Serious Eats is seeking a Commerce Editor to help assign and edit food and kitchen-related product roundups and reviews, and help turn testing insights into product roundups. The ideal candidate is a digitally savvy editor and self-starter who is passionate about home cooking and kitchen products. and a passionate cook with culinary school and/or professional culinary experience. We are looking for someone who can create quality content and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Culinary school and/or professional culinary experience or qualifications are a plus, and you’ll also be expected to participate in testing at home and/or in our labs. This job requires both analytical and editorial skills to help you make the best decisions for our readers.
About Your Contributions
- Assign, edit, and write or update commerce content for Serious Eats, maintaining our high-quality standards along the way.
- Research new products, models, trends, and competitor picks and conduct expert interviews to make sure we’re making the best recommendations to our readers.
- Assist in our testing process, whether evaluating products at home, tailoring methodologies, writing up results, attending lab testing days, or gathering or digesting insights from testers or staff.
- Take the insights and results from our lab tests, and turn them into compelling product roundups and updates or assignment briefs for freelancers.
- Source, test and on-board new writers as needed, sending out contracts, training materials and submitting monthly invoices.
- Track and use performance data to adjust editorial strategy and programming efforts – with a good understanding of basic business KPIs such as growth conversion rates.
- Use SEO tools and knowledge of the brand to come up with the next big content ideas
- Collaborate and communicate effectively throughout the organization (including the broader commerce, editorial, growth, social, and research and testing teams) to optimize our commerce library for our readers and search and deliver on goals and objectives.
About You
- 3-5 years of writing and editing experience at an online publisher, ideally in the food space
- A product enthusiast who spends time shopping and obsessing over purchases, particularly for the kitchen and entertaining
- Passionate about food, cooking, and drinks
- Detail-oriented and deadline-focused with solid writing and editing skills, as well as a deep understanding of what works on the web
- Strong copywriter, capable of writing engaging, lively headlines and blurbs, all while keeping the Serious Eats voice, values, and style in mind
- Self-starter who wants to work for a growing company
- College degree or equivalent experience required; culinary school or professional cooking experience a bonus
Pay RangeSalary: $52,500 – $75,000
The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Dotdash Meredith’s total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, Dotdash Meredith provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 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, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with Dotdash Meredith and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.
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