Associate Commerce Editor, Parade

Title: Associate Commerce Editor, Parade

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York, NY / Hybrid

First Look: Associate Commerce Editor, Parade

The Arena Group is seeking an Associate Commerce Editor to play a key role in executing our centralized commerce team’s content strategy for Parade. The ideal candidate is a digitally-savvy writer or editor with proven experience in a range of women’s lifestyle and commerce topics, including, but not limited to: home and garden, consumer electronics, and style and fitness. Duties will include deal-sourcing, assigning and editing new content, updating and optimizing existing content, and writing stories as necessary. The ideal candidate is a product enthusiast with an ability to discern compelling deals and communicate their value proposition. During major shopping events like Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, this role requires evening and weekend coverage to capture real-time deals and trends. This hybrid role requires three days a week in our New York, NY office, and will report to our Senior Commerce Editor.

💪 Make an Impact: Your work will be front and center across Parade’s digital platforms, helping millions of readers shop smarter.

🚀 Grow Your Career: Work closely with senior editors, SEO strategists, and commerce leaders in a fast-growing digital media company.

✨ Fuel Your Passions: Get paid to explore trends in lifestyle, wellness, home, fashion, and tech—then share your finds with a huge audience.

🧠 Use Data to Tell Better Stories: You’ll leverage top tools like Trackonomics, Google Trends, Ahrefs, and more to shape strategy in real time.

The Arena Group’s expected annualized base salary range for this position is currently $65,000 - $80,000. Actual salaries will vary based on multiple factors including, but not limited to location, education, experience and other factors permitted by law. The listed salary range is but one component of The Arena Group’s total compensation and benefits available to its employees. Please note: due to the volume of applications we receive, only applicants selected for consideration will be contacted.

What You’ll Do:

• Assign, write, and edit commerce content across our brands; including news & deals posts, evergreen roundups, and single-product reviews that deliver trustworthy recommendations for our audiences.
• Assist in maintaining the team's editorial calendar, coordinating with brand editors and commerce strategy managers to ensure each story fits the brand's unique voice and style, while still driving revenue.
• Monitor the daily news cycle and promotional events to flag commerce opportunities
• Edit clear, compelling, voice-y and accurate stories on tight deadlines.
• Use analytics & research tools such as Trackonomics, Google Analytics, Google Trends, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Parsley, etc. to monitor story and topic performance, making data-driven decisions and seeking new opportunities based on current trends.
• Update and optimize existing stories to make sure the content is recent, accurate, and delivering useful service to our readers.
• Write and build stories in the CMS as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• 1-3 years of experience working in a fast-paced digital environment with increasing editing/assigning responsibilities. Ideally 1+ years in the commerce space.
• Strong angling and formatting skills, with excellent judgment regarding what drives audiences across various digital platforms.
• Strong knowledge of trends and new products- an ability to foster relationships with brands and PR agencies is a plus.
• An understanding of, and enthusiasm for identified categories and how to create compelling, conversational and approachable shopping coverage.
• Knowledge of digital content best practices, including SEO, AP Style, and data interpretation.
• Excellent communication, organization, and time-management skills.
• Collaborative, team-oriented, and well-versed in building strong relationships with internal collaborators.
• Ability to write and edit quickly, without compromising factual information or brand integrity.
• A sense of fun, urgency, and a can-do attitude.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field, preferred.

Snapshot of Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and, Vision Coverage
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K), with company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Commuter Benefits
• Reimbursement for business cell phone use per company policy
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• 12 Paid Holidays

About Us:

The Arena Group (NYSE American: AREN) is an innovative technology platform and media company with a proven cutting-edge playbook that transforms media brands. Our unified technology platform empowers creators and publishers with tools to publish and monetize their content, while also leveraging quality journalism of anchor brands like TheStreet, Parade, Men’s Journal and Athlon Sports to build their businesses. The company aggregates content across a diverse portfolio of brands, reaching over 100 million users monthly. Visit us at thearenagroup.net and discover how we are revolutionizing the world of digital media.

The Arena Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.