Branded Content Writer

theSkimm’

We’re hiring a full-time Branded Content Writer to join our Creative Studio team.

About our team and what we’ll build together

Our Creative Studio team is home to writers, editors, designers, and producers who communicate our partners’ messaging throughout our ecosystem as well as on their owned and operated channels. Our partners are upstarts, Fortune 500 companies, and anything in between.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, creative Writer who’s ready to jump right in, think outside the box, and produce un-ignorable work for our partners. They’ll work closely with our Brand Strategy and Account Management teams to develop concepts for pitches and with our Client Services team to execute best-in-class campaigns across a variety of platforms — including newsletter, social, web, audio, text messaging, and events.

This role covers all categories and all of our campaigns are designed to add value to the lives of our audience. Every day provides the chance to learn something new (seriously!) and make uniquely engaging content that helps theSkimm meet (or exceed!) revenue goals.

How you’ll contribute to our mission

• Leverage assets from theSkimm’s brand partners to craft copy for newsletter, web, audio, social, video, SMS, and experiential experiences that our target audience will look forward to consuming
• Iterate thoughtfully based on feedback from internal stakeholders and clients
• Partner with the Client Services, Account Management, Brand Strategy, Sales, and cross-functional teams to pitch and create effective content based on client KPIs and expectations — while maintaining theSkimm’s brand and editorial standards
• Stay abreast of industry trends and innovations, platform best practices, and what theSkimm’s competitors (and other cool brands!) are making
• Prepare for and bring fresh ideas to brainstorms

You’re ready for this! Here’s a bit more about what we’re looking for

• 3–5 years of experience working in digital media, marketing, or advertising
• Experience writing articles of varying length and creating for social media
• Excellent (copy)writing skills
• Ability to adapt to an editorial voice
• A strong pulse on web, social, video, and audio trends
• Knowledge of theSkimm and appreciation of its mission
• A self-starter and a team player
• Attention to detail

What would set you apart

• Passion for theSkimm brand and our products
• Interest in, knowledge of, and experience within the branded content industry
• A healthy appetite for news and pop culture
• The perfect blend of creativity and journalistic instinct
• Curiosity and a hand-raising attitude
• Strong organizational skills and comfort working in project management software like Asana, Monday.com, or Jira
• A portfolio that includes audio and video scripting
• Experience creating content for a variety of client categories including finance, food & bev, entertainment, tech, retail, health & wellness, auto, and beauty
• A track record of coming up with solutions when faced with challenges

This role’s expected annual base salary is $70,000-$85,000. We’ll consider various factors when determining the offered base salary, including evaluating a candidate’s skills, abilities, experience, location, market demands, and internal parity.

Why we love working here

We are mission driven and values driven:

We are collectively building an impactful brand to empower generations of informed, confident women. Our vision is for every woman to have the info they need to navigate a complex world and the decisions in it. Every role has a purpose and allows us to provide useful information succinctly and contextualized. We tee her up to take action – whichever action is right for her, wherever she is.

We are values driven at every point – how we work, the way we work and our culture come straight from our core values. Each of us supports this incredible brand and takes part in its continued growth, fulfilling the needs of our audience each and every day.

We put you and your personal lives first – we have a generous benefits policy that demonstrates we are listening to what our employees need:

• Unlimited vacation policy and generous holiday observances
• Encouraged days off on your birthday and your work anniversary (Skimm’versary)
• A hybrid working model with flexibility for remote work
• Comprehensive insurance plans and commuter benefits
• Auto-enrollment into an Empower 401(k) plan starting on your first day and employer contribution available after one year of employment
• Rewards for every Skimm’versary
• One month paid sabbatical after your five year Skimm’versary as a full-time employee

We support our parents at all points on their journey:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers (adoption, fostering and surrogacy included)
• Bereavement leave for pregnancy loss
• Phased return to work schedule availability
• Flexibility based on parental schedules
• Access to family building and fertility benefits
• Flexible and broad-scale child support program

Your well being is our priority:

• We honor Sacred Time in our workplace
• We have aligned company “time off” during the summer to truly allow for us all to break from our work at the same time
• We offer fitness membership reimbursement
• We offer subsidized plans to Classpass
• Pet benefits are available for your furry friends
• One Medical Membership is included with our benefits at no cost to you

We have a vibrant, collaborative, and supportive culture (we celebrate and have fun!):

• Weekly company updates led by our leadership team
• Annual employee award ceremony to celebrate individual accomplishments
• Clubs and activities designed to meet other employees like Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), volunteer opportunities, off-sites, and wellness focused classes
• Numerous culture events that enable our workforce, in the office and remote, to connect and have fun

Your career and development are a priority:

• Annual learning and development stipend
• Regular leadership development trainings that are geared toward creating strong and effective leaders
• An internal mobility program designed to give our employees opportunities to grow and explore different career paths
• DEI initiatives to ensure we are the best partners and colleagues to each other
• Career development guidance and planning

And more…

Competitive salary and equity packages
The opportunity to be part of a values-driven, hardworking, and diverse group of people building a media company that makes it easier to live smarter

About the office

This is a full-time role based in New York, NY with flexibility for remote work.

Our office is available to use three days a week – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We have a hybrid environment and ask that employees within the New York Metro area come together in person a minimum of three days per month. All other days are up to the discretion of the employees during the three days a week that the office will be open.

Our story, Skimm’d

We are a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. We make it easier to live smarter.

At our core, we are writers, editors, producers, designers, marketers, engineers, analysts, sellers, creatives, and strategists all working together to achieve this goal.

Every day we’re breaking down the news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women so that they can navigate their daily lives and futures – from managing their paychecks to casting their ballots – with confidence. We provide our dedicated audience of millions with reliable, non-partisan, information, informing and empowering them while fitting into their daily routines.

Since disrupting the media landscape and defining a new category a decade ago, theSkimm has become a trusted source for its audience of millions by seamlessly integrating into their existing routines, fundamentally changing the way they consume news and make decisions. Today theSkimm ecosystem includes the Daily Skimm, the Daily Skimm: Weekend, Skimm Money and Skimm Your Life newsletters, B2B marketer’s newsletter The SKM Report, the “9 to 5ish with theSkimm” podcast, and theSkimm mobile app. theSkimm also houses Skimm Studios which creates innovative in-house video and audio content, and our in-house creative agency SKM Lab, which conceptualizes, develops, and produces innovative solutions and content for brands to engage with generations of informed women. theSkimm’s first book, How to Skimm Your Life, debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Through Skimm Impact, theSkimm’s our purpose-driven platform, the company is dedicated to creating change for women. We are proud to support get-out-the-vote efforts with Skimm Your Ballot, which has spurred over two million voting-related actions across the last four election cycles. We have mobilized hundreds of companies to join our #ShowUsYourLeave movement, which has created transparency and pushed for progress for Paid Family Leave in the U.S. And we’re empowering women to take agency of their lives and control of their futures through our State of Women initiative, grounded in a study conducted by The Harris Poll.

Come join us!

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