Research Editor, Hearst Autos

Why Hearst Autos

Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Road & Track, Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, and Popular Mechanics. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone. But we’re more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels—print, digital, video, and social—with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Hearst Autos is a division of Hearst Magazines and brings together engaging content, unrivaled data and insights, innovative consumer products, and comprehensive marketing solutions to serve automotive manufacturers, dealers, enthusiasts, and buyers. By combining the entire portfolio of Hearst brands, including Car and Driver, Road & Track, and Autoweek, with the extended reach of In-Market partners, Hearst Autos reaches 163 million people every month as the nation’s most influential automotive media company.

As a division of Hearst Magazines, we offer the best of both worlds: a nimble, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment coupled with the stability, career development opportunities, and perks of an established company.

Your impact:
Hearst Autos is seeking a research editor to work across print and digital primarily for Car and Driver and Road & Track. In service to our engaged enthusiast audience, the research editor will ensure that all content is accurate, upholding our reputation as industry-leading automotive publications. This role is based in Ann Arbor, MI. Please note: For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with salary requirements and a cover letter.

What you'll do:

• Fact-check content—including reviews, technical specs, and complex features—for multiple print issues, plus digital content as needed; conduct research to verify information, meeting high standards for accuracy
• Collaborate with Autos testing team, writers, top editors, copy editors, and designers to resolve issues
• Confirm facts by reviewing materials such as automakers' specs and internal test results, and reaching out to sources such as automotive PR
• Make edits that are consistent with brand style
• Maintain records of factual backup
• Edit and route InCopy files and PDF proofs
• Delegate workload to freelance research editors when needed and train them in procedures

Who you are:

• You have at least 5 years of professional, post-grad experience in fact-checking editorial content and are as enthusiastic about cars as our readers
• You have a background in journalism, engineering, English, and/or editorial research
• You have strong math skills and an understanding of all manner of automotive specs
• You pay intense attention to detail, letting no information go unchecked in copy and charts
• You work well with others and communicate queries diplomatically
• You efficiently juggle deadlines for multiple pieces at a time
  

As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Magazines requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment on or after November 15, 2021, be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

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