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Updated March 14, 2024
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Health editor requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in health editor job postings.
Sample health editor requirements
- Bachelor's degree in health-related field
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Familiarity with HIPAA regulations
- Proficient in MS Office Suite
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Sample required health editor soft skills
- Strong ability to multi-task
- Highly organized with keen attention to detail
- Able to work independently and in a team environment
- Creative problem-solver
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Hearst health editor job description
Why Hearst Magazines?
Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.
But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels-print, digital, video, and social-with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Your Impact:
Men's Health is seeking a smart, enthusiastic Associate Health and Fitness Editor to shape health, nutrition, and fitness coverage across all channels of the Men's Health brand. Main responsibilities include staying on top of health, nutrition, and fitness news and trends, with an emphasis on men's health, nutrition, and fitness; assigning, editing, and/or writing breaking news stories; mining the latest medical research and scientific studies to update existing content; contributing to our affiliate commerce efforts in the health, nutrition, and fitness space; and assisting on long-lead print stories and service packages.
This position will report to the Executive Editor, Digital is based in New York City. We will not be able to consider remote candidates for this role.
Please note: For consideration, resumes must be received in PDF format with salary requirements and a link to a portfolio of work.
What you'll do:
* Conceive, assign, and edit a wide range of digital stories in a wide range of formats, from quick news hits to service explainers and first-person essays;
* Write news coverage, quickly and accurately, as needed;
* Surface compelling, untold stories and respond nimbly to conversations about health, nutrition, and fitness with stories that will generate buzz;
* Mine the latest medical research and scientific studies to update existing content per SEO practices;
* Partner closely with the audience development team to understand and act upon analytics to optimize engagement;
* Seek, manage, and grow relationships with both established writers and up-and-coming voices to contribute to print and web.
Who you are:
* A detail-oriented self-starter with a background in (and passion for) health, nutrition, and fitness coverage.
* Strong skills as an editor, tightening and crafting copy;
* Good judgment as to what works to drive audience and engagement in digital media;
* Must be a collaborator;
* Excellent at producing content with digital-friendly language
* Versed in using Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, other data tools;
* Open to experimenting with content types and persistent reinvention to create appropriate content for a digital audience
As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.
But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels-print, digital, video, and social-with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Your Impact:
Men's Health is seeking a smart, enthusiastic Associate Health and Fitness Editor to shape health, nutrition, and fitness coverage across all channels of the Men's Health brand. Main responsibilities include staying on top of health, nutrition, and fitness news and trends, with an emphasis on men's health, nutrition, and fitness; assigning, editing, and/or writing breaking news stories; mining the latest medical research and scientific studies to update existing content; contributing to our affiliate commerce efforts in the health, nutrition, and fitness space; and assisting on long-lead print stories and service packages.
This position will report to the Executive Editor, Digital is based in New York City. We will not be able to consider remote candidates for this role.
Please note: For consideration, resumes must be received in PDF format with salary requirements and a link to a portfolio of work.
What you'll do:
* Conceive, assign, and edit a wide range of digital stories in a wide range of formats, from quick news hits to service explainers and first-person essays;
* Write news coverage, quickly and accurately, as needed;
* Surface compelling, untold stories and respond nimbly to conversations about health, nutrition, and fitness with stories that will generate buzz;
* Mine the latest medical research and scientific studies to update existing content per SEO practices;
* Partner closely with the audience development team to understand and act upon analytics to optimize engagement;
* Seek, manage, and grow relationships with both established writers and up-and-coming voices to contribute to print and web.
Who you are:
* A detail-oriented self-starter with a background in (and passion for) health, nutrition, and fitness coverage.
* Strong skills as an editor, tightening and crafting copy;
* Good judgment as to what works to drive audience and engagement in digital media;
* Must be a collaborator;
* Excellent at producing content with digital-friendly language
* Versed in using Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, other data tools;
* Open to experimenting with content types and persistent reinvention to create appropriate content for a digital audience
As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Magazines will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024