Fitness Editor, Womens Health

This is a Full Time Job

Hearst Magazines' portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S. - including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics - inspires, entertains and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social and print , reaching nearly 139 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.

We are a global media company that publishes nearly 260 magazine editions and 200 websites around the world and, t ogether, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Your impact:

Women's Health is looking for a fitness editor with sharp reporting, writing, and editing skills and a deep understanding of and passion for the current fitness landscape to help develop actionable and engaging content across all our platforms.

Women's Health is dedicated to helping women live their happiest, healthiest lives. We produce digital, print, and social content across multiple pillars including health, fitness, beauty, sex & love, and news.

Please note: For consideration for this position, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work. This is a full-time, New York City-based role.

What you'll do:
• Write, assign, and edit fitness content across all WH platforms (digital, print, social, etc.) ranging from SEO explainers to product reviews to e-commerce articles

• Assign and edit fitness stories to outside contributors as well as junior staffers

• Work with the executive health & fitness director to set fitness lineups and pitch a variety of fitness content across categories (a passion for ideating and pitching is an absolute must!)

• Write fitness and technical workout articles; interview experts, analyze studies, translate fitness, exercise, and human anatomy jargon into understandable content, and more

• Inform WH's strategy and breadth of coverage through a profound knowledge of the current fitness industry and a sense of the future landscapes

• Help produce larger fitness projects including workout guides and gear awards packages

Who you are:
• You have at least 3-5 years of post-grad experience with editing and writing content for consumer publications, digital and/or print; a background in fitness reporting and/or fact-checking is a plus

• You have experience editing fitness-focused stories and service pieces

• You are interested in fitness topics and have a passion for helping more people understand and access fitness content

• You understand SEO best practices and are able to use Google Analytics, SEMRush, or other tools

• You keep your finger on the pulse when it comes to workout and gear trends

• A personal training and/or other fitness certification is a plus

The base salary for this role is between $67,000 and $72,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future

This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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