Senior Commerce Editor, People
About The Position
About The Position | The PEOPLE Commerce team is seeking a Senior Editor to edit our shopping content, which covers the latest celebrity trends, must-have products, and major shopping events such as Black Friday and Prime Day. In this role, the Senior Editor will manage team members, oversee daily editing on tight deadlines, and play a key role in shaping strategy by analyzing performance data and applying insights. The editor will also use a range of editorial and commerce tools to help grow the business and evolve our content approach. This role will report into our Associate Editorial Director. About The Team: | _________________________________________________________________________________ PEOPLE has been a trusted source for celebrity news for more than 50 years. Our Shopping team brings that same authority to commerce coverage, combining in-house expertise with insights from a wide network of trusted professionals, including fashion stylists, makeup artists, professional organizers, and other industry experts, to help guide our product recommendations. We’re a highly collaborative group that moves quickly when it matters, whether that’s jumping on a breakout Taylor Swift trend, identifying the next must-have product, or executing coverage around major shopping moments and holidays. We’re looking for a Senior Editor who is always thinking about what’s next and best for our readers, communicates clearly, helps optimize workflows and output, and brings a strong team-first mindset. About The Positions Contributions: Weight %Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results 60% Editing 20% Analytics 20% Workflow Operations
Requirements
- 5+ years of writing and editing shopping content
- Prior managerial experience
- Possesses a deep understanding of editing for an online audience, news judgment, commerce, SEO, and content management systems.
- Experience covering major shopping holidays
Responsibilities
- Editing
- Analytics
- Workflow Operations
Benefits
- unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- adoption or surrogate assistance
- donation matching
- tuition reimbursement
- basic life insurance
- basic accidental death & dismemberment
- supplemental life insurance
- supplemental accident insurance
- commuter benefits
- short term and long term disability
- health savings and flexible spending accounts
- family care benefits
- a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program
- 10-12 paid holidays annually
- generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
- medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
- voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
