Business Lifestyle Writer

G/O Media is the publisher of the web’s most original media brands, including Gizmodo, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Quartz, The A.V. Club, The Inventory, The Root, The Onion, The Takeout and reaches over 100 million unique visitors a month. We connect with the young, diverse audiences that are shaping our future. Through fearless journalism, provoking comedy, and high-impact storytelling, we elevate the stories and issues our readers and viewers are passionate about.

About the role:
Quartz is seeking a talented, high-metabolism business lifestyle writer to cover the most interesting stories in wealth, luxury, and the intersection of the two. We’ll provide a supportive environment that values entrepreneurialism and offers constructive feedback and career growth. You’ll bring strong news judgment, crisp writing, a collaborative spirit, and genuine enthusiasm for covering a wide range of business lifestyle stories. We’ll be looking for speed, accuracy, and creative approaches to stories and storytelling formats for covering interesting and noteworthy business lifestyle topics. This includes how the world’s richest people invest or can invest their money, and how they spend or can spend it on luxury real estate, travel, retail, and more.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Pitch, take assignments, report, and write hourly, daily, and other stories on the business and culture of wealth and luxury, delivering high-quality and timely copy.
Help drive audience growth by using digital best practices and innovative storytelling techniques.
Foster strong, collaborative relationships with editors and reporters across the newsroom.

Qualifications:

At least 1-3 years’ experience as a reporter for a digital news publisher. Lifestyle or business news experience preferred.
Ability to juggle multiple stories of different types, at different speeds, and on different topics.
Some understanding of digital best practices — including story selection, framing, and SEO — is preferred.
A passion for hourly and daily news, and the proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement of the WGA-E with a minimum of $64,000.00 up to a range of $65,000.00 annually, dependent upon years of related experience.

G/O Media is deeply committed to fostering a transparently inclusive workplace environment and people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQIA+ candidates are very strongly encouraged to apply. Our company-wide mission is to reach very diverse audiences and so, we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.