Associate Editor, Affiliate

Job Description

Role x You:

Edit commerce content and write a few articles a month that drives inspiration and conversation around shoppable service for the VICE audience. Optimize affiliate shopping stories to help achieve revenue goals and serve up quality in product picks. Work with affiliate team freelance contributors - help assign, edit, and optimize freelancers' articles.

Role x Team:

The content led by the Affiliate teams across VICE Media Group refines the global marketplace for our audience with expansive, creative storytelling that is expertly researched and crafted with the intent to convert reader into shopper. We always put the audience's needs first and focus on products that will enhance their life. We consider any purchase - big or small - to be an investment.

The articles written by the Affiliate team operate separately from our editorial team, with the goal of generating revenue from sales of goods & services featured in the articles. This role is a non-union position that is not recognized by a collective bargaining agreement.

In the short term…
• Work closely with the Senior Editor and Editorial Director to streamline workflow of editorial content from the shopping team, by assisting with editing tasks, writing short posts, and pitching new content
• Edit 2-3 stories a day, not only improving clarity and grammar, but fact-checking claims, providing feedback to writers, and ensuring that published content meets all best practices
• Write at least 2 stories a week (exact number based on your manager's discretion) that delivers sharp, inspiring, informational and humorous takes on the most compelling and emerging ideas, stories, brands, and conversations around shopping and products
• Help ideate and execute editorial packages and tentpoles, working with your fellow editors on at least one package or tentpole a quarter
• Review data on story performance to ensure that shopping content is optimized for conversion

After 6 months in this role…
• Collaborate with the SEO, Social, and Email teams to optimize content
• Edit shopping newsletters and any supporting shopping-focused marketing efforts
• Achieve a balance between topline editing and writing projects

Responsibilities:
• Work closely with staff writers to improve their writing skills and make sure stories meet our standards of curation and clarity
• Conduct interviews with industry leaders, experts, and influencers
• Stay up to date on cultural zeitgeist conversations-we want this person to constantly be on the pulse, discovering big trends before they hit the mass market.
• Use search data, Google trends, cultural events, and affiliate retail sources to inform your content and product selection
• Be an enthusiastic member of the team, continuously offering fresh ideas and pitches
• Must be available to work during the biggest shopping events including: Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Week

You have these:
• Energized working in a fast-paced, high volume operation
• Collaborative and open to feedback in pursuit of constantly pushing content to new heights
• Comfortable writing first person experiences and reviews
• 2+ years of full-time editing experience

We'd love if you also have these:
• eCommerce experience in publishing, platforms or networks
• A love for the VICE Media Group brand

Equal Opportunity Employer:

VICE Media (VICE.com, VICE Studios, VICE TV, Virtue, VICE News, Refinery29, PULSE Films, i-D) is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual, and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it's about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique, and that's what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.

Candidates, please note that if you are contacted by anyone with an email other than @vice.com purporting to be recruiting on behalf of Vice Media, it is not legitimate, and you should not engage.

The salary range is subject to change and may be amended in the future. Experience, education, skills, and other factors are considered when determining the salary offered.

Pay Range Details:

NY/CA $52,500-$60,000
Outside NY/CA: $48,000 - 55,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb3qjx-3-134-104-173-42 in your application.