Deputy Editor, Reviews & Commerce, The Verge

Job Description

The Verge is seeking a Deputy Editor, Reviews and Commerce to manage a large team of editors, reviewers, and writers and oversee a crucial piece of our editorial and business strategy.

The Verge is the only publication in the world that can connect the forces that shape the technology world with the actual everyday experience of using consumer tech products. Our expertise across coverage areas feeds into our industry-leading reviews program, where we can not only help people decide what to buy but how to understand the choices in front of them.

In a consumer technology market that is increasingly concentrated and shaped by a handful of big companies, The Verge's reviews program is an essential and relentless advocate for actual people. Whether it's comparing smartphone cameras, dissecting privacy policies, or musing about the future of augmented reality, The Verge's reviews program is rigorous, thoughtful, and deeply integrated into the larger context of technology and culture.

As Deputy Editor for Reviews and Commerce, you will be responsible for overseeing The Verge's best-in-class reviews and commerce teams. You'll directly manage a team of editors, working with them to assign, edit, and plan coverage around consumer tech reviews, buying guides, and how-to articles. This is an expansive remit - you'll need to be able to jump between assigning a deals post, editing a flagship review, and refining a pitch about the intersection of AI and photography, all while planning the next weeks of our coverage.

You will also collaborate closely with other editors on how to cover product news and announcements and partner with Verge leadership and other company stakeholders to manage our audience and business goals.

As we face major disruptions to the way people discover new products, such as social video and generative search, you should be a strategic and visionary leader who can quickly change our strategy to meet audience demands.

WHO WE ARE

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.

The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
• You will directly manage a team of editors and writers, setting the daily agenda for our industry-leading reviews and commerce team.
• You will work closely with The Verge's editorial leadership team to develop and execute our reviews and commerce strategy. You will help define the mix of content, the voice, and the tone of our reviews and how-to content - both written and on video.
• You will ensure that we hit our publishing goals and maintain our rigorous standard of quality.
• You will work with our business teams to set and meet affiliate commerce goals while upholding our editorial standards.
• You'll work closely with our news and tech teams to make sure reviewers are showcasing their expertise daily.

WHO YOU ARE

You should have strong editorial and organizational skills, a great network of contacts, and unquestionable expertise in writing about technology. A sharp editing sense, an eye for a great story, and the ability to move fast and deliver fantastic work is a must.

This is a job that demands proven experience in the fields of reviews and commerce. You should:
• Have a compelling vision for the future of reviews and commerce
• Have experience managing successful teams
• Have experience reviewing products and editing product reviews
• Have established connections with the companies The Verge covers
• Be impeccably organized
• Be able to take meetings in New York and San Francisco as needed
• Have a deep passion for and expertise in consumer technology
• Have the ability to find, assign, and follow up on compelling stories, especially those that aren't tied to specific news cycle
• Have track record of assigning and editing impactful, important stories
• Understand our audience and business data and use it constantly evolve your strategy

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

This job is remote.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range

$120,000 — $150,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwkqwp-3-129-45-150-42 in your application.