Head of Commerce Content & Editorial Operations

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus potential

Generous employee benefits

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Senior Manager, Content Planning for WIRED in New York. You will lead the daily Reviews workflow, manage writers and producers, and translate editorial, SEO, audience, and business priorities into a clean publishing strategy.

The role requires a seasoned editor with strong monetization acumen, people management, and the ability to run a fast-paced, revenue-oriented publishing operation. You will enforce standards and oversee tentpole plans and evergreen updates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital journalism.
• 3+ years of experience managing writers, editors, producers, or other editorial staff.
• Experience with high-volume commerce content: product reviews, buying guides, deals, or service journalism.
• Strong project-management and organizational skills for running a high-volume publishing operation.
• Strong understanding of CMS, SEO, analytics, and content-distribution strategy.

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 with visibility of assignments, due dates, edits, schedules, and earnings.
• Edit and review content to improve monetization and enforce standards for structure, sourcing, disclosure, and copy quality.
• Lead operational planning for tentpoles and major shopping events with staffing and deadlines.
• Coordinate editorial priorities across commerce, SEO, analytics, and audience development into detailed plans and schedules.
• Maintain and improve the Reviews editorial calendar, author trackers, and content-management tools including AirTable.
• Drive timely deals and commerce content aligned with product launches and seasonality.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality content by managing capacity, bottlenecks, and performance.
• Be liaison between editors and writers to optimize edits and content plan execution.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Project management

People management

Digital journalism

CMS workflows

Tools

AirTable

Job description

Condé Nast is seeking a Senior Manager, Content Planning for WIRED in New York. You will lead the daily Reviews workflow, manage writers and producers, and translate editorial, SEO, audience, and business priorities into a clean publishing strategy.

The role requires a seasoned editor with strong monetization acumen, people management, and the ability to run a fast-paced, revenue-oriented publishing operation. You will enforce standards and oversee tentpole plans and evergreen updates.