Freelance Editorial Advisor, Commerce

Fox•New York, NY

2d•$67 - $82

About The Position

Fox Corporation is seeking a Freelance Editorial Advisor to partner with Commerce leadership and their editorial team. This role will guide the next phase of the Commerce editorial strategy and organization, bringing editorial leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on guidance. The advisor will help shape content strategy, strengthen the editorial approach, and identify new opportunities for audience and business growth. Key responsibilities include setting editorial priorities, evolving the content portfolio, improving workflows, and defining the necessary capabilities and organizational structure. This is a highly collaborative leadership role requiring someone who can quickly become a trusted partner, offering experience, perspective, and clear editorial direction to help the organization execute a forward-looking strategy. The ideal candidate will have experience leading editorial teams and developing content strategies in commerce, service journalism, digital publishing, lifestyle, consumer media, or related fields.

Requirements

Significant experience in editorial leadership roles.
A track record of leading and developing high-performing editorial teams.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with team members, senior leaders, and cross-functional partners.
Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to quickly establish trust and credibility within an existing team and organization.
Highly collaborative leadership style, with the ability to bring people together, build alignment, and move teams toward shared goals.
Deep expertise in digital publishing and audience-focused content strategy.
Experience with commerce, affiliate, service journalism, or consumer-focused editorial content.
Strong editorial judgment and a clear point of view on what makes content distinctive, useful, authoritative, and trusted.
Experience developing new content formats, franchises, or editorial products.
Experience evolving editorial workflows, team structures, and ways of working.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
The ability to quickly build trust and provide direction within an established team.
A collaborative, hands-on approach and comfort operating in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Commerce leadership and the editorial team to help set editorial direction and priorities.
Provide editorial leadership and guidance to the team.
Help translate broader Commerce goals into clear editorial priorities and initiatives.
Work across editorial, audience, business, and other cross-functional teams to strengthen alignment and collaboration.
Establish clear principles and ways of working that enable the team to execute effectively.
Help shape the next phase of the Commerce content strategy, including deals and sales coverage, evergreen service content, and other commerce formats.
Identify opportunities to broaden and diversify the content portfolio and reduce reliance on a limited number of formats.
Develop new content concepts, franchises, and approaches that can deepen audience engagement and support growth.
Help strengthen and evolve the editorial voice, positioning, and value proposition of Commerce content.
Develop approaches that reinforce authority, usefulness, differentiation, and audience trust.
Help define what should distinguish our Commerce editorial experience in a competitive marketplace.
Work with leadership and the editorial team to strengthen workflows, planning processes, and publishing cadence.
Provide recommendations for how the team and organizational structure should evolve to support growth.
Develop a clear, prioritized editorial roadmap for the next phase of Commerce.