Job Description

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A little about us:

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love — from news and sports, to finance, shopping and gaming — with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day.

At Yahoo News, we are laser-focused on making discovery delightful and becoming the world’s best curator for our 35 million daily users and expanding our distribution to meet millions more users where they are. Our North Star is to be a trusted guide to high quality digital content, empowering you to make informed choices and achieve your goals, big and small. Building the best guide to the Internet (and the world) requires building the best team.

A lot about you: 

Yahoo News is seeking an entrepreneurial political ”Guide” to help lead our coverage of the 2024 election cycle and beyond. This is a new role and will extend beyond the bounds of traditional reporting. Your primary function will be to help readers understand politics through a mixture of writing, curation, video, social presence, newsletters, and analysis across platforms. You will become a familiar and expected face and voice for our audience. You're comfortable at the center of a franchise and will be the go-to source for our readers on an issue or topic. You will connect people with politics in a way that makes clear how government and policies impact their lives – you understand the inner workings of the Washington bubble but you are far more passionate about illuminating what really matters to those who live outside it. You make the work accessible and relevant. A large part of this role will entail diving into the broad spectrum of content from Yahoo’s partner network and creating new, digestible experiences to best surface the stories to help readers navigate the election and get caught up and informed quickly.

At Yahoo, our Guides are multifaceted journalists who help users decode complex topics and news narratives. You possess a wide array of journalistic skills and are able to deploy them in the most effective way to reach readers. You are relentlessly focused on facts, delivering a non-partisan report, and quickly identifying important narratives that haven't gotten enough attention. You have prior experience in a fast-paced newsroom. You’re plugged into conversations happening in social communities as part of your news-gathering process, and you have a proven track record of starting and shaping those conversations. As part of the Yahoo News team, expect to work in all formats: live blogs, newsletters, social video and other new exciting things yet to emerge.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a lead Guide and distinctive voice for Yahoo News 2024 election and broader politics coverage, delivering strong curation and digestible explanatory features in multimedia formats across platforms (newsletter, guidebooks, social, etc.)

• Manage multiple projects and meet several daily deadlines – one day’s work might involve contributing to a live blog, work on a core format like the Yahoo News 360 while also creating a video version of your work for social platforms

• Attend regular editorial meetings that outline daily and long-term content priorities 

• Spot unique angles and narratives to help Yahoo News journalism stand out

• Active, engaged (and facts-forward and non-partisan!) external-facing presence as the Yahoo News Politics Guide

• Find ways to make our journalism connect with new and diverse audiences

• Interact with an array of teams, including newsletters, social media, video production, curation and copy editing

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional newsroom experience, some of that as a dedicated politics reporter covering elections at a competitive news outlet, and some in experimental, non-traditional audience roles, including curation, social or newsletters

• Professional, adaptable and collegial in a fast-paced, innovative product environment

• Comfortable reporting on camera for on-network and social video platforms 

• Solid news judgment and a strong portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability to break down complex topics and connect with a general audience 

• Passion for innovative digital storytelling experiences

• Active social media presence, a sizable following, and a history of positively engaging with online communities in a non-partisan way

• Willingness to work occasional nights, weekends, or whenever news demands

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $90,750.00 - $188,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.