\nStaff Writer, Nice News\n\n\nPardon is looking for a multi-talented staff writer with a passion for spreading positivity to assist in the editorial efforts of our flagship news brand, Nice News. \n\n\nAbout Nice News\n\n\nNice News is an email series and website that curates positive news. We send uplifting stories in a 5-minute daily email digest to over 830,000 subscribers each morning. Nice News features content often missed by major headlines, centered on changemakers who are shifting society for the better. It’s our hope that in spreading these stories, readers feel more empowered, connected, and optimistic, and come to realize that there’s more good news in the world than bad. \nAbout the Role\n\n\nAs the Staff Writer, you will assist in the curation and production of good news content for Nice News, working closely with the Managing Editor, Associate Editor, and Assistant Editor on a range of editorial projects. These include writing daily news articles, website features, newsletter copy, sponsorship placements, and social media copy; conducting exclusive interviews; and curating and fact checking. This role is primarily editorial, but does involve some administrative tasks, including assisting in campaign sending, tracking content, uploading articles to Wordpress, and updating databases. Above all, you will be one of the defining voices of Nice News — producing timely and quality stories that highlight the good in the world. \n\n\nThe Staff Writer will work directly with our small team to continue growing the brand. This is a rare opportunity to play a keystone role in a startup that has a direct path to reach millions of subscribers on a daily basis.\n\n\n\nAccountabilities\n* Newswriting and content production. Writing daily news articles and content as needed for multiple platforms, including web, email, and social media.\n* Brand oversight. Executing style guidelines, brand voice, and quality standards that are consistent and distinctive.\n* Concepting & ideation. Nice News is made up of a small, enthusiastic team of journalists who are always looking for new and interesting ideas. As one of the major voices behind the brand, we expect you to be vocal and come to the table with pitches.\n* General assistance. Performing administrative tasks and streamlining processes so that the Managing Editor, Associate Editor, and Assistant Editor can focus on the most pertinent action items for the success of the brand.\n* Quality assurance. Reviewing email campaigns and social posts prior to scheduling, ensuring that all content is accurate and distributed on time.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* 1-2 years experience as a breaking news writer at a digital publishing company or university newsroom.\n* Superior writing skills — including news writing, creative writing, and long form writing — and the ability to translate those across multiple mediums quickly and accurately.\n* An interest in comedy and a knack for effortlessly infusing it into your writing.\n* An understanding of editorial and newsroom workflows, email newsletters, and social media.\n* An understanding of what’s newsworthy and would resonate with readers.\n* A passion for positive news content.\n* The ability to work independently and with a team.\n* The ability to work varied hours, including evenings and weekends, when needed to write and distribute timely content.\n* The ability to remain organized when there are many moving parts.\n* A proactive and collaborative low-ego work style; you love working with people and people love working with you.\n\n\n\n\n\n$56 - $65 a year\n\nThis role is Sunday-Thursday and remote, with potential for the Staff Writer to work from our shared workspace in Newport Beach.\n\n\n\n\nOur Commitment\n\n\nWe aim to provide equal opportunity for all. We are firm believers in the strength of diversity and aim to build teams of individuals that offer unique perspectives, come from different backgrounds, and challenge each other to be better every day! \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Writer and Writer jobs that are similar:\n\n $50,000 — $70,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
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\nAbout Optimism\n\n\nOptimism is a digital media company striving to build a brighter web. We conceive, launch, and operate high-quality digital brands that spark curiosity, spread positivity, and improve the lives of readers. With an email-first approach, our goal is to transform the inbox into a healthy alternative to social media feeds, a place where you can curate the news, information, and entertainment audience’s truly want.\n\n\nOur brands speak in a variety of categories: Wonder, Travel, Health, Wealth and Games among others. A distributed approach allows us to engage with almost 4 million subscribers across a collection of newsletters.  On the digital web, we serve more than 30 million web sessions each month and growing…\n\n\nAbout Account Manager\n\n\nOptimism’s Account Management team is essential to the growth of our organization.  This team is client facing, solutions oriented and focused on exceeding partner expectations regardless of deal size.  Optimism Account Managers are collaborative, consistent and deliver the highest level of customer service.\n\n\n\nAccountabilities\n* Leading activation in the post-sale stage of the sales process from partnership kick-off calls, to requesting creative assets all the way to presenting performance recaps\n* Collaborating with Campaign Management, Editorial and Creative Services/Marketing to ensure that all sold campaigns are activated with client approval and on time and with smooth, positive precision\n* Obtaining assets from clients, building test emails, and getting client approvals under tight deadlines.\n* Maintaining creative and newsletter launch timelines (proficiency with Airtable, ASANA)\n* Ensuring inventory and project management tools are accurate and match sales pipelines\n* Creating partnership recaps that include real-time internal and industry data for immediate optimizations and partner recommendations\n* Communicating openly and clearly with all stakeholders throughout the post-sale process and maintaining a flexible mindset in a fast-paced environment \n\n\n\nQualifications\n* At least 4 years of Account Management experience for a digital media company, technology platform or brand\n* A team oriented spirit and you are willing to share responsibility of projects either you or others are leading \n* A need to maintain a structured process with a positive attitude\n* A growth mindset and the desire to thrive in a collaborative environment\n* Exceptional communication (verbal and written) skills\n* Proficiency with FIGMA design tools, Asana, Airtable, EXCEL, word and powerpoint\n* Ability to work on multiple, high impact projects at a time\n* You thrive in a fast-paced environment\n* Must be self-motivated and eager to succeed in a remote work environment\n\n\n\n\n$75,000 - $90,000 a yearThis role has an expected pay rate of $75,000 - $90,000 plus annual bonus. You will be provided a pay rate that is in line with your skills and experience as they relate to the requirements of the job.\n\nWhile this position may be remote, we prefer candidates who can work in Orange County, Denver, or New York City.\n\n\n\n\nOur Commitment\n\n\nWe aim to provide equal opportunity for all. We are firm believers in the strength of diversity and aim to build teams of individuals that offer unique perspectives, come from different backgrounds, and challenge each other to be better every day! \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design and Sales jobs that are similar:\n\n $37,500 — $72,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote