Associate Editor, Advice Products

Full job description

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews.

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

The Associate Editor position is part of Advice Products, a team that works on product content such as profile pages, landing pages and methodology pages. The role focuses on content for the Health and Education verticals, and will also work intermittently on content for Careers, Real Estate, Law or other verticals. The primary responsibilities of this role are fact-checking, line editing and copy editing. Other duties include working in a content management system and updating content using SEO best practices.

This position works closely with many stakeholders, including product managers, technology specialists, SEO professionals and other editors. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and has a keen eye for proofreading and storytelling.

Are you up to the challenge?

• Fact-checking.
• Editing content for flow, consistency and accuracy.
• Update existing content and occasionally writing new content.
• Applying SEO best practices to improve visibility.
• Working in a content management system to enter new content and edit existing articles.
• Performing testing to ensure the website functions as expected.