What are the responsibilities and job description for the eCommerce Director - Women's, Lifestyle & Homes position at Future?
We're looking for someone to lead the eCommerce team in the Women's, Lifestyle & Homes vertical to drive the growth of eCommerce affiliate revenues.
This role will form a crucial part of the Future eCommerce leadership team. Reporting to Simon Rawle (VP of eCommerce).
What You'll Be Doing...
This role will own, develop and drive the eCommerce trading, analysis and strategic support function on our Women's Lifestyle and Homes online properties.
We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you're not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience
And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff joins our profit pool bonus scheme.
Internal job family level P3
The expected range for this role is $87,000 - $115,000.
This is a Hybrid role from our New York office, working three days from the office, two from home
Who Are We...
We're Future. We're 3000 colleagues over 250 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We've got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we're looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future
We have a voice and we're going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We're an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!
Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
This role will form a crucial part of the Future eCommerce leadership team. Reporting to Simon Rawle (VP of eCommerce).
What You'll Be Doing...
This role will own, develop and drive the eCommerce trading, analysis and strategic support function on our Women's Lifestyle and Homes online properties.
- Leading the Trading & merchandising function to understand and drive the performance of our content across core WL&H categories, channels & brands. Set, improve and drive the adoption of best practice for commerce content, working closely with our editorial teams
- Working alongside eCommerce leadership, trading analysts and content teams to exceed budget targets and build sustainable, diversified affiliate revenues
- Developing our Affiliate partnerships, building strong brand retailer and network relationships whilst supporting commercial peers in securing affiliate-led advertising revenues
- Partnering with editorial leadership and online edit teams to devise, implement and action successful commerce focussed strategies with an audience-first bias
- Driving platform initiatives alongside product leads to deliver best in class online shopping experiences for users
- Influencing at executive leadership team level, as part of the Senior Leadership Team, across the matrix organization to successfully grow eCommerce and the wider organization
- Proven ability to transform complex eCommerce funnel data, including website traffic and purchase trends, into compelling narratives that not only enhance our content strategy but also provide valuable, data-driven insights for our advertising partners, driving engagement and revenue growth
- Experience at a senior level within the Fashion and/or Homes verticals, preferably within a publishing environment.
- Experience and proven track record of leading a content monetisation strategy for online fashion, beauty or homes categories.
- Strong commercial mindset - able to spot opportunities to quickly deliver value and execute against these. Ideally experienced in the affiliate space and with a strong track record of value creation
- Operationally adept at delivering change across functions, with strong project management skills and the ability to be strategic and relentless detail focussed in tandem
- Analytically minded with a data driven mindset - striking the right balance between data-led decisions and taking calculated risks in a world of permanently imperfect information
- Strong ability to influence at all levels and across functions, ideally with experience of matric working
- A pacey, energetic and engaging leader, capable of inspiring their team and the wider organisation. Collaborative and low ego
- Established relationships with marketing leads at leading Fashion, Beauty and homeware brands desirable but not essential.
We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you're not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience
And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff joins our profit pool bonus scheme.
Internal job family level P3
The expected range for this role is $87,000 - $115,000.
This is a Hybrid role from our New York office, working three days from the office, two from home
Who Are We...
We're Future. We're 3000 colleagues over 250 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We've got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we're looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future
We have a voice and we're going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We're an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!
Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
Salary : $87,000 - $115,000
