Staff Reporter

We’re looking for a Staff Reporter, Updates

Built In’s editorial team delivers high-quality reporting to millions of tech professionals, producing longform explainers, features and guides that help readers understand and navigate the evolving tech industry. While the core takeaways of these articles often remain relevant for years to come, the data, statistics and examples they reference can become outdated. As a reporter on our updates team, you will be tasked with updating, supplementing and expanding upon Built In’s existing content with new research and reporting.

This reporter will play a key role in ensuring the continued relevance of Built In’s reporting, while keeping the reader experience top of mind. In some cases, improvements will be limited to minor tweaks, like updating old statistics or revising display copy with new insights. Other times, entirely new sections or wholesale rewrites may be necessary. In all your work, your goal is to make each article as engaging, actionable and useful as it can possibly be. 

This is a unique opportunity to be at the cutting edge of an innovative new approach to journalism — other publications experimenting within this space include Vox Media and Wirecutter. You’ll also be part of an ambitious editorial team with reporting and editing experience from publications like The Atlantic, Pacific Standard and The Marshall Project. This team reports to Built In’s VP of Growth, and is primarily responsible for building and retaining the site’s audience of tech professionals.

How You’ll Contribute

• Maintain the accuracy and relevance of high-performing Built In explainers through strategic changes, like updating statistics, tweaking display copy and adding newly relevant information.
• Elevate and expand upon existing Built In features and explainers with new research and original reporting.Explore and test new optimization strategies to enhance article performance, sharing insights with the broader editorial team to help us improve the quality and impact of our content across the board.

What You Need

• Experience reporting and writing multi-source articles between 1,500-3,000 words in length.
• A strong ability to break down complex, nuanced topics and make them approachable through strategic use of examples, hypotheticals and other storytelling techniques.
• An eye for detail, a collaborative mindset and the flexibility to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and tasks.
• A strong interest in tech industry trends and emerging technologies (i.e. artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, software engineering, cybersecurity, data science).An ability to easily adopt an established brand voice and adhere to editorial style guidelines.

Impress Us Even More

• Experience in a full-time SEO role, or a role with a significant SEO component.
• A demonstrated ability to develop and document new editorial processes and conduct content experiments informed by quantitative data and feedback.
• Experience working in Airtable or other project management tools.

Location & Salary

• Built In currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles, which allows employees flexibility to split their time between office and home. This is a hybrid position located in Chicago, and we are prioritizing candidates who are able to be in the office 3x/week.
• Our base salary range for this role is targeted at $45,000 to $50,000 per year. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's skills, qualifications, experience and work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
• All regular, full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Built In's benefit plans, beginning the first of the month after the first day of employment. Benefits information can be located at https://builtin.com/company/built-in/benefits.