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Staff Writer
Meredith
New York, NY, United States
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Job Title
Staff Writer - Parents
The Staff Writer writes stories for Parents’ front of the book columns and features, including beauty, lifestyle, cleaning/organizing, child development, and more. The editor helps create issue lineups, writes columns and features and, in collaboration with the art department, assures the quality of story design, graphic elements, and production. The ideal candidate should be an excellent voicey copywriter and a fast, enterprising editor who can come up with creative ideas, quickly capture the unique voice, champion reader's interests and consistently meet tight deadlines.
Essential Job Functions
50%
Writes copy for lifestyle, beauty, and other FOB and BOB columns
30%
Pitches and writes features
20%
Performs admin duties (contracts), attends merch desksides, photo shoots, events.
Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements| All must be met to be considered.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or related field, or equivalent training and/or experience.
Experience:
5+ years staff magazine writing and/or editing experience.
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Excellent writing skills, with the ability to translate those to others.
Experience writing beauty copy preferred.
Strong leadership skills.
Knowledge and experience editing and managing freelance writers
Demonstrate creativity in story conception and development, including strong visual skills.