What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shopping Writer position at Dotdash Meredith?
Job Title
Shopping Writer
Job Description
About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements
The Transaction team at Dotdash Meredith is looking for a full-time PEOPLE Shopping writer. This person will primarily work on the PEOPLE Tested library, a collection of 100 stories covering the best products we’ve personally tested in our labs and in the real world across home, fashion, beauty, and more categories. Under the direction of the evergreen senior editor, they’ll be responsible for keeping these stories up to date with the latest products and testing insights, as well as monitoring the revenue they generate via affiliate links.
They’ll also collaborate with the rest of the PEOPLE Shopping team on news and deals content by writing short stories, particularly ahead of and during sales events like Presidents Day weekend, Amazon Prime Day, and Black Friday.
This job requires both analytical and editorial skills to ensure our content is accurate, inclusive, comprehensive, and accessible to all readers. The ideal candidate should have past experience writing for an internet publication; a background in shopping writing and affiliate links is a plus. They should have a passion for surfacing the best products and prices to a curious audience. Knowledge of celebrities, pop culture, sales events, and product trends is helpful.
This is a full-time position and reports to the evergreen Senior Editor.
The day-to-day:
- Write, update, and overhaul stories in the PEOPLE Tested library based on new information, seasonality, and other factors.
- Track and use performance data to adjust editorial strategy, including the cadence and frequency of article updates.
- Identify new story formats, features, and concepts to better serve our audience and differentiate our content from our competitors.
- Assist in our testing process by evaluating new products at home.
- Collaborate with the transaction, editorial, growth, and social teams to meet shared goals.
- Pitch in as needed on news and deals stories, particularly around sales events like Black Friday.
- Attend weekly and monthly team meetings.
The right candidate:
- Has at least 2 years of experience writing for a digital consumer brand, preferably writing shopping content.
- Is a product enthusiast who spends time shopping and obsessing over purchases.
- Understands the PEOPLE brand, its voice and perspective, and the consumer habits of its audience.
- Possesses a deep understanding of writing for an online audience, news judgment, affiliate links, SEO, and content management systems.
- Can prioritize day-to-day workflows, details, and deadlines alongside short-term special projects and long-term team goals.
- Will seamlessly navigate organizational priorities and changes as they occur in this growing company.
- Has strong communication, organizational, and project management skills, including proficiency in management tools like Google Suite and Airtable
- Has a bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field
About The Team: |
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The PEOPLE's transactional team creates Commerce content, helping readers find and purchase products that align with their interests.
We expect Shopping 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.
- Balance Stakeholders: Anticipate and understand the needs and expectations of your stakeholders by balancing all interests, considering all factors when making decisions, and act fairly despite conflicting demands.
- Business Insight: Keep up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends within the organization, the competition, and the marketplace. Use this knowledge to guide actions.
- Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Works cooperatively to achieve shared objectives, balances their 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.
Part of the Transaction team spirit means embodying these core competencies:
- Manage Ambiguity: You can comfortably deal with change and can decide/act without the total picture. You remain calm and productive while dealing constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
- Nimble Learning: You’re eager to actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Self-Development: You want to seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. You show a personal commitment to continuously improving, accepting stretch opportunities, and making the most of available development resources.
About The Positions Contributions:
Weight % Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results
65% Writing and researching
30% Analyzing data
5% Attending meetings
The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field preferred
Experience:
- 2 years of experience writing for a digital consumer brand, preferably writing shopping content.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:
- Is a product enthusiast who spends time shopping and obsessing over purchases.
- Understands the PEOPLE brand, its voice and perspective, and the consumer habits of its audience.
- Possesses a deep understanding of writing for an online audience, news judgment, affiliate links, SEO, and content management systems.
- Has strong communication, organizational, and project management skills, including proficiency in management tools like Google Suite and Airtable
% Travel Required (Approximate): 0%
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
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Pay Range
Salary: New York: 64,350.00 - $73,000.00 Remote US: 60,000.00 - $70,000.00
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.
#NMG#Salary : $64,350 - $73,000
