Commerce Editor, Newsletters

Financial product recommendation site CNBC Select and shopping site NBC Select are seeking an Commerce Editor to help manage our ecommerce newsletters, referral traffic partnerships and support the audience development team’s paid social efforts.

This person will be responsible for newsletter strategy, as well as writing optimized copy for newsletters, pitching and writing articles for paid social campaigns, facilitating linking between sites and maintaining content aggregator sites. This person must be comfortable pulling and analyzing performance data to make informed decisions and optimize content across multiple platforms as well as reporting and writing content. The role will focus largely on CNBC Select, but work with both brands. The team is adding this role to expand our existing ecommerce strategy, so prior experience in commerce publishing/editorial, DTC or affiliate businesses is a must.

Responsibilities

Optimize editorial strategy and content for newsletter opens, clicks, conversions and ultimately revenue
Work closely with Audience Development team to gauge performance, create sends and come up with new franchise and content ideas that can work for each brand
Take on the CNBC Select and NBC Select brand voices to edit our newsletters and write copy as needed.
Pitch, write, and report content optimized for SEM as needed.
Pull performance data and create reports for larger edit team
Act as liaison between Audience Development and larger CNBC Select and NBC Select teams
Collaborate on acquisition tactics with the Audience Development team to increase newsletter subscribers
Stay up to date on best practices for posting on aggregate networks such as Flipboard and Apple News
Maintain regular pitch partnerships with contacts at aggregate networks

Additional Information: This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $85,000-$95,000

Qualifications

3+ years newsletter experience
Understanding of and interest in the digital personal finance space, as well as interest in the lifestyle space
Ability to write and edit concise and clean copy under a tight deadline
Knowledge of industry best practices for newsletter and social
Strong understanding of using analytics and performance data to grow a newsletter audience
Familiarity with content aggregator sites (Flipboard, Pocket, Apple News, etc.) and best practices associated
An idea-generator with opinions on how to meet and grow our audience
Collaborative mindset to work as part of multiple cross-functional teams
Experience with Sailthru preferred
E-commerce experience a must

Additional Requirements

Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through nbcunicareers.com to be considered
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week