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Editorial Assistant

United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Dec 2024

💰 $65,000/yr($50,000/yr – $65,000/yr)

About the role

The Opportunity Everyday Health Group is looking for an Assistant Editor passionate about health, ﬁtness, nutrition and wellness to assist the commerce team by researching products and services, creating and editing new content, and optimizing existing content to enhance audience engagement. In this role, you’ll curate product and service lists, help recruit and manage freelance writers and product testers, send out assignments, help edit drafts and maintain the quality and eﬃciency of our commerce editorial operations. Key Responsibilities

Help manage the editorial content pipeline, shepherding content through workﬂows involving freelance writers and editors, medical reviewers, copyeditors, aﬃliate managers, photo editors, and fact-checkers.
Maintain the commerce product and service research databases, testing notes, and photo permissions to enhance the eﬃciency of our commerce editorial
Assign new articles and updates to a roster of freelance writers and enforce deadlines
Help recruit new freelancers and manage communications between the EHG commerce team and freelancers
Secure products for product testing and images for inclusion in our content.
Edit new articles and ensure all content meets our editorial standards and style guidelines
Optimize existing content, as needed, to keep up with evolving SEO best practices and enhance audience engagement
Assist with PR outreach and communication as needed
Test health products and services as needed
Write product reviews and other commerce content as needed

Job Qualiﬁcations

1-3 years of digital editorial experience — health, ﬁtness, or wellness journalism experience preferred
Experience with service journalism, commerce, aﬃliate, or branded content is a plus, as is experience with news and deals content, newsletters, and/or syndicated content
Strong understanding of SEO best practices
Experience working in a CMS
Familiarity with project management software; AirTable experience preferred
Strong organizational skills, project management skills, professionalism, and attention to detail
Ability to meet deadlines and enforce deadlines with freelancers according to an editorial calendar
Experience with PR outreach and communication
Passion for health, ﬁtness, nutrition, wellness and/or mental health news, products, and trends
Eagerness to learn
Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a remote work environment
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing, Public Health, Science, or a related ﬁeld

About Everyday Health GroupEveryday Health Group (EHG) is a recognized leader in patient and provider education and services attracting an engaged audience of over 74 million health consumers and over 890,000 U.S. practicing physicians and clinicians. Our mission is to drive better clinical and health outcomes through decision-making informed by highly relevant information, data, and analytics. We empower healthcare providers, consumers and payers with trusted content and services delivered through Everyday Health Group’s world-class brands.Our Culture and ValuesWe created our values together to guide our collective purpose and pursuits. We are collaborators and problem solvers. We empower one another to make informed decisions and to be enabled towards action. We embrace success. We recognize that innovation can spark and be born from any of us no matter our individual role or background. We encourage open mindedness and sensitivity to each other and our environment. Our personal and professional passions get ignited, nurtured and supported. We value that doing is greater than talking as the most measurable means of impact. Our collective purpose to deliver enlightened audience experiences with trusted brands is what drives the success of our business and our professional satisfaction. Life at Everyday HealthAt Everyday Health Group, a division of Ziff Davis, we work in a culture of collaboration and welcome those who desire to join our growing global community. We believe in careers versus jobs and people versus employees. We seek enthusiastic individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit looking for an environment that rewards your best work.