Marketing Editorial Copywriter

I'm looking for a passionate writer to join my (small but very mighty) team at Milk Street. You'll spend your days writing about cool cookware, tools and pantry or tabletop goods we offer on our curated online store—plus work alongside a smart, funny group of folks who care a lot about food and culture.

This is a great entry-level job for any young journalists or copywriters ready to make the jump into food media and eCommerce marketing. If this sounds like your idea of a good time and you're based in Boston, I'd love to hear from you! Job title: Marketing Editorial Copywriter Job Type: Full-time Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Company Overview

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street is a Boston-based food media company whose mission is to “Change the Way You Cook.” With a curated online store, acclaimed television and radio shows, award-winning magazine and cookbooks, cooking school and more, we offer an invitation to the cooks of the world to sit at the same table.

Role Summary

This role is responsible for producing high-quality editorial content to support Milk Street’s eCommerce business and marketing initiatives. In this role, you will execute store product descriptions and email promotional campaigns, from brainstorming newsletters to researching content to assisting with asset management.

To succeed in this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce timely, clean and informative content. As Milk Street is a brand built for home cooks, the ability to communicate and draw upon personal experience in the kitchen is critical to this role.

This is a full-time position based at our headquarters at 177 Milk Street, Boston, MA. Milk Street is a hybrid office requiring two to three days in office weekly.

Key Responsibilities

• Master Milk Street’s voice across platforms to execute high-impact marketing materials.
• Draft and deliver 2–3 daily advertorial emails.
• Write and copyedit product descriptions on cookware, tools and pantry goods, plus in-depth proprietary product landing pages.
• Coordinate product testing and notes with buying and testing teams to understand key attributes and angles for product and email content.
• Write, copyedit and approve weekly cookbook emails.
• Pitch, ideate and execute new concepts, sales and formats for Store website and advertorial email calendar.
• Track art, graphic needs and assets for product pages, email promotions and Store website.
• Write, copyedit and proofread cross-departmental emails and ad-hoc content as needed.

Required Qualifications Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, marketing, communications or a related field.
• Experience: 1–3 years minimum writing experience.
• Previous writing work in a culinary, culture or eCommerce/marketing capacity is a plus.
• Writing: Strong writing and proofreading skills; mastery of AP style; and ability to adopt brand voice.
• Food forward: Experience in a professional kitchen or extensive experience as a home cook or recipe developer.
• Deadline oriented: A proven ability to juggle deadlines, manage several projects and work in a fast-paced environment, across a cross-functional team.
• Must have excellent organizational skills.

Preferred Skills

• A passion for cooking, cuisine and global foodways.
• Experience collaborating and communicating across organizational tools, like Quip, Air
• Table and Slack.
• Experience using digital asset management tools, like Air. A keen eye for aesthetics, photography and design, plus how they interact with copy.
• An interest in retail and eCommerce.

Benefits & Perks Boston office

Due our hybrid structure, two to three days per week in our Downtown Boston office are required. There is often delicious food on offer from our testing kitchen, new products to test and sample, large quarterly giveaways and more.

Employee discounts and subscriptions: You will receive an employee discount for our online store, as well as a free Insider membership, copies of all of our new cookbooks and a subscription to our magazine. Other

Benefits

Three weeks vacation Twelve company holidays Half-day summer Fridays (Memorial Day through Labor Day) Health, dental and vision plans offered 401K savings plan offered We are an equal opportunity employer, and welcome qualified applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume, brief cover letter, two writing samples and three references by emailing Francesca Furey. #J-18808-Ljbffr