United States onlyThe Yahoo commerce team is looking for an experienced associate health writer to create shopping guides in the health and wellness space and support day-to-day activities. In this role, you will create product reviews and best of lists in the health category, focused on a 35+ to senior audience — think hair loss products, aging-well health trends and products, hearing aids, supplements, a-home testing kits, etc — across Yahoo and AOL.
The ideal candidate will have health writing experience with a proven track record of creating successful performance marketing content, working with and creating rubrics, building articles in a CMS, interviewing experts, updating existing articles and testing products. You’ll be extremely detail-oriented and have a deep understanding of SEO, along with industry trends, and be passionate about crafting creative and engaging content that builds trust. This role is either fully remote or you can opt to work at one of our Yahoo offices across the US.
Responsibilities:
Write, edit, and publish well-researched and sourced health-focused articles in a timely manner
Work within the CMS to build new articles and update content
Pitch timely ideas that will be relevant to our users and mission
Create and maintain product rubrics
Interview a panel of experts for quarterly packages
Stay abreast of evolving user interests
Utilize SEO best practices to optimize content for search engines and improve content performance.
Quickly pivot and adapt to both Yahoo and AOL’s style and voice
Requirements:
2-4 years experience working with health-focused content
Ideally 2+ years of experience creating commerce content
Must be based in the United States
Exceptional copywriting and editing skills
A love for creating and maintaining spreadsheets
Comfortable working within a CMS to build and update content
Willingness to work unconventional schedules, including some weekends and holidays around major tentpoles
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, goal-driven team environment
Strong analytical and organizational skills and an aptitude for attention to detail
Team-player mindset and willingness to pitch in on any project to help get the job done
Obsessed with reader experience, always looking to inform and engage our readers
Strong editorial judgment, knowledge of standards & style
A strong conversational writer/editor
Passion for keeping up with health and wellness trends and cutting-edge products and science
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The compensation for this position ranges from $56,250.00 - $117,500.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.
If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.
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