WELL+GOOD: Creating a culture and community of wellness.

Trusted, influential, and famously trend-setting, Well+Good defines and demystifies wellness for a growing global community. Well+Good works to inform, empower, and educate communities and individuals in the many ways your day-to-day impacts your ability to live well. We believe that wellness and health should be attainable for all, while working to challenge the systems and barriers that prevent that from becoming a reality for many. 

We are looking for a Commerce Writer to help us create engaging, compelling shopping and commerce content for all platforms that will support audience and business growth.

A big vision calls for a big job.  As we grow, our need for a Commerce Writer grows with us. NY or LA preferred.

Leaf Group is a house of brands, creating and cultivating digital-first companies in growing lifestyle categories: Fitness & Wellness (Well+Good, Livestrong.com); Home & Decor (Hunker, Society6, Deny Designs), and Art & Design (Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair). Additionally, we have performance focused brands in key categories such as Travel, Pets, and DIY (OnlyInYourState, Cuteness, eHow). Our media and marketplace brands are authentic and authoritative, reaching a large and growing passionate audience. 

We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We look for proactive, accountable people focused on continuous learning and growth to push themselves and our businesses forward. Check us out here.

You’ll Report To: Senior Commerce Editor

A typical day as a Commerce Writer might include:

• Pitch, write, produce, and/or optimize 2-4 pieces of commerce content daily
• Write attention-grabbing copy for the Well+Good Shop
• Support the Senior Commerce Editor in executing the overall commerce editorial strategy 
• Ideate and test new, commerce-focused editorial formats
• Assist Senior Commerce Editor with tracking performance of content on the retailer, product, and article level in order to inform and execute new areas of growth to increase commerce revenue
• Call on your Rolodex of experts to be in-the-know about launches, new releases, and sales within the wellness industry, and pitch and execute unique commerce story ideas accordingly
• Attend market events and desksides to test products and gather intel for content creation, spotting trends before they hit it big
• Assist the audience and business development teams in carrying out strategy for promoting shopping content and the W+G Shop across all platforms, particularly email and social media
• Help identify and plan around seasonal tentpoles and holidays that present a commerce opportunity for Well+Good
• Grow and maintain relationships with affiliate networks, merchants, and partners
• Help where needed with the day-to-day of running the Well+Good Shop; including (but not limited to) corresponding with merchants and partners, populating the Shop, curating the Shop collections

You’ll be successful if you are an ideas machine excited about creating fresh, unique, and compelling shopping and commerce content that will help us achieve ambitious growth and revenue goals. You’re a hard worker, eager to roll up your sleeves and help out where needed in a fast-paced environment. 

What You Have:

• 2-4 years in an editorial position with experience in a commerce-oriented role
• Sharp writing, reporting, research, copy-writing, and self-editing sills, with a track record of producing high-quality content
• Proficiency with content analytics programs (Google Analytics, Parse.ly) and SEO best practices
• Familiarity with commerce best practices and affiliate platforms
• Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Not afraid to wear multiple hats—no job is too small or too large
• We're casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly. Personal accountability goes a long way. We believe we are the change.

What We Have:

• eHow is the 2019 & 2020 People's Choice and official Webby Winner for Social Video/How To-DIY 
• Well+Good is the 2019 People's Choice winner of the Webby’s Award for Best Lifestyle Brand
• Leaf Group is among TalentDesk’s 2019 Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among the 2019 Built In LA Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among Comparably's 2018 Best Companies in Los Angeles
• Well+Good is the 2018 winner of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company Award
• MyPlate is the 2018 winner of the Webby Award for Best Design
• Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages (i.e., Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, 401K)
• Discounted gym memberships
• Paid-to-play vacation rewards
• Discretionary unlimited vacation time
• Employee discounts for Saatchi Art, Society6, and Deny Designs

Leaf Group, Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings are welcome and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by state, federal, or local law. It is the intent of the Company to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local legislation concerning equal opportunity in employment.

Agency Disclosure:

If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.

Agency Disclosure:

If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.