Newsletter Editor, theSkimm

Position

the Skimm, a part of Everyday Health Consumer, is hiring a Newsletter Editor for the Daily Skimm. This role requires working a non‑traditional schedule, Sunday to Thursday, and may involve covering additional shifts as needed.

The Newsletter Editor will help assign and edit stories for the Daily Skimm, a key product that delivers motherhood‑focused news, trends, and analysis. You will pitch and edit stories across verticals such as work, care, health, sports, tech, money, and politics, and shape the Skimm’s email value proposition.

• Help direct daily pitch meetings, set assignments for the newsletter, send out lineups, and offer feedback and edits on writers’ outlines.
• Continue to shape the Skimm’s email value proposition, delivering unique coverage of what’s happening in the world and why it matters to our readers.
• Work closely with the Senior Editor and writers to assign and edit content for the Daily Skimm.
• Make editorial decisions around how we cover stories and navigate complex topics, with an eye for precision, nuance, and voice.
• Collaborate with other editorial stakeholders on content planning to ensure a steady flow of content that fits the Daily Skimm.
• Work closely with the Senior Editor to identify modules, utilities, and tools that could serve as extensions of our content, ensuring their implementation, execution, and promotion.
• Regularly use data and audience insights to optimize content formats and distribution, and find opportunities to connect these to existing or new products.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• A self‑starter who lives and breathes content and is tuned into the conversations women are having online and off.
• 3+ years of digital editing/production experience.
• 2+ years of managing newsletter products and workflows.
• A love of news and of explaining complex stories.
• Sharp news judgment and the ability to curate a newsletter for our target audience.
• Demonstrated experience using audience and performance data to inform editorial strategy.
• A deep interest in and knowledge of our core coverage verticals, including news, health, money, tech, sports, lifestyle, and culture.
• The energy and creativity to bring big ideas and partner across the organization to execute on them.
• Proven ability to work professionally and seamlessly with other departments — sales, product, design, etc. — and find ways to serve the audience while meeting business priorities.
• Strong management skills with both direct and indirect reports and the ability to mobilize peers around shared priorities.
• Strong organizational and problem‑solving skills, particularly around project management, time management, and scheduling.
• Passion for the Skimm and its mission.

Everyday Health offers competitive salaries in the $80,000 to $100,000 range, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts, a 401(k) with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, paid holidays, family building and caregiving support, generous Family Care and Parental leave, Fitness Reimbursement, and access to wellness programs. This is a full‑time role.

Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is focused on fairness, equal opportunity and belonging, enabling the best talent to thrive worldwide.