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Thrillist is looking for a dynamic Staff Writer to join our expanding Entertainment team. This ideal candidate is an idea machine, and has a knack for quickly synthesizing trending pop-culture topics in ways that go beyond mere news aggregation, without sacrificing voice. This role will also be tasked with maintaining and expanding on our obsessive service coverage of existing and upcoming TV shows and movies on all platforms, so an omnivorous appetite for all things entertainment and a proactive, organized approach are essential. The Staff Writer should be keenly interested in understanding who our audience is and how we can be most useful to them. You’ll use your extensive knowledge, curiosity, and sense of humor to help our readers better enjoy and explore the pop-culture landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Work with team editors to write and publish multiple engaging, reader-focused entertainment stories per day

• Contribute enthusiastically to brainstorms and team projects, in addition to taking on assignments from editors

• Bring the same level of urgency to every task, whether it's a short write-up or a research-intensive feature

• Have an understanding of who's reading our stories and how to reach them most effectively

• Consistently deliver stories on deadline, and proactively pitch stories and tackle workload

• Use data insights and analytics to better understand our audience, and to inform pitches, selection, and execution

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience writing about entertainment

• Fast, productive writer with an engaging voice and legitimate organization skills

• Ability to produce short and mid-length articles with little oversight

• Strong understanding of SEO best practices, as well as how stories are read and distributed over social platforms

• Excellent communicator and collaborative team member

• Proficient with CMS and image-sourcing

• On camera and podcast experience a plus

About Group Nine:

Group Nine Media is one of the world's largest digital-first media companies and the #1 publisher on Facebook Watch, boasting over 5 billion monthly video views [source: Crowd platform specific analytics modules] and reaching 81% of U.S. adults in their 20s [source: Nielsen]. With over 120 million social engagements each month [source: ListenFirst Media], Group Nine's brands are built for consumption on the platforms where young people spend the majority of their time. Group Nine is home to NowThis (the no. 1 most watched social news brand in the world), The Dodo (the no. 1 animal brand on social), Thrillist (the most trusted digital brand in food, drink, travel & entertainment) and Seeker (the digital leader in science and curiosity). Group Nine recently acquired Emmy nominated, Cannes Lion and Sundance Film Festival award-winning production studio, JASH.

We offer great benefits such as medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), PTO, company paid AD&D, Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term disability, and much more! 

We are a team of people from various social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds who value professional development and work/life balance. It’s our belief that our team and our work are both made better by our diversity.

Group Nine Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

Group Nine Media is also a participant in e-verify.