Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Forbes Advisor is hiring a Staff Writer for its SMB team to cover business products and services for small businesses. The role researches and tests products, develops expert reviews, and collaborates with the managing editor on review priorities.
Responsibilities
- Research products and services, focusing on use case, price and other metrics relevant to readers in the market to buy
- Review methodologies to provide input on which providers and data points to evaluate for best-of content
- Test products and services to develop an expert sense of how they work and who they’re right for
- Take a hand-on approach to research to determine the value of what you’re reviewing, including capturing photos of products/services to help illustrate the user experience to our audience
- Write expert reviews breaking down the pros and cons of each product or service you review
- Collaborate with the managing editor to determine priority for which products and services get reviewed next
- Timely responses to Slack messages and emails
Skills
- At least 2 years' experience in small business journalism
- Preferably in the applicable product reviews space
- Experience reviewing SMB products and services
- 3-5 years of experience in online journalism
- Strong communication and task management skills
- Demonstrably strong understanding of the small business space
- Experience with SEO best practices
- Willingness to learn and expand SEO skills
- Extremely organized, meticulous and detail-oriented
- Nimble and open to quick changes in strategy
- Quick learner
Benefits
- Remote work
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