Walmart- Associate Manager, Editorial– eCommerce Site Operations
About Walmart
Sixty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. When you join our Walmart family of brands, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world.
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About the Position
Want to help lead the way in redefining how we shop online? The Editorial Associate is a critical team player who will help shape the creative vision and editorial strategy for our customers’ online shopping journey. This person will support an Editorial Manager and/or Senior Manager on the concepting and development of best-in-class inspirational editorial content for a specific category of business or private brands. This person will help drive and improve onsite customer perception, click thru, conversion and content quality. You’ll drive impact through integrated messaging and visual storytelling across multiple digital touchpoints including site content, CRM, Social Media, Online Videos and UGC site integrations.
You’ll sweep us off our feet if
You’re a natural storyteller and love telling stories that bring products to life, helping consumers reimagine merchandise beyond a single product page.
You’re trend obsessed and have a strong aesthetic eye, and can combine competitive analyses, content, merchandise, and presentation to create a site experience that feels unique and inspirational.
You understand how customers shop online and design shopping experiences that drive customer engagement, trust and purchases.
You’re a visionary constantly looking for ways to set us apart from the competition, driving trend and visual presentation forward to create an inspirational shopping experience.
You use both sides of the brain and can combine data, customer insights and creative intuition to optimize editorial content, deliver on business goals and create a best in- class customer shopping experience.
You have an incredible focus on operational excellence and getting the fundamentals right and can identify opportunities for efficiency and improvement.
You build trust quickly and can lead by influence, creating impact through partnership as well as ownership.
You believe in and prioritize the collective success of the team and are quick to jump in, help, mentor, and coach your fellow team members.
You’re a thought leader who takes strategic direction and infuses it into our storytelling, enabling you to earn trust at all levels as the subject matter expert of your categories of business.
You’ll make an impact by
Leading the content strategy for your departments –You’ll drive the holistic content strategy for your specific departments using trends and customer insights to tell a cohesive story and create a seamless customer experience, overseeing the editorial calendar, trend forecasting, photography curation and creative planning.
Telling a story across multiple marketing touchpoints – You’ll identify key stories and corresponding assets that can transcend across site, email & social to drive maximum sales driving impact.
Leveraging data to optimize the content strategy– You’ll leverage data, reporting and analytical insights to set goals, measure success and continually refine our content mix and strategy.
Becoming an invaluable strategic partner to internal stakeholders – You’ll advise on and partner with various internal teams to improve processes, identify opportunities, and scale best practice and governance, driving continual assessment and improvement of content strategy direction and execution.
Operating with excellence – You’ll land the fundamentals and create and help scale efficiency and best-in-class workflows, processes and timelines, embedding operational excellence into everything you do and developing associates on the team to increase capabilities and enhance skills, knowledge and performance.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor degree in business or related field or equivalent experience in Business or related field
Preferred Qualifications
3-5 years related experience in Creative, Editorial, or Content Marketing or related field.
Bachelors Degree in Business or related field
Experience in consumer-focused eCommerce environment
Strong customer obsession focused on building the right site experience for our customer
Creative and analytical – can comfortably leverage data to inform creative strategy.
Ability to set clear objectives and performance measures
Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional team and willingness to take on responsibilities outside primary job description when necessary
Assertive, adaptable and demonstrates initiative in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
How to apply
If interested, please email the Hiring Manager, Gabrielle Porcaro gabrielle.porcaro@walmart.com with a copy of your resume and a cover letter.
