Commerce Writer, Beauty & Fashion

March 5, 2026

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Forbes Vetted is seeking an experienced Beauty & Fashion Writer to join our commerce editorial team.

This role will be responsible for researching and writing content for the Forbes Vetted Beauty & Grooming and Fashion sections. These sections publish a number of story types, including buying guides, roundups, tested product reviews, news posts, how-tos, columns and features. The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert with at least three years of direct prior experience writing about beauty, personal care and wellness topics, along with men's and women's style content; experience crafting deeply reported features and content for off-platform channels (e-mail, social, video) is a big plus. The Beauty & Fashion Writer will collaborate across areas of the business, working closely with the team's editorial and strategy staffers to create and optimize evergreen content; with the deals and special projects teams as appropriate for sales events and bigger brand moments; and with the audience development team to create video and newsletter content as needed. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Deputy Editor for lifestyle.

This is a remote position with an option to commute to the Jersey City Forbes office if based locally.

Responsibilities:

Write well-researched and authoritative articles in the fashion and beauty & grooming categories, which includes apparel, jewelry and accessories, makeup, skincare, haircare, personal products and more
Perform hands-on testing along with other research and interviews to craft high-quality, best-of-the-web content that Forbes Vetted readers can confidently rely on
Brainstorm and pitch stories as a part of the regular monthly content planning process, based on SEO/GEO and audience data, trends, seasonality and other KPIs
Frequently collaborate across teams, including with strategy, data, audience development, partnerships and product, as well as other editors and writers on staff
Ideate and execute off-platform content for social, newsletter and video channels as a routine part of beauty and fashion coverage, working in collaboration with the Forbes Vetted audience development team
Leverage analytics tools like Looker to help plan content and track performance against team and individual goals
Participate in sales event coverage, including working shifts over some holiday weekends such as Memorial Day, Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday

The ideal candidate:

Has 4+ years of expertise and experience writing about products and topics in the fashion and beauty & grooming categories; is ideally comfortable writing about products across at least some of Forbes Vetted's other lifestyle categories, such as travel
Has impeccable writing and reporting skills and understands how to source and cultivate experts for inclusion in articles; has a robust network of industry PR contacts to tap into as well
Has experience with hands-on product testing in the beauty, grooming and fashion space
Has an eye for features, storytelling and packaging that strengthens the site's authority and helps build the brand beyond pure product reviews
Has experience appearing in video; is enthusiastic about translating editorial stories into engaging video content for Forbes Vetted, covering topics including events and launches, product reviews and similar
Has an existing online audience or is excited to develop a following at Forbes Vetted via newsletter, video, social and site contributions
Is eager to innovate and experiment editorially to help grow the Forbes Vetted audience both on-site and off-platform, such as in email newsletters, audio formats and on social media channels

The annual base salary range for this role is $70,000 - $80,000

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