[Hiring] Staff Writer, Health @Pillar4 Media

Role Description

The Staff Writer will create authoritative, engaging, and commercially effective health and wellness content for digital audiences. Working closely with editors, SEO, revenue analysts, medical reviewers, product testers, and external partners, this role will produce comprehensive product reviews, roundups, informational stories, and related materials that help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.

The Staff Writer will be responsible for managing content from initial research and planning through drafting, revision, optimization, formatting, and publication. This writer will also serve as a key editorial partner to an external organization, developing content that aligns with the partner's preferred voice, style, audience, and business objectives while maintaining internal standards for factual accuracy, editorial integrity, search optimization, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English, marketing, health communication, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
• Approximately 3–5 years of professional journalism, e-commerce, affiliate, digital publishing, or commerce-content writing experience.
• Strong portfolio of product reviews, roundups, buying guides, blogs, or other long-form digital content.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of AP style.
• Experience writing content informed by SEO strategy and search intent.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct detailed research and translate complex or technical information for a general audience.
• Experience leading editorial assignments or projects from initial planning through publication.
• Experience working with editors, SEO professionals, revenue teams, medical reviewers, subject-matter experts, or external business partners.
• Strong organizational, project-management, and time-management skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple assignments, shifting priorities, and overlapping deadlines.
• Experience using common CMS platforms, including WordPress.
• Ability to self-direct work, identify next steps, and maintain momentum with limited oversight.
• Strong critical-thinking skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to receive, interpret, and efficiently incorporate editorial feedback.

Requirements

• Strong editorial judgment.
• Advanced research and writing skills.
• Responsiveness to feedback.
• The ability to build trusted relationships across internal and external stakeholder groups.
• The ability to translate complex health information, product specifications, research findings, and firsthand testing insights into clear, credible, and accessible content.

Benefits

• Base salary and performance-based bonus commensurate with experience.
• Access to competitive benefits, including health insurance, 401k, a monthly wellness stipend for house cleaning, gym membership, grocery delivery or massages, and cell phone reimbursement.

Company Description

Pillar4 Media operates a portfolio of market-leading digital brands that help consumers make better purchasing decisions. Our vision is to help people live healthier lives with access to trusted resources, in-depth product reviews, and supportive communities. Our mission is to be the #1 content and commerce engine connecting consumers to the best brands in all four pillars of health and wellness: sleep, fitness, nutrition, and mental health.

• Launched in 2017, Pillar4 Media operates a portfolio of market-leading digital brands.
• Current portfolio includes brands such as Mattress Advisor, Mattress Nerd, Sleepopolis, and more.