Commerce Editor

Why Hearst Magazines?

Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.

But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels - print, digital, video and social - with sophisticated content creation, distribution and data capabilities. We create, package and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Your Impact

TheHearst Magazines Commerce Team is looking for a commerce editor to pitch, write, and edit commerce content for our preferred external merchant partners. This content would be for our portfolio of lifestyle and enthusiast brands, including Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Delish, Good Housekeeping, and Men's Health. The ideal person for this gig is obsessed with online shopping and finding the best sales and buzzy items - including trendy items for the home, great scores on appliances, the latest health tools, beauty must-haves, popular techy stuff, cool kids stuff, and more. Even better: You're a pro at diving into data and using reporting tools to inform voice-y, super shareable, and smartly packaged articles.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work with a wide-variety of merchants across the fashion, tech, home, and fitness space. You should be skilled at making data-driven decisions and seeking out new opportunities based on content trends. This position will report to the Senior Commerce Editor.

What you'll do;

• Write and edit 4-5 original shopping-focused pieces of content weekly.
• Work closely with our editorial teams to ensure content fits the brand's voice and style.
• Stay on top of the latest deals and working with our preferred retailers to plan for sale events and upcoming launches in advance.
• Track performance of content in order to inform and execute new areas of growth to increase affiliate commerce revenue.

Who you are:

• Someone with a bachelor's degree and 2+ years experience creating lifestyle content at a digital-first outlet - strong preference for candidates with a background in commerce content.
• A sharp writer with strong self-editing skills.
• Able to understand analytics and translate them into editorial action - familiarity with Google Analytics, Looker, Skimlinks, or similar reporting tools is a plus.
• Able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and is comfortable working independently.
• Well-versed in building strong relationships and explaining complex topics in simple terms.
• Available to work major shopping holidays.

As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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