Yahoo! Finance, Content Producer, Santa Monica

Yahoo! Finance– the #1 online financial news destination for over 11 million unique users per month– is looking for a hardworking, detail-oriented content producer.

The successful candidate will have four to five years of experience working for a major finance or news Website. The successful candidate must possess both strong production skills and solid editorial judgment.

This is not a 9-5 job. Occasional nights and weekends required.

This position is based in Santa Monica.

Reporting to the Director of Programming, the Yahoo! Finance Content Producer will be responsible for: updating the Yahoo! Finance homepage Monday-Friday with a shared schedule during weekends; producing daily, themed story packages, Monday through Friday. This involves choosing the best content from our partners to promote, building Web pages using HTML and packaging the editions with headlines and teasers; producing special edition story packages around four times per month. While this follows the same general process as the daily editions, special editions provide a deep dive on a given topic and, therefore, feature more content; regularly updating content on the Yahoo! Finance Personal Finance centers. Work with partners and business development to continually add fresh, compelling content while removing stale content. Make sure center homepages feature timely, relevant stories; serve as primary contact for columnists and edit each of their submissions; build and maintain internal partnerships to insure Yahoo! Finance news appears on other areas of the Yahoo! network, including myYahoo! and the Yahoo! homepage; provide guidance and feedback for associate content producer, who will also help develop content packages and; work closely with partners to insure we receive high quality content relevant to our audience.

The ideal candidate will have: three to five years of experience working with a major finance or news Website; proven ability to produce high-quality, compelling content packages on tight deadlines; excellent time management skills; strong attention to detail; excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills; experience working in a deadline-driven environment; strong familiarity with HTML and strong familiarity with the AP Styleguide.

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