The Yahoo commerce team is looking for an experienced associate health writer to create shopping guides in the health and wellness space and support day-to-day activities. In this role, you will create product reviews and best of lists in the health category, focused on a 35+ to senior audience — think hair loss products, aging-well health trends and products, hearing aids, supplements, a-home testing kits, etc — across Yahoo and AOL. 

The ideal candidate will have health writing experience with a proven track record of creating successful performance marketing content, working with and creating rubrics, building articles in a CMS, interviewing experts, updating existing articles and testing products. You’ll be extremely detail-oriented and have a deep understanding of SEO, along with industry trends, and be passionate about crafting creative and engaging content that builds trust. This role is either fully remote or you can opt to work at one of our Yahoo offices across the US. 

Responsibilities:

• Write, edit, and publish well-researched and sourced health-focused articles in a timely manner 

• Work within the CMS to build new articles and update content

• Pitch timely ideas that will be relevant to our users and mission

• Create and maintain product rubrics

• Interview a panel of experts for quarterly packages

• Stay abreast of evolving user interests 

• Utilize SEO best practices to optimize content for search engines and improve content performance.

• Quickly pivot and adapt to both Yahoo and AOL’s style and voice

Requirements:

• 2-4 years experience working with health-focused content

• Ideally 2+ years of experience creating commerce content

• Must be based in the United States

• Exceptional copywriting and editing skills

• A love for creating and maintaining spreadsheets

• Comfortable working within a CMS to build and update content

• Willingness to work unconventional schedules, including some weekends and holidays around major tentpoles

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, goal-driven team environment

• Strong analytical and organizational skills and an aptitude for attention to detail

• Team-player mindset and willingness to pitch in on any project to help get the job done

• Obsessed with reader experience, always looking to inform and engage our readers

• Strong editorial judgment, knowledge of standards & style

• A strong conversational writer/editor

• Passion for keeping up with health and wellness trends and cutting-edge products and science

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.

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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