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Love what you do. It’s a core value that drives our business. Plus, we’re pretty fun. \n\nWe also believe people do their best work where they feel most comfortable so the work location of this position is flexible. However, the position may not be performed remotely from Colorado, California, Florida, Connecticut, or Washington and the candidate must be eligible to work inside the United States.\n\nAt Brad’s Deals, we are committed to creating the consumer advantage by delivering researched savings and expert advice. As part of our Editorial team, you'll be at the core of our business: finding and posting the best deals available online every day. Deal Editors are passionate consumer advocates and expert online shoppers who leave no stone unturned in their hunt for the lowest prices and biggest savings.\n \nIf you are looking for a boring clock-in and clock-out job, this isn’t the one for you. On the other hand, if you enjoy using your problem-solving skills and ingenuity daily while working where high-quality standards and integrity are essential, please continue reading.\n\nThis position includes:\n- Identifying, writing, and publishing the internet’s best deals based on thousands of retailers. \n- Acting as a gatekeeper for our deal content. We never publish a deal unless it is something we would recommend to a friend or family member. \n- Strategic, thoughtful work that directly impacts our company’s bottom line. You’ll be evaluating deal performance with our data tools daily. \n- Communicating directly with readers in our comments and helping them resolve problems they are having.\n\nJob Requirements:\n·      An excellent command of the written word and comfort working with style guides. Work experience as a writer or editor preferred.\n·      The ability to write in the Brad's Deals voice and self-edit in a fast-paced publishing environment.\n·      A passion for hunting down information online with a well-refined internal BS detector.\n·      A knack for online shopping and understanding consumer behavior. \n·      A keen awareness of popular trends, products, and brands within specific verticals. \n·      The ability to work an atypical schedule that will involve regular weekend work on a permanent basis, as well as the expectation of working many holidays. This is not a standard 9-5 role. \n\nCurrent needs:\nAll deal editors participate in the same initial training, and are cross-trained in all Editorial responsibilities, however, at this time, we are particularly looking for editors that will eventually join our Merchandising Editor team and our Merchant Expansion Editor team.\n \nMerchandising Editors:\n·       Enjoy developing strategic relationships within the company and with our retail partners.\n·       Communicate comfortably and professionally with retail partners.\n·       Frequently multi-task and balance multiple projects at once in a time-sensitive environment.\n·       Work constructively and positively with others, while acting as a gatekeeper and delivering critical feedback.\n \nMerchant Expansion Editors:\n·       Primarily post deals submitted by retailers and marketplace sellers through an internal portal.\n·       Review a high volume of potential deals daily with a very critical eye.\n·       Use data on previous deal performance to prioritize deal posting.\n·       Provide rejection feedback that is honest, helpful, and courteous.\n\nIf this description speaks to you, and you meet the requirements, please submit the following (all without will be ignored): \n1) Your resume. \n2) A cover letter detailing which of the specializations outlined above is best aligned with your interests and experiences, as well as any product verticals in which you have experience. You can find the verticals we cover here:  https://www.bradsdeals.com/categories \n3) Three original sample deals that you would post as a Brad's Deals Editor. Your deals should relate to the verticals in which you have an expertise and should emulate the tone and style of deals on our site as closely as possible.\n\n\nOur Story\nBrad’s Deals continues to save consumers over $200 million a year by sharing the best deals out there all while being the safest place to shop on Earth®. We live out our core values with a ‘Consumer’s first, always’ mindset to deliver the most value every day.\n\nStarted by Brad in 2001, our purpose remains the same to help create smarter shopping habits and to keep it real with expert lifestyle and financial advice. \n\nOur culture embraces diversity with different talents, experiences, and backgrounds that help us be exceptional together. With competitive pay, full health benefits, 401K match, plenty of paid time off including a paid sabbatical, and creative perks, we also believe in work-life integration and continued learning.\n\nAs one of the 50 Best Places to Work, located in the heart of Chicago’s River North neighborhood, we partner with over 2,500 retailers to help 5.5 million consumers save more every month. So if you want to challenge the ordinary and love what you do, we want to hear from you.\n\n\nBrad’s Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion\n'Embrace diversity’ is one of our core values because our differences make us stronger together. To make the world a more inclusive and safe place, we start within our company to intentionally lead with equal opportunities. We encourage the value that unique talents, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences bring to our company, our employees, and our future applicants. We welcome all applicants, whether or not you meet every qualification, to share your unique talents with us. Read more about this here.\n\n"Love what you do" and our Commitment to your Personal Growth\nAt Brad’s Deals, our culture invites creativity, passion, and career empowerment to help you thrive. We champion employees to create their personal paths to success and are proud to be above the industry average in employee promotions earned every year. An entrepreneurial spirit supports our commitment to employee growth and being exceptional together with unique talents, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences.\n\n\n*Please note: Due to the potential personal and business impacts of Covid-19,  Brad's Deals is taking a proactive approach by allowing our employees to work from home. As such, our hiring teams will be conducting virtual interviews with potential candidates as we continue to monitor the effects of the pandemic across our local community.  \n\n\nIf this role isn't what you're looking for, please consider other open positions.
\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\nChicago