Commerce Content Operations Lead for High-Impact Publishing

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.; World Trade Center (NY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Senior Manager, Content Planning for the WIRED Reviews team. You will lead day-to-day newsroom operations, manage Reviews writers and producers, and ensure high-quality, revenue-focused journalism across assignments, deadlines, and publishing schedules.

You will translate editorial, audience, SEO, and business priorities into a clear strategy, enforcing standards while driving monetization and scalable processes within a high-volume publishing operation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital journalism.
• Background in high-volume commerce content preferred: product reviews, buying guides, deals.
• 3+ years of experience managing writers, editors, producers, or editorial staff.
• Exceptional project-management and organizational skills for a high-volume publishing operation.
• Excellent people-management, coaching, and performance-management abilities.
• Strong understanding of CMS tools, SEO, analytics, and content-distribution strategy.
• Ability to translate multiple priorities into a clear publishing plan.
• Experience with evergreen content management and tentpole planning.
• Sound editorial judgment and commitment to standards and reader trust.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage WIRED Reviews writers and producers, setting expectations around assignments, output, deadlines, testing, reporting, earnings, and quality.
• Own the day-to-day Reviews editorial pipeline, tracking what is assigned, due, or at risk and its earnings.
• Edit and review content to improve monetization and enforce standards for structure, voice, and sourcing.
• Translate priorities into detailed editorial plans, schedules, and measurable deliverables.
• Maintain the Reviews editorial calendar, author trackers, and update queues using tools like AirTable.
• Coordinate evergreen updates and ensure refreshing of priority buying guides and reviews.
• Drive timely deals and commerce content, identifying opportunities within beats.
• Lead operational planning for tentpoles and major shopping events; manage staffing and contingency plans.

Skills

Digital journalism

People management

Project management

SEO & Analytics

CMS proficiency

Tools

AirTable

Job description

Condé Nast is seeking a Senior Manager, Content Planning for the WIRED Reviews team. You will lead day-to-day newsroom operations, manage Reviews writers and producers, and ensure high-quality, revenue-focused journalism across assignments, deadlines, and publishing schedules.

You will translate editorial, audience, SEO, and business priorities into a clear strategy, enforcing standards while driving monetization and scalable processes within a high-volume publishing operation.