Senior Commerce Editor, Prevention

Why Hearst Magazines?

Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the . including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics inspires, entertains and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social and print, reaching nearly 139 million readers and site visitors each month.

With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.

We are a global media company that publishes nearly 260 magazine editions and 200 websites around the world and, together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Your impact :

Prevention is looking for a full-time senior commerce editor , which includes writing and editing responsibilities. In this role, you will write daily SEO-driven stories and keep top-earning commerce stories up to date.

You will interview a wide variety of experts to determine the best recommendations for Prevention’s audience and assess health and wellness (beauty, personal care, fitness, products.

You’ll use your product expertise to contribute to the print magazine and help steer the brand’s awards programs. You will also need to look at the big picture and work closely with the digital director and central e-comm team to help strategize for the best ways to meet and exceed Prevention’s commerce goals.

You should be comfortable using data analytics tools to monitor traffic and commerce performance, with a willingness to learn more in this role, and have industry experience in traffic and affiliate revenue data.

The Prevention team is a small, ambitious group that is eager to welcome a new team player. Please note : For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work.

Please note : For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio or samples of work.

What you’ll do :

• Pitch and write (or top edit, as needed) expert-backed shopping content for Prevention across verticals, helping brand leadership monitor and fulfill annual affiliate revenue goals.
• Collaborate with the centralized commerce team for major shopping events throughout the year, following Hearst’s best practices and strategies.
• Work closely with the digital director and associate commerce editor to strategize for commerce growth / identify new opportunities (within existing verticals, and through franchises, one-off sale and deal content, new platforms, or other venues).
• Support Prevention’s Product Awards Programs (which appear in print and digital)
• Support top-level editorial initiatives as needed

Who you are :

• You have at least four years of writing experience and one year of editing experience in digital media with a particular emphasis on commerce content
• You are a fast writer who contributes clean, thorough content
• You have a demonstrated interest in health and wellness
• You enjoy research and reporting as much as writing compelling commerce content
• You have reporting skills and the confidence and ability to identify and interview experts
• You have SEO experience and analytics experience (familiarity with Google Analytics, Looker, Skimlinks, or similar reporting tools is a plus)

The base salary for this role is between $83,000 and $86,700 . The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as : transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands.

The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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