Commerce Writer, The Verge

The Verge is seeking a commerce writer to 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 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 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

The central expectation of the Commerce Writer will be to help produce and maintain buying guides, along with select pieces of evergreen content. They’ll work closely with our reviewers and editors to ensure accuracy and timeliness, and perform price/stock checks as needed.

This person will also write articles and newsletters informing readers of sales or deals, produce seasonal gift guides anchored around holidays like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, and occasionally assist with special keynote events and product launches.

This role is vital during tentpole shopping events and smaller, sale-centric holidays. The ability to work the occasional weekend or holiday is paramount, particularly during peak sale hours.

There will also be an opportunity to pitch/write reviews, pursue long-form features, and take on other editorial tasks for The Verge, time permitting.

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
• Detail-orientated, with a keen eye for deals and the latest shopping trends
• A love for gadgets and a passion for service journalism

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.

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Please include writing samples with your application and cover letter.

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.