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The Verge is seeking a talented and passionate technology reviewer to join our team in New York City. As a writer on our Guidebook team, you'll primarily be responsible for writing reviews of consumer tech, how-to articles, and buying guides. You'll also work with our video team to create video reviews and guides.
The Verge Guidebook reviews program is the essential guide to tech. Our goal is to help our massive audience decide what to buy, what not to, and how to use it all — but those are just the basics. Verge Guidebook goes further: our stories explain why the tech that’s impacting your life right now is worth paying attention to. Across video, photography, the web, and every platform imaginable, our reviews and guides educate our audience. We may be experts, but we don’t speak in arcane language and we always strive to tell stories in addition to measuring specs.
We prefer this position to be based in New York City; however, we're open to other locations for the right candidate. Please let us know in your cover letter if you're unable to perform this position in New York City.
What you'll do:
As a writer on this team, you will be responsible for delivering on those promises to our audience. You'll work closely with editors and producers in New York on tech reviews, finding the right angles on reviews to make even iterative updates on gadgets compelling to our audience. Along with reviews, you'll be expected to contribute to our how-to program and our periodic buying guides.
What you'll bring:
- Skills in organization, delegation, and operational efficacies
- Experience writing tech reviews for consumer audiences at established publications
- Be able to take meetings in New York City as needed
- Be able to work from our Manhattan office as necessary
- A deep passion for and expertise in consumer technology
Bonus points:
Our ideal candidate has strong editorial and organizational skills and expertise in writing about technology. You will hopefully have a broad base of knowledge about gadgets and software, but also have a deep understanding of at least one category of tech.
If this describes you, please submit: a cover letter that includes links to three stories you've written, a resume, and three how-to story ideas you’d pitch this week if you worked on The Verge Guidebook program.
About working at Vox Media: This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits—including flexible hours and generous parental leave. Vox Media strives to provide comprehensive healthcare options for our employees and to ensure that our healthcare and other benefits are LGBTQ-inclusive. You'll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that's challenging and fun—and who strive to maintain a healthy work/life balance.
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of 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.
