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Commerce Writer, People Job Description
The Entertainment Group (PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly) at Dotdash Meredith is looking for a Commerce Writer.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can balance writing, updating, and maintaining stories across all commerce evergreen beats on the PEOPLE website (home, beauty, fashion, travel, and lifestyle). This includes PEOPLE Tested content, research-based roundups, and single product reviews.
Your day-to-day:
- Write and update evergreen roundups that recommend top-notch products
- Use data and analytics to brainstorm and guide content decisions
- Collaborate closely with evergreen writers, editors, and our Entertainment News/Deals team
- Pitch and write relevant shopping stories for tentpole events, as needed
- Find and interview expert sources to provide background information and quotes for our roundups and reviews
- Use SEO tools, knowledge of the brand, competitor research, and market research to identify content improvements or adjustments
- Stay current on trends and new products to ensure we’re making the best recommendations for our readers
- Assist in our testing process, whether evaluating products at home, writing up results, attending lab testing days, or gathering insights from testers or community members
You are:
- Passionate about online shopping and finding the best products available
- Extremely organized and able to juggle multiple priorities effectively
- Detail-oriented and deadline-focused with solid writing skills, as well as a basic understanding of SEO practices
- Strong writer, capable of creating engaging, lively headlines and blurbs, all the while keeping the brand voice, values, and style in mind
- Experienced and familiar with affiliate tracking systems and content building in a CMS
- Self-starter who can pivot seamlessly as new initiatives and directives are identified
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
We expect Commerce Writers to apply these competencies to their role:
- Decision-Quality: Make good and timely decisions that keep the needs of their vertical moving forward. This may happen in the absence of complete information but one may call upon analysis, experience, and judgment to make these decisions.
- Collaborate: Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Balance own interests while being fair to others, partners with others to get work done, and credits others for their contributions/accomplishments.
- Action-Oriented: Readily take action on new challenges, identify and seize new opportunities. Display a can-do attitude and step up to handle tough issues.
- Resourcefulness: Secure and deploy resources effectively and efficiently. Apply resources to get things done, manage multiple activities, and get the most out of limited resources.
Part of the Commerce Team spirit means embodying these core competencies:
- Manage Ambiguity: Deal comfortably with change and can decide/act without the total picture. Remains calm and productive while dealing constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes
- Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Self-Development: Actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. Show a personal commitment to continuously improving, accepting stretch opportunities, and making the most of available development resources.
It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing
ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com
. The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here:
https://www.e-verify.gov/employees
Pay Range
Salary: $62,400 - $70,000 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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