Overview

As the E-Commerce Editor you will build and manage the Commerce content program for About.com’s beautiful new Food, Home and Pets brand, The Spruce. You will bring our readers the high-quality product and service recommendations they’re searching for, within and around The Spruce’s premium content, connecting readers to top affiliate partners like Amazon, Wayfair and more.

Day-to-day, you will be responsible for commerce content strategy and execution, including assigning and editing new Commerce content to our network of top product reviewers, producing and publishing new content in our CMS, updating existing Commerce content with new product releases, and tracking and analyzing the success of all editorial efforts.

The Spruce is growing rapidly since launch and we have huge plans for Commerce! If you are passionate about Food, Home, Pets and Garden products and lifestyles, and enjoy building data-driven editorial programs, this is the role for you!

ABOUT Your Contributions:

  • Assign, edit and publish new Commerce content across The Spruce, using competitor analysis, marketplace knowledge and internal data to back your editorial approach
  • Manage monthly editorial updating process of top 200 Commerce articles on The Spruce for our critical product categories
  • Manage Commerce product reviewer contributor model, sourcing and onboarding high-quality new writers as needed
  • Track and use performance data to adjust editorial strategy and programming efforts

ABOUT You:

  • Food or Home-obsessed writer, editor, or producer, with 3-5 years experience developing online editorial content and adjusting strategy and tactics based on data.
  • You have good writing/editing ability and an instinctive feel for an authentic voice and how to make a reader take action
  • Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment
  • Good understanding of digital media traffic and conversion funnels
  • The Spruce is NYC-based, but for the right candidate this role is also open to editor candidates located remotely, on a freelance independent contractor basis

About About.com

About.com (an IAC company) is reimagining the way people find expert advice and answers online. Through its premium vertical brands including Verywell, The Balance and its namesake About.com, we help millions of users answer questions, solve problems, and find inspiration on topics they deeply care about.

When you come to About.com to learn something, you’re getting trusted answers directly from someone who knows what they’re talking about. We have more than 1.5 million pieces of content written by our Experts across 1,000 different topics.

About.com isn’t just your next job; it’s the place where you go to start the next chapter in your career. We are the largest source for Expert content on the Internet that helps users answer questions, solve problems, learn something new or find inspiration. Whether it’s about your home, your finances, your car, or your next vacation, we’ve got the answer.

We’re looking for bright, engaged, creative and fun people who are looking to be part of an inspiring team. We value transparency, accountability, data, design and fresh thinking. Be part of an environment where suggestions and ideas at every level directly impact the business and add value to our product.