Senior Home & Kitchen Editor, Forbes Vetted

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Forbes Vetted is seeking an experienced Senior Home & Kitchen Editor to join our editorial team. This role will be responsible for managing a small team while leading the strategy, planning and execution of content in the Forbes Vetted Home & Kitchen section across the full lifecycle of content creation (content planning, assigning stories, writing, editing and performance tracking). This category 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 at least 5 years of direct prior experience writing and editing about home and kitchen topics. The Senior Home & Kitchen Editor will collaborate across areas of the business: They’ll work closely with the team’s updates and strategy editors to optimize evergreen service 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 content for video, social and newsletter. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Deputy Editor overseeing home and sleep.

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead coverage within the home and kitchen vertical, focusing on topics including large and small appliances, indoor and outdoor furniture, décor, pet products, cleaning and organizing, home improvement and more
• Plan the editorial calendar for home and kitchen content in collaboration with the deputy editor, strategy team and editorial leadership
• Assign, write and edit best-in-class home and kitchen content based on search and audience data, trends, seasonality and other KPIs; assign articles to direct reports and other Forbes Vetted staff members when appropriate and manage their workflow
• 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 home and kitchen coverage, working in collaboration with the Forbes Vetted audience development team
• Directly manage a small team that consists of a staff editor and staff writer; coach them to create high-quality content that meets traffic, audience growth and brand goals as well as reader needs
• 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 an expert in the home and kitchen space, with 5+ years of experience writing and editing content of this type on staff at a major digital publication
• Has 2+ years managing a direct report, such as a writer or editor 
• Has impeccable writing, editing and reporting skills as well as a network of PR contacts in the home and kitchen landscape
• Has some familiarity with commerce content and hands-on experience testing home and kitchen products
• Has an eye for features, storytelling and packaging that strengthens the site’s authority and helps build the brand beyond pure product reviews
• 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

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