Deputy Editor, Legal (Remote)

Company Description

Forbes Advisor is a new initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance.

We’re dedicated to helping turn aspirations into reality. We do this by providing consumers with the knowledge and research they need to make informed financial decisions they can feel confident in, so they can get back to doing the things they care about most.

Job Description

Forbes Advisor Legal is looking for a Deputy Editor with legal writing and editing experience to join the Forbes Advisor Legal team.

Forbes Advisor Legal offers quality content on a wide range of legal topics, including practice areas like personal injury law, family law, criminal law, best attorneys by location and more. We strive to stand out from the pack as a neutral, trusted source of genuinely helpful legal content so that readers can easily absorb, understand and feel confident in their next steps. 

Responsibilities:

• Help the Managing Editor build and scale legal content efforts, including managing the day-to-day content workflow
• Find, recruit and onboard freelancers with legal expertise. Train and support freelancers on how to use Forbes Legal tools and style guides
• Work with the Content team to build best practices for legal content strategies, including content, templates, imagery and social media standards
• Leverage data and SEO best practices to create monthly topics for freelancers that include explanatory content, how-tos, roundups, best-ofs and product reviews
• Work collaboratively with the global editorial, data and SEO teams to produce legal content
• Serve as primary editor for Best Attorney articles (i.e. Best Personal Injury Attorneys in Dallas), including building methodologies to rate and rank attorneys

Requirements:

• Law degree from an ABA-accredited law school required
• At least 3-5 years of experience in online legal journalism
• Demonstrably strong understanding of legal content
• Experience with SEO best practices, willingness to learn and expand SEO skills
• Strong understanding of voice and tone 
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented
• Nimble and open to quick changes in strategy
• A passion for writing and good editing skills, especially the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package
• Full benefits
• Flexible working hours, ability to work from home
• Home office stipend
• Unlimited vacation

Additional Information

Forbes Marketplace provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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