Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Editor to add to our growing content team. The content team’s primary mission is to create helpful content to support Babylist users in their parenting journey, whether it’s building their baby registry, finding the best products for their families or getting support for questions they have while growing their families or as new parents. While this role will focus on-site content, the content team also includes social, editorial emails and video.
This role will report to the Executive Editor.

Who You Are

  • You have a strong editorial background
  • You are a seasoned writer and editor and can write and create your own content, as well as assign and edit the content of others
  • You should have a reporting background and be very comfortable finding and interviewing sources for articles
  • You should be adaptable to the Babylist voice, have a solid understanding of SEO and be comfortable pulling and reading data
  • You are incredibly user-focused

What You’ll Do

  • Focus on the health, pregnancy and parenting verticals, so deep baby product knowledge isn’t required (though interest is nice to have!)
  • Create engaging and useful content across mediums
  • Work cross-functionally to enable the Babylist team as a whole from a content perspective
  • Edit and work with freelancers and staff writers

What You’ve Done

  • Background in lifestyle or health-related content (pregnancy and parenting experience is a very nice to have!)
  • Previous management experience a plus, including freelancers
  • Excellent writer and editor
  • Strong reporter

About Babylist

At Babylist, we help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby. Founded in 2011, Babylist is a popular baby gift registry in the US. We serve millions of families every year to help them make the journey to parenthood less overwhelming and more fun. Families can add any item from any store to their registry, including products Babylist directly sells, alongside meaningful gifts like babysitting and meals, which they can’t buy in stores. The baby retail market is underserved and Babylist is well positioned to be the trusted brand that helps new families through this monumental life stage. In the US alone, 4 million babies are born every year and we have over 1.5 million new families signing up to create a baby registry with us annually. This year, 10M loved ones will give the perfect gift using Babylist.

Why You Will Love Working at Babylist:
 • We get stuff done
 • We have a real impact on people’s lives
 • We’re passionate about our users and we genuinely appreciate them
 • We work at a sustainable pace for long-term success (yes, we’re profitable)
 • We are growing and have meaningful opportunities for career advancement
 • We’re a technological and data-driven business
 • We believe in autonomy and reward taking initiative
 • We have experienced leadership that is always open to new ideas
Benefits:
 • Competitive pay
 • Competitive health benefits including company-funded medical, dental, and vision
 • 401(k), FSA plans, and disability insurance
 • Flexible, paid parental leave policy
 • Work laptop, tools that you’ll need to be successful, and remote working stipend for office set-up
 • Company-wide events and meetings to connect with the broader Babylist team
 • We work at a sustainable pace; in general we don’t work late or on weekends
If your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms – skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We know that diversity makes for the best problem-solving and creative thinking, which is why we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply.