Lifehacker Hires Personal Finance Writer
Lifehacker is looking for a senior finance writer , which means we are looking for a certain type of person: our finance writers cover specialized topics, but these topics need to be explained in an accessible and practical way. In other words, you are not writing for the Financial Fucking Times and you have to be able to say things like “fuck” while maintaining your authority on the issues you care about.
This is an ongoing work with a wonderful team of writers who enjoy helping people, and your role on that team will obviously involve everything related to financial decisions: our financial advice ranges from basics like budgeting and retirement to more sophisticated and niche areas such as cryptocurrencies and NFT. Experience is obviously important, but the ability to provide sound advice to a wide range of readers is equally important. It means being overconfident and confident, but also thoughtful and empathetic.
This is a leadership role, so prior experience is required. You have to be smarter than me when it comes to money (and I know a decent amount).
Promoting ideas is often the hardest part; we write for so long that sometimes it may seem that we have already covered everything to death. But if you’re curious, overconfident, and capable of explaining complex financial concepts in a way that others can understand, you’ll love it here. There are student loans, wage negotiations, air miles, inflation, taxes, deals, scams, and more that I am not aware of to suggest, so suffice it to say that there is a lot of advice you can give.
According to our union contract, this is also union work with a minimum wage of $ 72,000. You can be in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. If you would like to apply, here is the link – just be considerate, experienced, kind and funny. If anything, this is what we are striving for.