Senior Commerce Editor, People

Job Description

Job Title
Senior Commerce Editor, People

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can balance assigning, editing, and publishing stories across all commerce evergreen beats on the PEOPLE website (home, beauty, fashion, travel, and lifestyle). This includes PEOPLE Tested content, research-based roundups, and single product reviews.

As Senior Commerce Editor, you will collaborate closely with the Associate Editorial Director to plan contact, track performance, onboard and manage freelancer relationships, and manage a small team of staff writers. You may also assist with planning and executing coverage for large sale events, such as Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.

This job requires both analytical and editorial skills to ensure our commerce content is accurate, inclusive, comprehensive, and accessible to all readers.

Daily Contributions:
• Assign, edit, and publish stories with help from a dedicated team of full-time editors and writers
• Work with the Associate Editorial Director to manage an editorial calendar and track assignments, ensuring articles move along on time, while also identifying stories and needs based on seasonality, trends, celebrity finds, bestsellers, product reviews, and more
• Track and use performance data to adjust editorial strategy and programming efforts with a good understanding of basic business KPIs such as growth conversion rates
• Manage freelance writer relationships, which includes onboarding freelancers, assigning stories, editing content, and handling invoices
• Manage a small team of staff writers
• Prioritize day-to-day needs alongside short-term, special projects and support your team's goals, while also taking into account organizational priorities and changes
• Collaborate with and manage expectations of the commerce, editorial, growth, testing and research, and social teams
• Assist in our testing process, whether evaluating products at home, writing up results, attending lab testing days, or gathering insights from testers or community members
• Use SEO tools and knowledge of brands to come up with the next big content ideas
• Attend weekly commerce meetings

About You:
• 5-7 years of experience writing and editing (preferably for a digital consumer brand)
• Passionate about online shopping and finding the best products available
• Extremely organized and able to juggle multiple priorities effectively
• Detail-oriented and deadline-focused with solid editing skills, as well as a deep understanding of commerce, SEO, and brand voice
• Experienced and familiar with affiliate tracking systems and content building in a CMS
• Self-starter who can pivot seamlessly as new initiatives and directives are identified
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• Management experience a plus
• Hybrid 3x a week- New York

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.

Pay Range
Salary: New York: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp2qyx-18-224-66-197-42 in your application.