Senior Commerce Editor

Job Description

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 Senior Commerce Editor to pitch, write, and edit commerce content across 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 newest up-and-coming products - including buzzy items for the home, the most helpful new appliances, the latest health tools, beauty must-haves, popular tech gear, cool kids stuff, and more. You should feel confident packaging these stories for viral and search success with compelling imagery, attention-grabbing headlines, and clear copy. Even better: You're a pro at diving into data and using reporting tools to inform voice-y, super shareable 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 and search opportunities. This position will report to the Director of Commerce.

Please note:

For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter and a link to clips.

This role is based in New York City. We will not be able to consider remote candidates.

What you'll do:

• Manage a team of commerce editors who produce 50+ commerce stories per week.
• Work closely with our editorial teams to top edit content to ensure it fits the brand's voice and style while still driving revenue.
• Execute around new shopping content opportunities on various platforms including newsletter, social, and external distribution partners like Yahoo, MSN, and Apple News
• Lead strategy for all major sale events and upcoming launches.
• 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 5+ years' experience creating and editing lifestyle content at a digital-first outlet - strong preference for candidates with a background in commerce content.
• A sharp writer and editor with strong editing and optimization 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 comfortable leading strategy for a team of writers.
• 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.