The Associate Tech Editor will support the editorial vision, edit tech stories, guide production, and leverage analytics for content strategy, focusing on consumer tech.
The Opportunity:
Lifehacker is looking for an Associate Technology Editor to join our dynamic, tech-driven team. The successful candidate should have 3 years of experience. They’ll support the editorial vision of the senior tech editor and edit coverage that gives actionable advice based on what's actually happening in tech, including AI, home automation, VPNs, and/or online privacy and security across Windows, macOS, iPhone, Android, and third-party apps.
The right person is one obsessed with tech and helping others, and is able to help writers explain complicated processes in an understandable and approachable voice.
Lifehacker editors should also have shrewd judgment and a healthy skepticism of common advice.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the senior tech editor in setting the strategic editorial policy for our tech beat, commensurate with the company’s overall goals
- Help edit tech stories, pitch tech news, and support getting products to review.
- Support the senior tech editor in ensuring content across all platforms meets the highest standards of editorial excellence and positions the site as authoritative and agenda-setting
- Help the senior editor maintain the site’s editorial voice, anchored in conversational style and skepticism of conventional wisdom
- Help guide daily production of the team’s output across distribution channels
- Help track and meet targets for growing the reach, loyalty, and engagement of the audience for our food beat
- Able to leverage audience listening and analytics to create informed content pitches, plans and strategy
Job Qualifications:
- Have at least 3 years of experience writing about consumer tech, AI, home automation, VPNs, and/or online privacy and security across Windows, macOS, iPhone, Android, and third-party apps;
- Be capable of turning around stories ranging from news stories to longer features at a quick pace;
- Be comfortable asserting your opinion and substantiating why your advice is sound;
- Be comfortable working across teams to meet business goals;
- Be comfortable working across mediums, including video and podcasts;
- Be able to leverage audience listening and analytics to make informed content pitches;
- Be obsessed with tech and helping others, and able to explain complicated processes in an understandable and approachable voice;
- Have shrewd judgment and a healthy skepticism of common advice.
About Lifehacker
Lifehacker's mission is to be the go-to source of credible, practical, and creative advice to help anyone live better. We cover tech, cooking, health, finance, entertainment, parenting, home & garden, careers, and more. We have 18 years of brand recognition and broadcast across multiple platforms - like video, podcast, and newsletter. With almost 7 million readers, we leverage our approachable, down-to-earth voice to offer advice on difficult topics. Our advice is specific, practical, science-based, and actionable.
About Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, connectivity, health, cybersecurity, and martech. Today, Ziff Davis is focused on seven key verticals – Technology, Connectivity, Shopping, Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cybersecurity and Marketing Technology. Its brands include IGN, Mashable, RetailMeNot, PCMag, Humble Bundle, Spiceworks, Ookla (Speedtest), RootMetrics, Everyday Health, BabyCenter, Moz, iContact and Vipre Security.
Our Benefits
Ziff Davis, parent company to Lifehacker, offers competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness-focused benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as life and disability benefits. Our employees enjoy Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), a 401(k) with company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
We are committed to work-life balance with Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, and paid holidays. We offer family building and caregiving support and generous Family Care and Parental leave, when you need it. We also provide Fitness Reimbursement and access to wellness programs, ensuring our team stays healthy both physically and mentally.
At Ziff Davis, we remain dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We offer Employee Resource Groups, company-sponsored events, and regular opportunities for professional growth through educational support, mentorship programs, and career development resources. Our employees are recognized and celebrated through employee engagement programs and recognition awards.
If you're seeking a dynamic and collaborative work environment where you can see the direct impact of your performance and thrive both personally and professionally, then Lifehacker is the place for you.
Compensation Range
This is a union position covered by the NewsGuild of New York (LINK: https://nyguild.org). The contractual minimum salary for this position is $65,000.
Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has always been about fairness, equal opportunity, and belonging. We are committed to maintaining a safe and professional work environment for all employees.
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