Commerce Editor, Popular Mechanics

Job Description

The Hearst Magazines Enthusiast Group is looking for a versatile, data-motivated writer to join our commerce team and expand our review and recommendations content on PopMech. This role works closely with editors in all departments, from our in-house testing team to our news department, and should be comfortable covering a wide range of subjects. PopMech is the authority in a number of key categories including lawn and garden, tools, electronics, outdoors, adventure, appliances, space, and smart homes. You'll have the opportunity to recommend products to over 15 million users per month.

The ideal candidate will have at least three years writing experience for an online media company or publisher. He or she should be skilled at sourcing and recommending products in a highly informative yet entertaining manner. Our audience is highly capable. You should be confident informing them, inspiring them, empowering them, equipping them, and connecting them with the tools, gear, accessories, and resources they need to live a life of creativity and craftsmanship.

This person will be part of the Enthusiast Group Commerce Team and will also have the opportunity to write for our other brands -- Runner's World, Bicycling, and BestProducts.com.

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.

What You'll Do
• Write, edit, and update commerce content that responds to a season, a trend, a project, and other brand goals.
• Support search and commerce goals with a flexible mindset and the ability to change course quickly.
• Collaborate with our testing team and staff experts for product suggestions, brand recommendations, insights, and guidance. We have decades of experience at our disposal and we embrace that to guarantee all content is authentic.
• Enhance the user experience through creative layout, clever copy, strategizing with the photo department, and choosing retailers appropriately.
• Create shopping guides that are digestible, shoppable, and highly authoritative. You will evaluate the product landscape, consult in-house experts, analyze research, scrutinize reviews and ultimately provide the PopMech audience with purchasing advice.
• Identify reliable sources, retailers, experts, and brands. You will be directly influencing what our readers purchase.
• Use Google Analytics and our data management platform to optimize for affiliate revenue.
• Create commerce embeds for news and service content as needed.

Who You Are
• You have a minimum of 3 years writing.
• You have a minimum of 1 year creating commerce content.
• You have expertise or a passion for one or more of our key categories is preferred.
• You have a flexible mindset. We pivot and repriotize quickly.
• You have basic understanding of SEO and commerce content best practices.
• Youn are comfortable in a fast-paced digital environment.
• You are a strong copywriter, capable of writing engaging, lively headlines and blurbs, all the while keeping the PopMech voice in mind.
• You have excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• You must be able to collaborate and foster positive relationships with colleagues.
• You have experience working within a CMS.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5b1n7-3-134-104-173-42 in your application.