Commerce Writer (Temporary)
The Verge Reviews and Guides program is the essential guide to tech. Our goal is to help our massive audience decide what to buy, what not to, and how to use it all — but those are just the basics. Verge Guides go further: our stories explain why the tech that’s impacting your life right now is worth paying attention to. Across video, photography, the web, and every platform imaginable, our reviews and guides educate our audience. We may be experts, but we don’t speak in arcane language and we always strive to tell stories in addition to measuring specs.
The Verge is seeking a commerce writer to temporarily join our Reviews and Guides team. As a commerce writer, you’ll work directly with our Senior Commerce Editor and team to serve our audience with information that helps them get their hands on the best gear at the best price.
Ideal candidates should have a fierce passion for consumer technology, especially the latest gadgets. As a commerce writer, you’ll guide our audience to the latest and best deals, make product recommendations, and experiment with new formats to help readers discover new things. You’ll work closely with the reviews team to infuse your writing with the same strong angles and opinions that The Verge brings to its reviews every day.
WHO WE ARE
The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.
The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.
As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Research sales on items that are of interest to Verge readers
Add commerce links to existing Verge articles
Write articles and newsletters informing readers of sales or deals
Write and maintain Best Price articles
Work with the broader Vox Media Commerce team to optimize links
Write and maintain gift guides, particularly in the run-up to the holiday season
Aid with coverage during special keynote events and product launches
Aid with tentpole shopping events like Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday
Contribute other reviews and guides articles
Willingness to work occasional weekend or holiday when necessary
WHO YOU ARE
2 years of writing experience, e-commerce writing a plus
Familiarity with consumer tech coverage; bonus if you’re familiar with The Verge
A love for gadgets & the latest tech gear
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK
This job is remote. We’re dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.