The Staff Writer, Health and Fitness, is responsible for writing compelling original content for PopSugar.com. You’ll create and update daily articles – including SEO content, feature stories, news, and commerce content — across our health and fitness vertical. 

This position includes working with the Health and Fitness team to brainstorm topics, workshop headlines, and collaborate on seasonal themes and tentpoles.  Our ideal candidate is a speedy and accurate writer with a passion for Health and Fitness content who brings a strong sense of journalistic integrity and a positive team dynamic. 

This role reports to the Health and Fitness Content Director.

 

WHO WE ARE

PS’s Health and Fitness verticals make sense of the overwhelming amount of health-related and adjacent information online by cutting confusing jargon and offering trusted knowledge with inclusivity and relatability. Through honest and inspiring storytelling, we’ll bring a fresh and diverse perspective to the wellness landscape.

POPSUGAR is the go-to destination for diverse and undeniably cool women who crave wit and honesty in their everyday lives — from a fresh take on wellness, to the state of abortion rights, to deep dives on entertainment.

POPSUGAR is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Partner with the Sr. Editor and Content Director of Health and Fitness to identify and strategize content around evergreen and timely topics
• Research, write, edit, and produce multiple posts each day for POPSUGAR’s Health and Fitness vertical
• Create seasonal and themed features based on team and network brainstorms
• Work with team members on daily coverage and weekly/monthly editorial themes and planning
• Follow a wide range of wellness topics to identify opportunities to spotlight stories and talent
• Conduct original reporting and interviewing to produce in-depth features as needed
• Consider analytics and previous successes to pitch strategic, winning story ideas
• Work closely with other editors and writers on the team to develop and execute a content marketing plan for every story, including but not limited to: pitching to partners and social teams, getting brands and influencers to share, etc.

SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE:

• Exercising sound judgment on coverage, resulting in content that drives traffic and engagement
• Producing new pieces of standout original content each day 
• Driving site traffic growth in line with daily and monthly traffic budget
• Bringing new, intersectional perspectives and passions to PS with original, impactful content

 

WHO YOU ARE

If you are a writer with 3+ years of experience (preferably covering Health and Fitness topics) and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment, we want to hear from you.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is remote.

 

WHY VOX MEDIA? WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

 

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

 

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range$55,000—$74,000 USD