Are you a detail-oriented, skilled editor with a knack for improving personal finance content, a good sense of SEO strategy and the ability to help writers elevate their work? LendingTree is seeking a talented deputy editor to join our in-house SEO editorial team.
As a deputy editor, you will work with our in-house editorial team, as well as freelancers, to help create personal finance content for our personal loans and auto loans verticals. You will write and edit SEO articles, conduct keyword and competitor analysis, create outlines for freelancers and collaborate with our analysts to devise the best strategy to ensure our content ranks on the first page of Google search engine results and comprehensively answers readers’ most pressing personal finance questions.
You will work with both in-house and freelance writers to help improve their writing skills, elevate their SEO content and expand their personal finance knowledge. You’ll collaborate closely with other editors and SEO analysts to administer their assignments and projects. You will also work closely with our compliance department to ensure our content is 100% compliant. Other responsibilities may include special projects related to personal finance content and product reviews. The rest of your time may be spent assisting with writing, editing and outline creation on various personal finance verticals, as well as LendingTree’s studies and surveys.
REQUIREMENTS
The ideal candidate is someone who is extremely organized, has deep knowledge of personal finance content, possesses an understanding of and willingness to develop expertise in SEO best practices, and the ability to help coach writers and to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
- At least 3-5 years experience as a personal finance journalist or content marketing writer or editor (editing experience is preferred)
- Experience with SEO best practices and strategies
- Outstanding writing, editing and grammar skills and a strong commitment to accuracy and comprehensiveness
- Ability to give constructive feedback and coaching that results in improved content and elicits writer growth
- Impeccable communication, time-management and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively and lead multiple projects/tasks in a cross-disciplinary team
- Goal-oriented, growth and metrics-driven mindset
- Flexibility to adjust to an evolving role and adaptable to steady change within our fast-growing company
- A great attitude and the desire to produce highest-quality personal finance SEO content
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- Must be willing to complete a paid editing test
COMPANY
LendingTree is the nation’s largest online lending marketplace. That means we connect customers with multiple lenders so they find the best deals on loans, credit cards, savings accounts and insurance. Our goal is to help people save money, and we believe the best way to do that is by giving them a way to shop for loans and compare lenders so they make their best financial choices.
Our CEO Doug Lebda founded the company in 1996 after a frustrating house-hunting experience. In those days, we mostly helped people find good mortgage deals. Now, we help consumers find their best in personal loans, auto loans, business loans, student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, home equity loans and more.
What else you should know:
- We’re a publicly-traded company (TREE).
- We’ve welcomed several other companies into the LendingTree family to augment our efforts at helping borrowers make their most sensible financial choices.
- We’ve built the LendingTree app and LendingTree dashboard to give consumers tools to manage and monitor their financial health.
The base pay range for this position in Colorado/New York/California is $85,000-$90,000 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience
Incentive Compensation: Eligible for annual performance bonus
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) matching
CULTURE
We’re a fast-paced company with an entrepreneurial bend. We work hard and test our products often. We’re collaborative, ambitious, candid and high-energy. Our teammates are some of the brightest, most talented people you’ll ever work with. We care more about your smarts than we do about the kinds of clothes you wear (but please, do wear clothes to work!), and we’re pretty good about rewarding innovation, creativity and the knack for just getting stuff done (we even have an award for employees called the GSD, “Get Stuff Done”).
