We’re hiring a tech writer— one with unmatched taste in gadgets, apps, design products, games, and bargains —to be our Deal Master. This is a brand new gig that merges writing and product curation into a new kind of content-driven commerce. If you’re an equal fan of both Amazon Prime and Optimus Prime, we’ve got your gig!
What You’ll Do
The Deal Master will be the organization’s commerce fiend. If you aren’t buying products all the time, you’ve got to want to be. You’ll be obsessively researching, sourcing, and writing a daily feature that recommends the best technology buys on the web. You’ll begin publishing and discussing your feature on Gizmodo. Responsibilities will include:
researching tech and product deals, knowing what’s bullsh*t and what’s actually worth buying
stalking deal forums, knowing what products and retailers will get reader traction
sourcing original offers from retailers with some partnership-building
reading Gizmodo’s product review and design categories for inspiration
writing a daily deal roundup for the Gizmodo audience
leading discussion on products and deals in our reader discussion system (Kinja)
promoting your deal roundups on social media
tracking your feature’s success in our analytics tools
If all goes well and you prove your deal mastery, you’ll grow this gig to cover more tech sites, more publishing features, and more business functions.
Who You Are
stellar writer with online track record (1 to 3 years experience at a real publication or an insanely competent personal blog)
commerce wizard (loads of stacking discount codes and SlickDeals forums under your belt)
design fan (not a freak about form factor? here’s the door…)
Internet native citizen (Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Twitter, apps, etc)
NYC denizen
Note
The Deal Master is a role in a new team that aligns closely with editorial but is housed on the business side. You’ll be crafting a new type of commerce content that challenges the norm but knows its place. So should you. The gig reports to Gawker Media HQ in downtown NYC.
How To Get Here
Send an email to [email protected] with these things —
Intro note
Resume pasted in plain text
Links to a few writing samples
Links to your online worlds (Twitter, Svpply, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, forum profiles)
Short deals post written for Gizmodo readers with 3 good product recommendations
