Editor

About the Role

Home Solutions is seeking a Content Editor with excellent editorial, SEO, and organizational skills to be part of our growing team. This role is open to being fully remote. 

You’ll be responsible for delivering publication-ready and accurate content that is on time, optimized, and meets our marketing goals. You may also help create concepts and ideas for new content. You’ll have the opportunity to not only help manage the production of exceptionally well-written, accessible content, but also learn to report on the performance of our articles to determine the impact of our team’s work. You will help manage writers, oversee multiple content projects, and keep our team happy, productive, and goal oriented.

Your Day-to-Day

• Ensure each page we publish meets our best practices for winning organic search on our targeted keywords and delights our audience by understanding both what Google is rewarding, and what readers want to know.
• Plan, develop, and create informational content for use by a consumer audience across multiple topic areas, including various insurance and home improvement categories. You will work in collaboration with content and SEO strategists to deliver on editorial expectations. Content includes, but is not limited to:
• Research-driven company reviews and round-ups, which typically focus on top-ranking insurance or home improvement service providers across different segments 
• In-depth reviews of insurance and home improvement companies for consumers in areas such as homeowners and renters insurance, travel insurance, pet insurance, life insurance and more 
• Informational articles about key concepts across our categories, such as how a certain insurance product works or cost-focused deep dives
• Edit and proof articles 40-50 articles per month for editorial excellence, search engine optimization, and CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization). 
• Participate in regular editorial meetings for the purpose of brainstorming content ideas, reviewing editorial deadlines, and educating writers.
• Help manage a team of contract and full-time writers who will create content that meets and exceeds Google E-A-T standards.
• Coordinate with brand partners to meet style and editorial guidelines.
• Maintain a working knowledge of our content publishing processes, which includes having to operate within our CMS platform as needed. 
• Demonstrate a meticulous approach to your work, with a highly organized process and an unfailing eye for detail. Take ownership over all assigned projects.
• Learn how to analyze data and provide recommendations and insights during weekly reporting meetings. Use these and other performance metrics (traffic, conversions, revenue) to help inform our content strategy moving forward.
• Help build the culture of an exciting growth-stage company.
• Be a subject matter expert on what type of content wins for any given topic and why. Bring that point of view to meetings.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree (Journalism, Communications, English, or another writing-intensive field preferred).
• 5+ years of experienced editing or producing content for the web
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills: You maintain a methodical process and high standard of excellence in your work while balancing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally to manage project plans.
• Strong understanding of HTML and content/ on-page SEO.
• Ownership mentality: You treat each content piece like it is your own and stand behind every word.
• An empathetic manager of writers. You know what it takes to produce optimized content at a fast pace and enjoy helping a team achieve that goal.
• Agility: You are comfortable in an often-changing environment.
• An inherent drive to be excellent: You are not satisfied with average. You do whatever it takes to get the job done at a world-class level.  

While we’re looking for some specific experiences and skill sets, nothing is more important than a strong can-do attitude, resilience in the face of change and uncertainty, and a passion for learning and creating.

About Us

Launched Fall 2017, Home Solutions targets the rapidly digitizing home services vertical and  matches homeowners with the right service provider to meet their needs. Through our websites, Home Solutions has a proprietary audience of 47M+ homeowners and prime real estate in search engines. We are on a mission to make homeownership easier by creating high quality content that pairs consumers with providers in a range of related categories. 

Home Solutions was incubated within Three Ships, a growth equity firm that launches and invests in digital companies, builds great leadership teams, and helps them rapidly scale. The Three Ships portfolio currently includes several businesses - Home Solutions, Pillar 4, Stacksphere , and 3S UK - and over 50+ websites that help consumers navigate the overwhelming choices through online marketplaces and the most informative content online.  Headquartered in Raleigh with offices in Charlotte and London, we are always looking to find the right people to help us continue to grow this business and place a high value on teammates with a growth mindset and a “get after it” mentality.  

Why You Should Join Us

• Results: Home Solutions is the fastest-growing marketplace company in the home services category.
• Opportunity: Home services is a $600 billion market that largely still operates like it’s 1999.  During the next decade, we anticipate a huge digital transformation in the category, and marketplace companies will lead the way.
• Ownership & Impact: We seek talented people with the desire to own and run parts of the business that drive company performance. Leadership is fully aligned and incentivized around our growth-focused mission.
• Exposure & Learning: You will have a front-row seat in growing a business. Your teammates have built and sold companies, managed 100s of employees, and run campaigns with Fortune 500 brands. The opportunity to build new skills and learn from smart people is endless.
• Career Growth: There is no cap on growth, promotions, or the opportunity to own and put your stamp on important projects. Prove your value and you will be rewarded accordingly.
• Stability: We are privately owned, have no debt, and have significant cash to invest – we’re “rock-solid” financially.
• Fun: The team has a high bar for excellence, but also a real interest in each other and making work fun.

The Package

As a full-time employee of Home Solutions, you’ll have access to competitive benefits, including flexible time off,  health/dental/vision, 401k match, an annual Relax & Recharge Bonus, an annual Learning & Development stipend to enroll in class(es) of your choosing, and up to $75 monthly mobile reimbursement. If you join us in person in our Raleigh or Charlotte locations, we have an office stocked with snacks, coffee, and just about every other beverage you can imagine.

EEOC Statement

All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or any other discriminatory factors. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this role. All offers are subject to a background check.