Christian Barker joins Signature Media

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Christian Barker as Editorial Director at Signature Media, the largest independent travel publisher in the Asia Pacific region. 

As Editorial Director, Christian will oversee the strategic direction, content creation, and editorial operations for all of Signature Media’s consumer titles, including flagship publication Signature Luxury Travel & Style, Vacations & Travel, Holidays with Kids, Ski & Snowboard, and Caravan & Camping with Kids. 

“We are absolutely delighted to have appointed a candidate of Christian’s calibre into this key leadership role, where he will further develop and grow our publications,” said Signature Media’s founder Cathy Wagstaff. “He couldn’t be a more perfect fit. With his experience in public speaking, radio, video, and digital and print media, he will bring a higher level of awareness to our stable of publications.” 

With more than 20 years of experience as an editor and journalist, Christian has covered luxury lifestyle, travel, fashion, culture and business for publications including Travel + Leisure Asia, Robb Report, Forbes, the Financial Times, Esquire, Tatler, GQ, CNBC and the SCMP, among others. He also notably established and edited award-winning website Billionaire (bllnr.com), and served as founding editor-in-chief of classic men’s style bible, The Rake magazine (therake.com). Christian recently returned to Australia following two decades living and working in Singapore and London. (For more info visit his LinkedIn profile.) 

“I’m grateful to Cathy, GM Tina-Louise Jackson and the Signature Media team for this amazing opportunity. It’s a huge honour to be entrusted with overseeing the stable of enormously successful and deeply respected travel publications Cathy has built at Signature,” Barker said. “Content-wise, I’ll certainly be in my comfort zone. Luxury, travel and style are my key areas of editorial expertise, and as the father of two daughters, I have plenty of experience wrangling family journeys.” 

Barker concluded, “I’m excited to join the organisation as Signature Media enters a period of expansion and evolution.” 

You can contact him at christian@signaturemedia.com.au 

About Signature Media 

Signature Media is Australia's leading independent travel publisher. Its titles include Signature Luxury Travel & Style, Vacations & Travel, Ski & Snowboard, Holidays with Kids, and Caravan & Camping with Kids. Signature Media also produces custom publishing print and digital publications for clients.