Senior Commerce Editor, Home & Garden

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Position Summary

Yahoo is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Home and Garden Editor to join its Commerce Content team. We’re looking for a whip-smart commerce-content editor with a passion for all things home; from decor to kitchen appliances to garden goods— along with deep experience in general lifestyle writing, and the chops to speak to a broad, aged 40-65+ audience in a compelling, authentic voice. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll be the Lead Editor for the home category, primarily focused on trying and testing products for reviews, creating SEO-focused best lists, covering trends, as well as shopping events like Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday. The right candidate is nimble enough to write and edit hands-on product reviews, trend pieces, and long-form roundups. Sense of humor, a spark, and warmth are key. Commerce content experience is a must, and a background in service journalism for a 40-65+ audience is a huge plus. 

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Executive Editor, Commerce, you’ll lead the home category and manage a small team of on-staff and freelance writers.

• As the team’s resident in-house home expert, you’ll oversee and  produce best-in-class commerce stories that are differentiated from others in the market and add value for the reader, while optimizing for SEO, engagement and revenue. 

• Pitch, write, report, research, assign, edit and update long- and short-form commerce stories that are smart, informative, engaging and optimized for SEO, engagement and revenue.

• Identify subject-matter experts to interview and conduct product tests and guidelines.

• Perform competitive and SEO research. 

• Collaborate with commerce writers, editors and SEO analysts across the Yahoo ecosystem.

• Lead brainstorms for story ideas and topic focuses, guided by data.

• Juggle multiple projects and stories at once with varying deadlines.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years writing and editing home content for a mass audience, with a deep understanding of (and passion for) online shopping, trends and culture. Experienced editors welcome!

• Familiarity with Yahoo’s audience and voice

• Expert-level knowledge of home trends

• Experience writing and editing everything from voice-y, first-person stories to in-depth, researched and reported SEO stories

• Has network of home and garden experts, freelance writers, and PR contacts

• Creative thinker with excellent editorial judgment

• Strong knowledge of SEO and best practices for optimizing content 

• Deadline-driven, strategic thinker 

• Knack for crafting click-y headlines 

• Exceptional editing and reporting skills

• Thorough and detail-oriented

• Self-motivated, yet enjoy working collaboratively

• Proven ability to be nimble and adjust quickly to trends, news cycles, and a constantly changing work environment

• Strong organizational and communication skills

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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