Editorial Intern
Neighborhoods.com is looking for a Jack or Jill of all trades to help with a variety of tasks for 55places.com, our sister site and the #1 resource for active adult community information. You will have your hands in several aspects of our content department, including writing and editing, researching, fact-checking and, in general, being an extra set of hands and eyes for our team.
Essential qualifications:
- Confident writer with a keen eye for grammar and punctuation
- Savvy researcher — beyond just Googling — who can interpret data
- Some basic knowledge of real estate and architecture
- Ability to multitask
- Solid communication skills
- A team player ready to jump into an evolving content and editorial operation
What you’ll be doing:
- Collecting and compiling data for specific posts
- Building and creating content for community pages
- Identifying post ideas that will appeal to a national audience
- Researching age-restricted communities and collecting facts and stats
- Identifying high-value and large-scale neighborhoods that deserve additional coverage
- Photo outreach
- Reviewing community pages for accuracy
Benefits:
- If applicable, we’ll cooperate with ensuring you receive course credit and schedule around your classes
- Pay is $12/hr. Internship will last 3 months
Why Work With Us:
Neighborhoods.com prides itself on being an open, creative, and dynamic place to work. Everyone’s opinion is valued and we are building something amazing from the ground up. The office is full of people who work hard to meet their goals, enjoy each other’s company, and like to have fun. We have been featured in Crain’s Chicago and Inman.
Culture:
There is more to neighborhoods.com’s culture than the casual dress code, loft office, kegerator, and ping pong table—it’s about the ingrained principles of honesty, integrity, equality, and fairness. Employees from all departments regularly come together to share thoughts and ideas and assist one another in completing individual or common goals.