Temporary Home & Kitchen Editor Id-2803

January 24, 2025

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Forbes Vetted is seeking a Temporary Home & Kitchen editor to join our team from February 2025 to August 2025. The role will be responsible for writing and editing Forbes Vetted Home & Kitchen content, which includes product guides, roundups, retailer news, tested product reviews, product/brand comparison posts, how-tos and product odes. The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert with at least 5 years of direct prior experience writing and editing about products for the home. The Temporary Home & Kitchen Editor will work closely with our updates and strategy editors to optimize evergreen content, and collaborate with the deals and special projects teams as needed. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Senior Home & Kitchen Editor.

Responsibilities:

Writing and editing articles within the Home & Kitchen vertical, with topics including furniture, décor, large and small appliances, lawn and garden care, pets, cleaning and organizing, home improvement and more
Occasionally assigning articles to other Forbes Vetted staff and managing their workflow
Adhering to the daily and weekly content schedule outlined by your section lead, publishing articles in a timely and accurate manner
Frequent collaboration across teams, including with strategy, data, audience development, partnerships and product, as well as more senior and junior editors
Attending and participating in virtual team meetings and contributing to Forbes Vetted’s positive, friendly culture
Contributing to coverage during a limited number of “tentpole” sales events, which could include shifts outside normal business hours and on holiday weekends; examples include Memorial Day, Labor Day and Amazon Prime Day
Potentially contributing to Forbes Vetted’s social media and other off-platform channels, as the editing schedule allows

The ideal candidate:

Is an expert in the home and kitchen space with 5+ years of experience writing and editing topics in this area for a commerce or editorial publication (required)
Has a strong understanding of SEO as well as affiliate/commerce content strategy
Has impeccable writing, editing and reporting skills
Has deep familiarity in the commerce space and experience testing for and producing in-depth consumer product reviews
Is exceptionally reliable and punctual, able to meet our daily and weekly publishing quota
Has a network of PR contacts throughout the Home & Kitchen industry
Is user-focused and understands editorial independence, but can deftly balance this with the needs of the business
Is a collaborative team player who is willing to occasionally write and/or edit outside of the home product category to contribute to the success of other categories
Is eager to innovate and experiment editorially to help grow the Forbes Vetted audience
Has experience with Monday or other planning and collaboration tools
Is familiar with and adept at navigating internal content management systems (CMS) and online publishing platforms

The hourly rate for this role is $50.00 - $80.00

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.

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Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. We offer a hybrid work schedule for our employees. Some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington & Wisconsin. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

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1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

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