Market editor job description
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Example market editor requirements on a job description
Market editor requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in market editor job postings.
Sample market editor requirements
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field
- At least 3 years of experience in fashion or lifestyle journalism
- Excellent writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite
Sample required market editor soft skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with multiple departments
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Proactive and able to take initiative to identify new trends and opportunities
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Passion for fashion and a good understanding of current trends and market movements
Market editor job description example 1
Hearst market editor job description
Why Hearst Magazines?
Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.
But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels-print, digital, video, and social-with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Your Impact
House Beautiful is seeing a creative, driven, and meticulously organized Senior Market & Partnerships Editor to join our team. This role is focused on creating engaging and compelling editorial content that 1) drives traffic to custom commerce experiences, 2) creates consumer and partner revenue, and 3) grows House Beautiful's audience by increasing brand awareness through partnerships. This position reports to the Digital Director, as most of the KPIs fall under their purview.
What You'll Do:
● Ideate and Oversee a quarterly pace of awards franchises: Live Better Awards, Best Home Stores, Best Hotels, etc. Work with our accolades team to create partnerships/increase revenue
● Own HB Deals-our program which secures discount codes for consumers: Secure and manage partner deals for both All Access (our members-only program) and for general HB consumers-turn HB Deals into traffic-driving opportunities and produce site content and work with social team to amplify them
● Work with PR team to increase visibility of awards franchises and HB Deals
● Liaise with affiliate partners: onboard consistent new partners, expand diversity, oversee edit and social coverage around new partners
● Oversee weekly HB Obsessed column, where the magazine's editors spotlight their favorite new products, create a mix of advertiser placement and editor picks. Work with Director of Editorial Projects to create a balanced mix of brands
● Work with our Branded Content editors to develop HB-sold programs: Approve concepts, manage output, connect with editors/producers as needed
● Ideate and Manage Editorial Partnership projects with Director of Editorial Partnerships: coordinate with partners and oversee content (ex. Habitat for Humanity) opportunities to support franchises and packages as needed
● Work with e-commerce team to promote best practices and updates the editorial team on new partners and deals (so that they can support and promote in stories where appropriate)
●Ensure content includes key partners and 15% pledge in our shopping and product review coverage
● Represent our brand at partnership events, on panels, and during House Beautiful press opportunities to support franchises and packages as needed
Who you are:
● You have at least five years experience producing editorial content for digital and print publications
● You have familiarity with analytics tools (GA, Looker)
● You have relationships with affiliate partners and are comfortable representing the brand in securing deals.
● You have strong experience in service journalism and SEO
● You're obsessively organized and can hit a deadline under pressure
● You have a passion for home decor and interior design
● You have experience mentoring younger writers in an editorial environment
As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.
But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels-print, digital, video, and social-with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Your Impact
House Beautiful is seeing a creative, driven, and meticulously organized Senior Market & Partnerships Editor to join our team. This role is focused on creating engaging and compelling editorial content that 1) drives traffic to custom commerce experiences, 2) creates consumer and partner revenue, and 3) grows House Beautiful's audience by increasing brand awareness through partnerships. This position reports to the Digital Director, as most of the KPIs fall under their purview.
What You'll Do:
● Ideate and Oversee a quarterly pace of awards franchises: Live Better Awards, Best Home Stores, Best Hotels, etc. Work with our accolades team to create partnerships/increase revenue
● Own HB Deals-our program which secures discount codes for consumers: Secure and manage partner deals for both All Access (our members-only program) and for general HB consumers-turn HB Deals into traffic-driving opportunities and produce site content and work with social team to amplify them
● Work with PR team to increase visibility of awards franchises and HB Deals
● Liaise with affiliate partners: onboard consistent new partners, expand diversity, oversee edit and social coverage around new partners
● Oversee weekly HB Obsessed column, where the magazine's editors spotlight their favorite new products, create a mix of advertiser placement and editor picks. Work with Director of Editorial Projects to create a balanced mix of brands
● Work with our Branded Content editors to develop HB-sold programs: Approve concepts, manage output, connect with editors/producers as needed
● Ideate and Manage Editorial Partnership projects with Director of Editorial Partnerships: coordinate with partners and oversee content (ex. Habitat for Humanity) opportunities to support franchises and packages as needed
● Work with e-commerce team to promote best practices and updates the editorial team on new partners and deals (so that they can support and promote in stories where appropriate)
●Ensure content includes key partners and 15% pledge in our shopping and product review coverage
● Represent our brand at partnership events, on panels, and during House Beautiful press opportunities to support franchises and packages as needed
Who you are:
● You have at least five years experience producing editorial content for digital and print publications
● You have familiarity with analytics tools (GA, Looker)
● You have relationships with affiliate partners and are comfortable representing the brand in securing deals.
● You have strong experience in service journalism and SEO
● You're obsessively organized and can hit a deadline under pressure
● You have a passion for home decor and interior design
● You have experience mentoring younger writers in an editorial environment
As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024