Temporary Senior Commerce Editor at Hearst | New York City, NY

Hearst

Temporary Senior Commerce Editor

New York City, NY (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level4+ years expPart time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the execution and optimization of commerce storytelling across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle, turning trending topics and data-driven insights into timely, high-performance shopping content.

Content Execution: Edit and write commerce stories, refine packaging, and tune headlines to drive engagement and affiliate results.
Editorial Strategy: Use analytics to steer story angles, pacing, and coverage of tentpoles and cultural moments across Hearst brands.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Edit 2–3 commerce stories per day across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle categories, ensuring content is engaging, accurate, and optimized for performance
Collaborate with commerce writers to refine story structure, strengthen packaging, and elevate editorial quality
Monitor social trends, celebrity news, product launches, sales, and cultural moments to identify timely shopping content opportunities
Write occasional commerce stories, including first-person reviews and UGC-driven content
Optimize headlines, framing, and story angles to improve engagement, affiliate performance, and audience reach
Use analytics and performance data to inform editorial decisions and content strategy
Support major retail tentpoles and seasonal shopping events, including Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday
Partner cross-functionally with editors and commerce stakeholders across Hearst’s portfolio of brands

Requirements

4+ years of experience creating and editing commerce content
Strong editing, packaging, and headline-writing skills with a clear understanding of what drives clicks, engagement, and conversion
Experience covering fashion, beauty, lifestyle, celebrity, and shopping content categories
Proficiency with analytics tools such as Parse.ly, Looker, Google Analytics, or similar platforms
Experience managing or top-editing writers and freelancers while providing thoughtful, actionable editorial feedback
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Trend-aware, audience-focused, and highly collaborative mindset
Availability to support major shopping tentpoles and retail events, including October Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday
This is a fully remote temporary role averaging 20 hours/week through mid-December 2026

Hearst

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As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN. Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.

Founded in 1981

New York, New York, USA

6.4K employees (1,993 in marketing)

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