Senior Writer, Local Commerce

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.

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 finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news — with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

At Yahoo, we believe everyone deserves to easily find the best local services to solve their problems, big or small. From moving, to leaky faucets, to dream landscaping projects; we want to be the go-to resource for people seeking reliable and trustworthy service providers, serving our loyal daily users and expanding our distribution to meet millions more users where they are. Building the best guide to the Internet (and the world) requires building the best team. That’s where you come in …

A lot about you

 The Yahoo Local team seeks an experienced Writer to create best-of guides, help and how-to articles related to local businesses, as well as profiles and evaluations of those services - such as movers, plumbers, HVAC services, locksmiths, and much more.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record of creating successful performance marketing content, pitching creative and unique story ideas, building articles in a CMS, interviewing experts, updating existing articles and testing products and services. Experience covering local businesses is a benefit. You’ll be detail-oriented, deeply understand SEO and industry trends, and be passionate about crafting creative and engaging content that builds trust.  
 

Responsibilities:

• Write, edit, and publish a variety of well-researched and sometimes sourced local service-focused articles

• Pitch timely, creative story ideas based on research into local service sectors that align with the project’s mission

• Work on strict deadlines 

• Utilize Yahoo’s CMS to build new articles and update content

• Willingness and ability to build expertise in new local service markets

• Stay abreast of evolving user interests 

• Utilize SEO best practices to optimize content for search engines and improve content performance

• Quickly learn and utilize Yahoo Local’s style and voice

Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience writing commerce-focused, help and how-to and/or review content

• Direct experience creating commerce-type content and knowledge of the market for it

• Exceptional copywriting and editing skills

• Comfortable working within a CMS to build and update content

• Willingness to work unconventional schedules, including some weekends and holidays around major commerce events, such as Amazon Prime Day

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, goal-driven team environment

• Strong analytical and organizational skills and an aptitude for attention to detail

• Team-player mindset and willingness to pitch in on any project to help get the job done

• Obsessed with reader experience, always looking to inform and engage our readers

• Strong editorial judgment, knowledge of standards & style

• Passion for learning new things and covering subjects outside of immediate comfort zone

• Ability to create authoritative content in areas you may not be a true expert in

This role is either fully remote or you can opt to work at one of our Yahoo offices across the US.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $72,750.00 - $151,250.00/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.

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