[Hiring] Staff Writer, AI @Future Publishing

One of the world’s fastest-growing websites, Tom's Guide upgrades your life by helping you decide what products to buy, showing you how to get the most out of them and get the best deals. From our strong foundation in consumer technology coverage, Tom’s Guide’s primary ambition is to help you leverage the latest products and services to achieve your ultimate goal, whether it’s getting in shape, protecting your kids, being more productive or just having fun.

What you'll be doing...

Tom’s Guide is seeking an experienced writer to help lead our daily coverage and analysis of AI, as well as assisting with the output of the wider Computing channel. This role will entail writing news and features on the latest AI developments, producing features and opinions on the myriad of consumer-facing AI features emerging each week across desktop and mobile as well as reviewing the latest consumer-facing AI tools each month. In addition, you will be maintaining and regularly updating critical buying guides and evergreen hubs as well as authoring tutorial content to help our readers find the best solutions for their needs.

This role can also entail on-camera work as we look to include more AI-related content on our popular YouTube and TikTok channels. Finally, there will be the option to attend events and briefings for new products as well as conduct interviews with thought leaders in the AI space. The overall aim of this position is to work with the AI editor to help keep Tom’s Guide as one of the top destinations for authoritative and useful coverage of AI on the web. If you’re an expert on all things with a strong editorial voice, this job is for you!

Key responsibilities:

• Creating engaging and relevant AI-related content across the Tom’s Guide site for an international audience of engaged readers.
• Reviewing and editing AI products, with a focus on consumer tools around chatbot testing and image and video generation.
• Maintaining key buying guides and hubs on AI topics such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence and Microsoft CoPilot.
• Writing news, reviews and feature content on wider computing products as needed.
• Brainstorming thoughtful AI analysis and opinion coverage to help Tom’s Guide stand out.
• Assisting with deals coverage, especially during critical shopping seasons such as Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day.
• Tracking the performance of Tom’s Guide’s AI coverage and working with the UK-based AI editor to respond to traffic trends as they happen.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• At least 2 years of experience at an online media outlet
• A desire to develop and grow AI content audience using innovative ideas and keeping abreast of industry developments and trends
• Experience researching SEO trends and analyzing traffic
• Proven ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong industry contacts are a major plus
• Experience promoting stories via cross-linking and social media

What’s in it for you… 

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed into one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience.

Additional benefits include health Insurance; ranging from medical to dental and even vision care.

401k match and monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit & snacks and coffee and tea on tap. 

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

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Please note, the salary range for this position is $62,000-67,000
This is a position covered under a collective bargaining agreement between Future US, Inc. and the Writers Guild of America East.

This is a Remote based role. Future US is currently eligible to hire in 36 states - Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin,  Kentucky.

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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We are Future

Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers

Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. We are dedicated to connecting over 300 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. We have big ambitions to transform media and change people’s lives.

We have a market-leading portfolio of over 220 brands spanning across technology, gaming, TV & entertainment, women’s lifestyle, music, sport, creative and photography, home interest and B2B. You may have heard of us…

But a stellar heritage isn’t enough. We continue to grow our portfolio and launch new brands, restlessly looking to improve, innovate and push the boundaries of what can be done. We develop leading-edge technology which is disrupting the media marketplace.

Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients, staff and shareholders. In a short space of time, Future has transformed into an innovative global media platform.

We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work with endless opportunities to forge a career. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, so we don’t have a Future HQ but a globally connected workforce across the UK, US, Europe and Australia

Every kind of talent is celebrated here.. We hire for person not for the role, looking for people who share our ambitions to be bold and innovate, making Future a global success story.