Senior Commerce Editor

Job Title Senior Commerce Editor Job Description Dotdash Meredith is looking for a highly motivated and digitally savvy, full-time Senior Commerce Editor to join the news/deals travel vertical, working across Travel Leisure. This role will be responsible for collaborating with the Associate Editorial Director to manage daily workflow, editing copy and newsletters, and onboarding and managing freelancer relationships. This person will also be managing a small team of staff and contract writers under the travel beat. The senior editor’s primary goal will be to work with editors and writers to meet our weekly and monthly production goals, ensure workflows are as efficient as possible, and work on tentpole events, such as Prime Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and more. The senior editor should have past editing and commerce experience, have a rolodex of freelancers, be a creative problem solver, and work quickly to pivot and propose potential solutions to create the best commerce content. The Senior Editor will track performance and analyze and implement ways to improve monetization over time. This role will need to work in the Dotdash Meredith CMS, as well as on Airtable, Slack, Google Suites, SEMrush, Parsley, and Looker. The Senior Commerce Editor reports to the Associate Editorial Director, Travel Commerce on the news/deals team and also works with T L’s editorial team — as well as with Dotdash Meredith’s growth/SEO team and testing and research team. You’ll be expected to follow guidelines for updates, brand voice, and standards, as well as ensure our news/deals commerce content is accurate, inclusive, comprehensive, and accessible to all readers. About Your Contributions: Assign, edit, and publish stories with help from a dedicated team of full-time editors & writers Edit sends for weekly newsletters Work with the Associate Editorial Director to manage an editorial calendar and track assignments, ensuring articles are moving along in a timely manner, while also identifying stories and needs based off of seasonality, trends, celebrity finds, best-sellers, product reviews, and more Work closely with the growth/SEO team to get approval on new/ trending content Manage freelance writer relationships, which includes onboarding freelancers, fielding pitches, assigning stories, editing content, and handling invoices Manage a small team of staff and contract writers Prioritize day-to-day needs alongside short-term, special projects and support your team’s goals, while also taking into account organizational priorities and changes Collaborate with and manage expectations of the commerce, editorial, growth, testing and research, and social teams Attend weekly commerce meetings About You: 5 years of editing and management experience at an online publisher 3 years working in the commerce and affiliate industry Experience with SEO best practices and tools and how it relates to content Strong project management skills, including proficiency in management tools like Google Suite and Airtable A deep knowledge of, passion for, and understanding of the shopping and travel industry, as well as lifestyle products and content Strong communication and organizational skills Ability to see the big picture and work seamlessly across multiple beats daily A self-starter who can pivot seamlessly as new initiatives and directives are identified and adjusts processes accordingly Personal interest in online shopping and strong product research skills Open to new challenges and excited to grow within a fast-paced, expanding, and constantly evolving organization CMS experience required Bachelor's degree of equivalent experience required We expect Senior Editors to apply these competencies to their role: Decision Quality: Make good and timely decisions that keep the needs of their vertical moving forward. This may happen in the absence of complete information but one may call upon analysis, experience, and judgment to make these decisions. Communicate Effectively: Deliver effective communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Be an attentive listener, adapt to your audience, provide timely and helpful information, and encourage open expression of diverse ideas. Resourcefulness: Secure and deploy resources effectively and efficiently. Apply resources to get things done, manage multiple activities, and get the most out of limited resources. Business Insight: Keep up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends within the organization, the competition, and the marketplace. Use this knowledge to guide actions. Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Persist on accomplishing objectives despite any obstacles, pushing others and self to achieve results. Balance Stakeholders: Anticipate and understand the needs and expectations of your stakeholders by balancing all interests, considering all factors when making decisions, and act fairly despite conflicting demands. Develops Talent: Develop your team to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals. Prioritize coaching, providing feedback, and giving stretch opportunities. Aligns employee career development goals with the organizational objectives and encourages people to accept developmental moves. Optimize Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. Identify and/or create processes that allow managing from a distance, creates efficient workflows, and seeks ways to improve these processes. Directs Work: Provide direction, delegation, and remove obstacles to get work done. Monitor progress through dialogue and feedback loops; providing appropriate guidance and direction and intervening as needed to remove obstacles. Ensures Accountability: Hold self and others accountable to meet commitments. Follow through and ensure others do the same. Act with a clear sense of ownership and responsibility, design effective feedback loops and establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results. Part of the Commerce Team spirit means embodying these core competencies: Manage Ambiguity: Deal comfortably with change and can decide/act without the total picture. Remains calm and productive while dealing constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Self-Development: Actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. Show a personal commitment to continuously improving, accepting stretch opportunities, and making the most of available development resources. It is the policy of Meredith Operations Corporation ("Dotdash Meredith", "the Company") to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing Meredith.Human.Resources@meredith.com. The Company requires employees entering its workplaces, performing work offsite, or attending a company sponsored event to verify and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination. The Company will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law. The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees #NMG#