Assistant Editor, Commerce at Yahoo – $56,250.00 – $117,500.00/yr
Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.
A Little About Us
Yahoo is a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people around the world, helping them discover what they love and need — from finance and news to shopping, sports, and more. At Yahoo News, we curate content for 35 million daily users, delivering information and inspiration across a range of verticals. Our commerce team powers Yahoo Shopping, helping readers make smarter purchase decisions through expertly curated recommendations and insights.
A Lot About You
We’re seeking a highly organized, proactive Assistant Editor to support Yahoo’s evergreen commerce content team. This role plays a critical part in helping our editors produce meaningful, test-based product reviews and evergreen buying guides that empower our readers to make informed purchasing decisions — both big and small.
The ideal candidate has strong editorial production skills, a passion for commerce content, and is eager to contribute to a collaborative team. You’ll work closely with editors, freelancers, and operations teams to support the entire lifecycle of tested products — from procurement and logistics to writing and publishing content.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with 1–2 years of editorial experience looking to grow within the commerce space and contribute meaningfully to a dynamic content operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide logistical and editorial support for Yahoo’s evergreen commerce team, with a focus on the product testing program
- Assist editors with research, reporting, writing, and updating evergreen commerce content
- Coordinate shipping and receiving of product samples for testing across key verticals (including but not limited to home, style, health, and gifting) on a rolling basis
- Track the full lifecycle of product samples — from calling in to expense reports to donation or return — and help create and maintain systems for inventory management
- Coordinate with the Commerce Updates team to proactively identify upcoming products in the pipeline and request them in advance for testing
- Manage in-office test setups and assist editors with hands-on testing logistics
- Build commerce articles in Yahoo’s CMS, including sourcing and optimizing images
- Help manage testing documentation, including surveys, results logs, photos, and digital testing procedure libraries
- Support the editorial team during high-traffic tentpole events as needed
Qualifications
- 1–2 years of experience in digital publishing, preferably in commerce content
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and responsive
- Strong writing skills; ability to turn in clean, concise copy
- Experience working in a CMS and using tools like Airtable, Google Suite, and Excel
- Solid understanding of SEO and how to optimize content for search
- Familiarity with analytics and performance tools is a plus
- Strong research and reporting skills; able to support editors and content initiatives across multiple categories
- Interest in product testing, consumer trends, and editorial production workflows
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Team player with a proactive, can-do attitude — willing to pitch in wherever needed