Emily Manchester

Emily has been the General Manager of Better Homes & Gardens since January 2022.

Previously, Emily operated as the Editorial and Strategy Director for several home brands at Dotdash Meredith, which included The Spruce Pets, The Spruce, The Spruce Crafts, and MyDomaine. She's worked at Dotdash Meredith for over five years.

Working her way up from an internship in college, Emily began her career as a Fashion Editor and Project Coordinator at Everywear, a style service startup helmed by Brandon Holley, previously the editor-in-chief of Lucky Magazine. It was here that Emily honed in on her editorial skills as well as developed a knack for product, becoming a partial contributor to the product team.

While working for Everywear, she also began to consistently contribute content to LiveAbout, another Dotdash Meredith site. She eventually accepted a full time position at Dotdash Meredith and was a part of the team that launched the original Spruce site in February 2017.

In early 2019, Emily moved over to the Dotdash Growth and Strategy team as an SEO analyst. She worked on almost all of Dotdash Meredith's brands, most notably spending time on: The Spruce, The Spruce Pets, The Spruce Crafts, The Spruce Eats, Liquor, TripSavvy, Treehugger, Lifewire, Byrdie, and Brides. Emily was part of the launch teams for both Liquor and Treehugger when they were acquired by Dotdash Meredith in 2019 and 2020, respectively. During her time on Growth and Strategy, Emily was promoted twice, first to a Senior SEO Analyst and then to an SEO Manager.