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Job Description

About the position:

Wirecutter is seeking a staff writer who loves cleaning and organizing, and wants to help people do it well. This cleaning and organizing writer will join our discovery team, a group of writers and editors dedicated to applying Wirecutter’s best-in-class approach to service journalism in formats outside of our classic product guide.  

As a journalist covering cleaning and organizing, you’ll work on cross-platform content packages — writing voicey articles, reporting on viral products, fronting videos, bylining newsletters and more — all to help our readers sift through the noise of the internet to delight in great product solutions — and great storytelling. 

You’ll work closely with editorial teams across our catalog — home, sleep, appliances, home improvement and more — in editorial planning and projects, representing short-form and off-platform opportunities. You’ll interview personalities in the cleaning and organizing space, own franchises on site and social, and be a tastemaker our audiences look forward to seeing and hearing from. This is an exciting job: telling creative stories that are anchored in Wirecutter’s rigorous research and testing. This role is New York-based.

Responsibilities:

• Research, report, and write articles related to Wirecutter’s coverage areas, focusing on cleaning and organizing gear, gifts, tips and trends; think creatively about sources, identify experts and diverse sources

• Work quickly and efficiently to ensure accuracy and timeliness of quick-turnaround content that is rooted in Wirecutter’s deeply-reported guides

• Work with our social and newsletter teams to develop off-platform content

• Work with our social and community teams to respond to reader feedback and questions

• Request product samples and process their return

• Call experts and review academic journal articles and other scientific data; methodically scan user reviews and forums to find what truly matters to readers

• Collaborate with editors to conceive new content and formats and move ideas from pitch to promotion     

• Collaborate with creative teams to produce visuals to support articles

• Create and update content for retail events (i.e., Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday), curated Wirecutter deal events, and other seasonal projects

• May be required to attend trade shows and product news events as needed to build contacts and expertise in relevant topic areas

• Perform related work as assigned
   

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience writing experience at a major publication, media company, or service journalism outlet 

• A passion for and experience cleaning and organizing trends

• Knowledge of SEO from an editorial perspective and understanding of how to use web analytics data to make editorial decisions

• Excellent communication and t