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Forbes Vetted is seeking a Fashion Editor to join our editorial team. This role will be responsible for guiding the strategy, planning and execution of content in the Forbes Vetted fashion section across the full lifecycle of content creation (content planning, assigning stories, writing, editing, and performance tracking). The fashion section publishes a number of content types, including buying guides, roundups, tested product reviews, news posts, how-tos, columns and feature stories.
The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert with 3 or more years of direct prior experience writing and editing about apparel and accessories for both men and women. The Fashion Editor will collaborate across areas of the business: They’ll work closely with the team’s updates and strategy editors to optimize evergreen content, with the deals and special projects teams as appropriate for sales events and bigger brand moments, and with the audience development team to create video and newsletter content. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Deputy Editor overseeing lifestyle categories.
Responsibilities:
- Guide all fashion coverage, which includes clothing, footwear, jewelry, accessories and other style topics
- Plan the editorial calendar for the fashion section in collaboration with the deputy editor, strategy team and editorial leadership
- Assign, write and edit best-in-class fashion content based on search and audience data, trends, seasonality and other KPIs; assign articles to other Forbes Vetted staff and manage their workflow as appropriate
- Conduct deep research, thorough hands-on testing and dynamic expert interviews to inform published content and best serve Forbes Vetted readers
- Ideate and execute off-platform content for social, newsletter and video channels as a routine part of fashion coverage, working in collaboration with the Forbes Vetted audience development team
- Leverage tools like Google Keywords, SEMrush and Looker to help plan content and track performance against goals
- Participate in sales event coverage, including working shifts over some holiday weekends such as Memorial Day, Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday
The ideal candidate:
- Is a specialist in the fashion space, with 3+ years of experience writing and editing content of this type on staff at a major digital publication
- Has impeccable writing, editing and reporting skills as well as a network of PR contacts in the fashion landscape
- Has some familiarity with commerce content and hands-on experience testing fashion and style products
- Has an eye for features, storytelling and packaging that strengthens the site’s authority and helps build the brand beyond pure product coverage
- Is a team player who can multitask and work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Has experience appearing in video; is enthusiastic about translating editorial stories into engaging video content for Forbes Vetted, covering topics including events and launches, product reviews, and similar
- Is eager to innovate and experiment editorially to help grow the Forbes Vetted audience both on-site and off-platform, such as in email newsletters, audio formats and on social media channels
The annual base salary range for this role is $80,000 - $90,000
Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!
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