Commerce Editor

The Real Simple commerce team is seeking a Commerce Editor to edit, write, assign, and update evergreen shopping roundups and gift guides. The ideal candidate is a digitally savvy editor who is equally passionate about the home and lifestyle space and creating engaging editorial content.

As Real Simple’s Commerce Editor, you will be responsible for commerce content strategy and execution, including assigning and editing new commerce content, publishing new content in our CMS, updating existing commerce content, and tracking and analyzing the success of commerce editorial efforts. This job requires both analytical and editorial skills to help you provide readers with trusted recommendations tailored to their budgets and needs. This role reports to the Associate Editorial Director on the Real Simple commerce team.

About Your Contributions

Assign, edit, and publish new evergreen commerce content, using internal testing data, marketplace knowledge and research, and SEO analysis to back your editorial approach.

Update existing commerce content based on performance data and insights as well as updated product information and testing insights.

Manage staff writer and help oversee a team of 10+ freelance writers, sourcing and onboarding high-quality new writers as needed.

Assist in our testing process, whether evaluating products at home, analyzing testing results, attending lab testing days, or gathering insights from testers or community members.

Be a liaison to the editorial Real Simple team.

Participate in editorial meetings and pitch ideas for new content.

Stay current on trends and new products.

Communicate effectively throughout the organization on goals and objectives.

About You

3-4 years of experience working in the editorial commerce space, ideally focused on home or lifestyle categories.

Strong editor and writer capable of writing engaging shopping content, all the while keeping the Real Simple voice, values, style, and audience in mind.

A product enthusiast who spends time shopping and obsessing over purchases, particularly useful, clever products that help make readers’ lives easier.

Proven aptitude for communicating and collaborating with editorial team members

Experience with SEO best practices and content management systems.

Organized, efficient, and a self-starter who wants to work for a growing company.

Bachelor's degree required.