Why join us?
At Design Within Reach, home comes first. We believe in creating and sourcing pieces that move with you and are meant to be enjoyed over a lifetime – from home to home, generation to generation. For us, that means exceptionally crafted, built-to-last, and beautifully designed furnishings.
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Design Within Reach means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Design Within Reach to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
The Editor balances strong analytical, organizational, and editing skills with an innate sense of curiosity, problem-solving, and project management. The position requires sharp attention to detail and a steadfast dedication to customers of our growing Design Within Reach (DWR) brand.
The Editor will edit print, digital, and social assets developed for omni-channel marketing campaign focused on seasonal campaigns, furniture launches, events, partnerships, and sales. They ensure that all collateral is written in DWR’s brand voice, is grammatically correct, and is consistent with content strategy standards established by the Director of Editorial and other DWR stakeholders. Oftentimes, the Editor will need to edit, and sometimes write, copy on tight deadlines to swiftly meet the needs of our merchandising strategy. The ideal candidate will have eCommerce experience in the furnishings industry.
The Editor collaborates with Merchants, Web Merchandisers, Project Managers, Graphic Designers, Art Directors and brand marketing leaders. The Editor reports to the Director of Editorial and manages two copywriters as well as freelancers.
About this opportunity
Line-edits the following assets for voice, style, formatting consistency, grammatical accuracy, punctuation, and spelling errors.E-commerce and digital marketing campaignsSegmented email marketing campaignsHomepage, campaign page, landing page, and product page content for our E-commerce siteIn-store signagePrint collateral including catalogs and direct-mail piecesProduct detail pagesPaid and organic social mediaBanner advertisements and affiliate campaignsTrade and VIP marketing initiativesInternal communications as neededPress and live event collateralMentor two copywriters and challenge them to develop new, more engaging ways of writing for our promotions and campaigns.Check copy against marketing briefs to ensure that storytelling and content are aligned with marketing intentWork collaboratively with Project Management team to ensure that copy is written and edited on deadline and on scheduleContribute to editorial and storytelling strategy and brainstorms for campaigns and partnershipsWrite copy as neededHelp evolve and maintain DWR style guide standards
Basic Qualifications
Who We Hire?
Simply put, we hire everyone. Design Within Reach is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at careers_help@millerknoll.com.