Life and Entertainment Freelance Editor
Life and Entertainment Freelance Editor
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Job Description
Business Insider is looking for an editor to join the Life and Entertainment Freelance team and help brainstorm edit and package stories from our growing network of writers.
The lifestyle team works on hits such as peeks inside luxury hotels essays about lifechanging moves and travel mistakes grocerystore diaries from writers around the globe tips from flight attendants epic food reviews advice from home renovations unique stories from people in unconventional living situations and much more.
The team also produces longer lead stories that have awards potential including a look into corporate mens secret beauty secrets a touching essay on traveling while gay and a deep dive into how theme parks arent built for midsize and plussize fans.
This editor will also be able to recruit new writers brainstorm dynamic story framings and determine what to cover next and how best to do so. Stories range from 600word posts to listicles to essays and features.
The ideal candidate has excellent news judgment superb editing skills and an excitement for highvelocity highengagement storytelling. Each lifestyle freelance editor publishes about 3040 stories a month.
This person will report to our deputy editor of lifestyle freelance and work with BIs inhouse Lifestyle and Entertainment Freelance team to pitch assign commission and edit stories from our growing network of freelancers and prepare them for publication. This position is unioneligible and based out of our NYC headquarters.
Other responsibilities and experience we are looking for:
- Experience with editing ideally with freelance writers
- A keen eye for whats trending and whats about to be coupled with good instincts about what BI readers find interesting
- Ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fastpaced team
- Proofreading factchecking and copyediting skills
- Passion for the subjects that BIs Life verticals cover (food travel fashion design)
- Experience packaging stories for publication from nailing SEO to crafting headlines
- Stellar organizational skills
Salary & Benefits
- Base salary: $70000 $130000 (dependent on skills experience and competencies)
- Unlimited PTO 10 paid holidays and 16 weeks of parental leave
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance plans
- Matched and vested 401k plan
- Access to resources for financial planning guidance family planning services mental health reachout and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Additional benefits include commuter benefits phone reimbursement gym membership discounts and more
Business Insider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and when making employment decisions does not discriminate based on race ethnicity gender gender identity or expression sex sexual orientation age nationality or national origin religion disability familial status and military or veteran status. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply.
Are you passionate about this opportunity but worried that you dont have 100 of the experience were looking for We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider.
Business Insider is a global journalism company that covers the world of business tech innovation and beyond. With headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco London Belfast and Singapore we reach an audience of more than 375 million with storytelling thats fascinating unexpected and always helpful.
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