Senior Editor, Skimm Money (Contract)

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We’re hiring a temporary Senior Editor for our Money vertical on our Editorial team. 

About our team and what we’ll build together

theSkimm is looking for an experienced Senior Editor to oversee operations, strategy, and content creation for its Money newsletter and vertical for five months. This is a managerial position and candidates must be comfortable overseeing a team and a rigorous publishing process. 

Our editorial team is a collaborative group of journalists from a variety of media backgrounds. We understand how to create high-quality journalism in theSkimm’s distinct voice. In this role, you’ll lead a small team that includes one writer and one editor to produce one weekly newsletter as well as any ancillary content needed for web, growth, or ongoing projects.

This is a short-term, contract position to cover an employee’s parental leave from Mid-December through Mid-May, 2024.

How you’ll contribute to our mission

In this role, you will be: 

• Leading the production of theSkimm’s Money newsletter, which includes brainstorming, researching, writing, editing, fact-checking, and publishing 
• Implementing and refining the newsletter's ongoing strategy 
• Managing two team members 
• Presenting data to the editorial team on a weekly and monthly basis
• Collaborating with other content teams to share learnings and resources
• Assisting with other editorial products such as web articles and campaigns
• Working on special projects and/or long-form content

You’re ready for this! Here’s a bit more about what we’re looking for

• A minimum of 5-6 years of editorial experience, ideally including money and career content
• Leadership experience
• 4+ years of digital experience
• Strong editorial judgment and robust experience with fact-checking and reporting best practices
• Ability to self-motivate and be a team player across multiple departments
• Track record of working effectively under pressure to hit deadlines
• Experience publishing through a CMS
• Excitement about theSkimm and its mission
• The ability to manage and lead other team members and navigate a variety of conversations
• A few things that will set you apart: 
• Management experience 
• Experience in content development and strategy
• Experience filling in for a senior editor on parental leave
• Experience using insights to inform content development for audience growth

The expected rate for this role is $8k–9k each month, for five months. We’ll consider a variety of factors when determining the offered base salary including an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, abilities, experience, location, market demands, and internal parity.

Why we love working here

We are mission driven and values driven.

We are collectively building an impactful brand to empower generations of informed, confident women. Our vision is for every woman to have the info they need to navigate a complex world and the decisions in it. Every role has a purpose and allows us to provide useful information succinctly and contextualized. We tee her up to take action — whichever action is right for her, wherever she is.

We are values driven at every point — how we work, the way we work and our culture come straight from our core values. Each of us supports this incredible brand and takes part in its continued growth, fulfilling the needs of our audience each and every day.

Our story, Skimm’d

We are a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. We make it easier to live smarter.

At our core, we are writers, editors, producers, designers, marketers, engineers, analysts, sellers, creatives, and strategists all working together to achieve this goal.

Every day we’re breaking down the news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women so that they can navigate their daily lives and futures – from managing their paychecks to casting their ballots – with confidence.  We provide our dedicated audience of millions with reliable, non-partisan, information, informing and empowering them while fitting into their daily routines. 

Since disrupting the media landscape and defining a new category a decade ago, we have become a trusted source for our audience of millions by seamlessly integrating into their existing routines, fundamentally changing the way they consume news and make decisions. 

Today theSkimm ecosystem includes the Daily Skimm, the Daily Skimm: Weekend, Skimm Money, Skimm Well, Skimm Parenting, and Skimm Your Life newsletters, 9 to 5ish and Well Played podcasts, theSkimm mobile app, and Skimm Studios which creates innovative in-house video and audio content. Plus our first book, How to Skimm Your Life, which debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. 

Through Skimm Impact, our purpose-driven platform, we are proud to support get-out-the-vote efforts with Skimm Your Ballot, which spurred more than one million voting-related actions across the last three election cycles, #ShowUsYourLeave a movement made to create transparency and change for Paid Family Leave in the U.S., Don’t Wait a campaign to empower women to take charge of their health and book their preventative care appointments, and State of Women a proprietary survey of 4,500 women that gives a full picture of how US women are faring in today’s world.

Come join us!

Learn more about us and our other opportunities here.

What about the office?

This is a full-time role based in New York, NY with flexibility for remote work. 

Our office is available to use four days a week — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We have a hybrid environment and ask that full-time employees within the New York Metro area come together in person two days a week. All other days are up to the discretion of the employees during the three days a week that the office will be open. We are continuing to closely monitor the state of COVID-19 in New York and will adjust this plan accordingly.

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