Job DescriptionLocation:
New York, NY
Condé Nast is seeking a strong editor with a deep understanding of health to work on advertiser-supported editorial condition and wellness stories across its portfolio of sites.
You will ideate, assign, and edit a high volume of accessible, genuinely helpful content, ensuring that all commercially driven content meets the same editorial standards as our brand's organic coverage. You will also perform editorial-adjacent administrative tasks and work on organic editorial content initiatives as needed.
The right candidate is extremely organized, detail-oriented, and a strong editor with a background in service-based health journalism, who can seamlessly adapt content to each publication's voice. The ideal candidate also has a thorough understanding of the health and wellness landscape, strong scientific literacy, a deep understanding of health reporting best practices, and feels comfortable working on deeply reported condition-based content as well as wellness stories spanning topics such as cooking, travel, and sports.
This position will report to the VP, Health Content Lead.
Primary Responsibilities:- Pitch, assign and edit editorial and advertiser-supported wellness and condition-specific stories, while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy
- Write content as needed
- Stay current on emerging health trends, sports news, medical research, and wellness conversations to identify timely content opportunities
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Manage department administrative tasks such as invoicing and creating supplier contracts
- Ensure all content adheres to editorial guidelines, medical accuracy standards and sponsored content requirements
- Additional duties as required
Desired Skills & Qualifications:The ideal candidate must have experience editing service-based health journalism and enthusiasm for creating wellness and condition content.
- 6+ years of experience as a digital editor.
- Robust background writing about complex, nuanced health and wellness topics.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to follow an ever-evolving content calendar.
- Must be comfortable overseeing multiple stories at once, all at various stages of the writing process.
- Experience working across multiple publications simultaneously, adapting pitches, writing, and editing to align with each brand's ethos
- Experience working with freelance writers, copy editors, and fact checkers.
- Basic knowledge of image sourcing through platforms such as Getty.
- Experience building stories in a CMS.
- Experience and familiarity with SEO best practices.
- Self-directed work style, but very comfortable collaborating with others.
- Experience working on sponsored or branded health content is a bonus.
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism or a related field
The requested salary range for this position is from $85,000 - $100,000
What happens next?If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
