Overview

If you’re the one friend or relative everyone comes to for unofficial financial advice, we could use your help. We are looking for an experienced freelance editor to help shape and expand our coverage of personal finance software and services. Much has changed in the world of personal finance with the rise of online services for banking, tracking expenses, making budgets, and even investing. We’re looking for someone with experience using and writing about these services, who can look past the fintech darling of the week to find the products that will actually help our readers. You won’t be chasing fads but guiding writers’ research to cover long-term trends and establishing how we test and evaluate products. You’ll work closely with a staff writer and a senior editor to produce informative, engaging reviews and advice for our readers. This role will be primarily an editor position, but there is a possibility of writing, as well, depending on the candidate.

The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience covering personal finance products and services, with preference given to those with experience in online financial technology topics. A professional background in finance or accounting is a plus.

This is a freelance position with a guaranteed minimum of 20 hours a week, with the possibility of becoming full-time by the end of the year, depending on the success of the category. This job is remote, but limited office space may be available to candidates in New York City.

Requirements

  • Three-plus years of editorial experience covering technology and/or personal finance topics
  • Personal interest in finance and technology
  • A frank and forthcoming communicator
  • Flexible schedule, willingness to work for a flat fee on a per-project basis

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience collaborating with design or tech teams to create reader-facing interactive tools to inform decision making
  • Finance or finance-service background of some kind (accounting, bookkeeping, tax preparation, etc.)
  • Minimal animosity toward filing your personal tax return
  • Experience keeping a personal or household budget
  • Rolodex of like-minded writers interested in covering these topics
  • Experience collaborating with an art director and/or photo director to present content visually
  • Experience expressing complex ideas using visualizations such as charts, graphs, or infographics

To apply, please send the following with the subject line “Freelance Personal Finance Editor” to jobs@thewirecutter.com:

  • Inline cover letter (no attachments, no more than 600 words)
  • Résumé or CV (online or personal website preferred, attached PDF also okay)
  • Links to three pieces you’ve written or edited about technology or finance
  • Answers to these prompts (no more than 300 words each):
    • Describe an instance where you used an app or online tool to improve your personal finance management routine.
    • In your estimation, what is the biggest oversight most people commit when it comes to managing their finances, and what advice would you give them to fix it?

About The Wirecutter

The Wirecutter, and its associated sites, are about helping people find the best gear to buy using dozens of hours of research of all available sources and our own testing.

What’s different in how we do things is our directness in recommending people exactly what we would buy ourselves or recommend to our loved ones--we don’t ask people who are looking for our advice to click through multiple pages of reviews or meaningless industry news to exploit them for advertising inventory. We just give them our recommendation in a single page, and the evidence of why that is and why they should believe us, and let them them get on with their lives. It's that simple.

You may be aware that we run our company in service of our readers. Less known is our commitment to the people with which we work. We ask everyone who works here to be effective, to be efficient, and to move the needle every day.

In exchange, we offer you the ability to work from wherever on your own hours for competitive pay at a reasonable pace. We love working with people who can get it done in a world-class way and can communicate well with a team, and who know how to enjoy a balanced life outside of work.

Salary and perks: Although we are a small, bootstrapped company, we pride ourselves in offering competitive compensation including, but not limited to, healthcare coverage, PTO, and a flexible work schedule. We want to make sure every employee is happy and has the tools, resources, and knowledge to grow with the company.