Senior Shopping Editor, House Beautiful

Job Description

Your impact:

House Beautiful is looking for a passionate, data-savvy senior shopping editor to lead a strategic expansion in ecommerce for the brand. The candidate should have a strong background in ecommerce and deep understanding of best practices and talent for spotting emerging revenue opportunities. The senior shopping editor will be instrumental in guiding the brand-and a two-person team-to prioritize ecommerce opportunities site-wide (as well as through video and social media). Candidates should be well-versed in home design and the interiors industry.

Reporting to HB's digital director and working closely with the Hearst SEO and ecommerce teams as well as House Beautiful's style, video, and social teams, the senior shopping editor will be overseeing, producing, and top editing shopping content on-site. S/he will also be responsible for regular reporting on ecommerce goals and getting all of team HB excited about revenue wins and opportunities! 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:
• Oversee monthly shopping coverage, planning, assigning, and editing gift guides, shopping news, sales roundups, product roundups, brand spotlights, shopping guides, awards franchises, and more
• Pitch, research, write, and edit House Beautiful shopping stories
• Stay up to date on the latest product releases and news via PR relationships, press previews, media events, and more
• Oversee coverage around major shopping holidays (Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Prime Day, holiday weekend sales, etc.)
• Track performance of content and data trends to continually optimize output and report findings to team regularly
• Manage team of two associate editors
• Work with fellow editors to optimize shopping content and shoppable moments across the site
• Oversee regular, strategic content updates
• Contribute to print stories as needed

Who you are:
• A self-starter with 5+ years of post-grad experience creating commerce content at a digital-first outlet
• An experienced manager and team player
• A sharp writer and strong editor
• Passionate about home decor and design shopping and obsessive about finding a great deal
• Able to work quickly and pivot nimbly
• Deep into analytics and able to translate data into strategy and communicate it clearly to a team
• Familiar with Google Analytics, Looker, Skimlinks
• Capable of juggling multiple long-term and short-term projects simultaneously
• Well-versed in building strong relationships and staying on top of industry happenings
• Comfortable partnering with Hearst's central strategy teams (SEO, ecommerce, digital design) to push House Beautiful's goals forward

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 on or after November 15, 2021 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.

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