Job Description
Title: Temporary Senior Home & Kitchen Editor
Location: United States
Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.
Senior Home & Kitchen Editor – Temporary
Forbes Vetted is seeking an experienced editor to own home & kitchen product coverage for our growing commerce editorial team while our Senior Home & Kitchen Editor is on maternity leave. This role will be responsible for overseeing all home & kitchen content, which includes product guides, roundups, retailer news, tested product reviews, Vs. posts, how-tos and product codes. You will work closely with the content strategy team to optimize evergreen content as well as the reviews editor to assign hands-on tested product reviews. The senior home & kitchen editor reports to the Forbes Vetted executive editor.
This is a remote role with an option to commute to the Jersey City Forbes office if desired. This role is a temporary role covering maternity leave for 7 months.
Responsibilities:
- Full ownership of home & kitchen product coverage, which includes furniture, decor, large and small appliances, lawn and garden maintenance, as well as cleaning and pet products
- Planning the edit calendar for your section, with guidance from the deputy editor and Sr strategy editor
- Managing a small team of staff writers and editors
- Assigning and editing home & kitchen content, as well as overseeing and top-editing content assigned by your direct reports
- Participating in sales event coverage, including potential shifts over holiday weekends like Memorial Day, Labor Day and Black Friday through Cyber Monday
- Some writing and product reviewing
- Assisting with social content creation for your section
- Tracking content performance against team and individual goals
The ideal candidate:
- Is an expert in all things home & kitchen with 5-7+ years of experience covering products for the home
- Is an excellent manager with a proven track record of success leading a (remote) team
- Has impeccable writing, editing and reporting skills as well as a network of experienced home writers as well as PR contacts
- Has a strong understanding SEO as well as affiliate / commerce content strategy
- Has direct prior experience editing product reviews as well as testing products
- Is user-focused and understands editorial independence, but can deftly balance this with the needs of the business
- Is eager to innovate and experiment editorially to help grow the Forbes Vetted audience
The hourly rate for this role is $60.00 – $60.00