses at The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Ars Technica. Before that, she served as vice president of consumer strategy and growth at The Atlantic, leading growth efforts during a period when paid subscribers doubled while consumer revenue grew by 300%. Harkin also served in similar roles at Foreign Affairs and The New Republic magazines. She is a board member of In These Times.
Harkin graduated from Syracuse University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, New York. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Prior to joining the Guardian US, Harkin served as executive director for global consumer revenue at Conde Nast, where she focused on growth for the subscription and affiliate businesses at The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Ars Technica. Before that, she served as vice president of consumer strategy and growth at The Atlantic, leading growth efforts during a period when paid subscribers doubled while consumer revenue grew by 300%. Harkin also served in similar roles at Foreign Affairs and The New Republic magazines. She is a board member of In These Times.
Harkin graduated from Syracuse University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, New York. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
