Tech Deals Writer, Commerce

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.

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. 

Yahoo is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Deals Writer to join its Commerce team. We’re looking for a whip-smart commerce-content writer with a passion for finding best-in-market deals in the tech, auto and home improvement categories — and the chops to speak to a broad audience in a compelling, authentic voice. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll scour the internet to find the best sales and deals, crank out commerce content daily, then double down for shopping events, including Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, and more. This is a great opportunity to flex your expertise and exercise your deal-hunting instincts. The right candidate is nimble enough to handle quick-turnaround one-day sale articles, trend pieces, fun first-person stories and compelling sale roundups. In terms of voice, sense of humor, a spark, and warmth are key. Must have previous professional content commerce experience.

Responsibilities 

• Reporting to the Deputy Editor, Commerce, you’ll pitch, write, and update all the great deals you find, creating content that is smart, informative, engaging, topical, and meets our editorial commerce guidelines and standards.
• Be the commerce team’s resident in-house tech, auto and home improvement deals expert.
• Produce several top-notch deals articles daily, and optimize content for SEO, engagement, and revenue.
• Pitch relevant deals within your assigned verticals daily.
• Identify daily deals and key shopping trends within your category to create high-value content. 
• Oversee tech deals coverage during major shopping tentpoles, including Black Friday, Amazon Prime Day and holidays.
• Work with other writers and editors on the Yahoo commerce team. 
• Participate in lively and researched brainstorms for story ideas and topic focuses.
• Juggle multiple projects and stories at once with varying deadlines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years writing and editing commerce content,  with an understanding of (and appreciation for) online shopping, internet trends and culture
• Expert-level knowledge of tech, auto and home improvement shopping trends, new releases and price histories.
• Experience writing and editing everything from voice-y, first-person stories and quick deal one-offs to in-depth, researched and reported SEO stories.
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays if required
• Strong knowledge of SEO and best practices for optimizing content 
• Deadline-driven, analytical, strategic thinker with strong editing skills and a knack for crafting click-y headlines
• Excellent copy editing skills
• Experience working in a CMS
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work with others and independently
• Proven ability to be nimble and adjust quickly to trends, news cycles, and a constantly changing work environment
• Be motivated, curious and self-starting
• Be extremely organized
• Be an ideas machine and a trend spotter