Commerce Writer, Instyle

Job Description

Job Title
Commerce Writer, InStyle

As the InStyle Commerce Writer on the evergreen team, you will be responsible for helping to create and maintain the beauty and fashion content on the site. Your main goal will be to write best of roundups for evergreen commerce libraries. This includes a focus on tested stories, coming out of our NYC lab as well as survey-based and on-staff editor testing.

This role reports directly to the Senior Commerce Editor (beauty) and also works with the Senior Commerce Editor (fashion).

About the Role:
• Write 10-12+ beauty and fashion stories per month
• Help provide feedback on product lists and methodologies for upcoming product tests
• Analyze insights and results after a test to select the best products to recommend
• Pitch new best of keywords and brainstorm other commerce concepts for the vertical
• Work in conjunction with senior editors on the team to strategize long term on how to target seasonal and high-priority articles at their peak times
• Participate in product testing as needed in our New York City lab and at home
• Collaborate with the beat editors, editorial, growth, and social teams to optimize our content for our readers and search
• Assist our News & Deals team during peak holiday shopping events, as needed

About You:
• 3+ years of writing experience
• A deep knowledge and understanding of the beauty and fashion industry
• Ability to identify new trending products with a finger on the pulse of what InStyle readers are interested in
• Has ideas about how to best deliver production recommendations and information that is modern and on-trend
• Strong, proactive communication and organizational skills
• A self-starter who can pivot seamlessly as new initiatives and directives are identified and adjusts processes accordingly
• Ability to analyze testing results, distill the most pertinent data, and craft it into an engaging and informative product roundup or review
• Open to new challenges and excited to grow within a fast-paced, expanding and constantly evolving organization
• Genuine enthusiasm in the beauty and style world, and eager to directly contribute to the growth of InStyle's evergreen commerce
• Proficiency in project management tools like Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable
• CMS experience required
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required

Pay Range
Salary: $64,480 - $70,000

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g4pkqz-216-73-217-10-42 in your application.