The Consumer Advice team at U.S. News & World Report, which strives to help people make smarter decisions when it comes to saving and spending, careers, investing and retirement, is seeking a Careers Reporter for our online Careers content (https://money.usnews.com/careers).
This position includes extensive reporting, writing and some editing. The beat covers a wide range of careers topics, including applying for jobs, interviewing for jobs, salaries and benefits and workplace culture.
The reporter will also report on our popular Best Jobs rankings (https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings). Growing our audience, improving engagement and pursuing new and enterprising ways to cover the careers landscape are also integral parts of this position, which is located in Washington, D.C.
Responsibilities:
- Generate story ideas and write advice content regularly around Careers
- Contribute to a guiding Careers content strategy
- Work closely with data, product and design teams to improve our Best Jobs rankings product
Requirements:
- Two to three years of writing experience; reporting background in careers or business a plus
- Strong interest in careers topics, including applying for jobs, interviewing for jobs, salaries and benefits and workplace culture
- Ability to multitask and work on deadline in an extremely fast-paced, digital publishing environment
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills
- Experience with content management systems
- Working knowledge of and interest in U.S. News’s rankings projects and consumer advice content
- Strong understanding of SEO and experience with online analytics reporting
- Experience developing and maintaining relationships with freelancers
- Savvy with social media, including Twitter and Facebook
- College degree or equivalent
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.