Consumer Reports seeks deputy content editor for home and appliances

Consumer Reports is looking for an enthusiastic, organized, and creative editor to help develop the Home & Appliance division’s content strategy, covering everything from the best mattresses of the year and emerging and trending products to how to find an appliance during a shortage and how to lower your utility bills. You’ll work closely with our team of in-house writers and editors to deliver best-in-class, reader-focused service content across multiple platforms.

What You’ll Do

Assign, edit, and produce content for digital and print platforms.
Work with video and social media teams to produce engaging content.
Manage and mentor staff writers while overseeing delivery of timely, accurate content.
Partner with teams across our organization (test engineers and market analysts, as well as members of our survey, advocacy, statistics, communications, design, and other teams) to make on-strategy, data-driven content decisions.
Act as an in-house spokesperson or source for external media interviews, as well as a subject-matter expert on camera in CR videos.
Move content through the production process.
Pursue in-depth reporting and writing projects, as necessary.

ABOUT YOU

What We Need To See

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
At least five years of editing experience.
Experience managing and mentoring writers.
Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

What We’d Love To See

A passion for service journalism.
An enthusiasm for helping readers make informed choices and getting them the information they need to make the most of their home, keep their family safe, and spend their money wisely.
A delight in digging into the data to find and tell stories.
An editor who is organized and detail-oriented.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.