Editor, Credit Cards – REMOTE

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Editor, Credit Cards

Yahoo Finance is seeking a skilled, forward-looking editor and content specialist to help guide our coverage of credit cards and rewards programs as part of our evergreen personal finance content effort. We’re looking for an experienced, creative, and thoughtful individual who knows how to make freelance and staff writers operate at the highest levels of quality and integrity while ensuring every team member’s contributions are valued. The editor’s goal will be to create and maintain high-quality, consumer-focused content and tools on credit cards, rewards programs, and related subjects that help people manage their use of credit cards and give them the information and confidence they need to make smart personal finance decisions.

The successful candidate will bring a creative and rigorous approach to assigning and editing articles and a proven record of tracking content production and performance, updating and optimizing articles and tools, and collaborating with product, engineering, design, and other departments.

Responsibilities:

• Conceive and build content and tool roadmaps for credit cards and other personal finance topic areas
• Assign and edit articles
• Work closely with freelance contributors and staff writers
• Guide and support writers, collaborate with other editors
• Occasionally write articles
• Monitor article and other content performance against SEO and revenue targets
• Test, learn, and iterate on user experiences, article formats and other optimization areas
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and design on new user experiences and tools that help Yahoo Finance users build wealth
• Collaborate with compliance, PED, legal, business, and other teams to map and execute growth strategy

Qualifications:

• 5+ years as a writer and editor in personal finance content marketing or journalism
• Experience covering credit cards, rewards programs, credit scores, and the use of credit
• Careful, detail-oriented line and copy editing skills
• A strong understanding of SEO
• Experience building and using content workflow and monitoring systems
• Understanding of how to monitor content against SEO and revenue metrics
• Understanding of how content, product, and commerce work together in an affiliate marketing environment
• A test-and-learn mindset
• A keen awareness of trends in online content, content marketing and financial journalism
• Familiarity with the personal finance challenges faced by Americans
• Empathy for people facing those challenges

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $90,750.00 – $188,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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