Fashion Commerce Editor

Hearst•New York, NY

10d•$68,340 - $73,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Harper’s BAZAAR is seeking a digitally native, fashion-focused Commerce Editor to create shopping content across its site, social channels, newsletters, and emerging platforms. The editor will turn cultural moments, emerging trends, and audience-favorite products into distinctive BAZAAR stories that inspire readers and drive engagement and revenue. The role is based in New York, NY, and requires working from the office four days per week.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in fashion, commerce, editorial, digital media, or a related field.
Exceptional writing and editing skills, a strong editorial voice, and an eye for compelling fashion storytelling.
Deep knowledge of fashion, shopping, beauty, retail, celebrity style, and the broader digital fashion landscape.
Strong understanding of affiliate commerce, SEO, social media, and audience-development principles.
Demonstrated ability to identify products, trends, and cultural moments audiences want to shop, save, and share.
Comfort using data and performance metrics to evaluate content and inform editorial decisions.
Strong product-curation skills and the ability to balance commercial considerations with thoughtful editorial judgment.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Collaborative and proactive, and comfortable working with editors, freelancers, commerce teams, and cross-functional partners.
Passion for Harper’s BAZAAR and a strong understanding of its fashion authority, audience, and distinctive point of view.
Able to work from the New York office four days per week.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with affiliate platforms, content management systems, social publishing tools, and analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

Pitch and write up to five fashion commerce stories per week, covering timely shopping news, trends, sales, recurring franchises, and cultural and retail moments.
Create product curations that reflect BAZAAR’s editorial point of view and audience.
Develop digital-first and social-first commerce content, including platform-native user-generated content and shopping-focused social storytelling.
Support market curations for Editor Shops and other digital commerce storefronts.
Monitor runway news, celebrity style, social conversations, emerging brands, viral products, and the broader shopping landscape to identify story opportunities.
Identify, refresh, and optimize existing BAZAAR content for affiliate commerce while maintaining editorial quality.
Apply commerce, SEO, affiliate, and audience-development best practices to improve content performance and reach.
Monitor affiliate performance across stories, products, categories, and retailers and use insights to inform coverage and strategy.
Support commerce promotion across the site, social platforms, and newsletters, including content production, links, visuals, and packaging.
Contribute commerce insights and performance reporting to presentations and team discussions as needed.
Support the Senior Commerce Content Lead in managing and editing freelance and central commerce-team contributions to ensure they meet BAZAAR’s editorial, commerce, and brand standards.