We’re growing fast and looking for all-stars. We care passionately about our team & company culture— and pride ourselves on our upbeat, positive, inspiring attitude + I-can-do-anything-good, ain’t-no-way-they-can-stop-us-now, crush-it spirit. Above all, we want someone amazing who believes in what we’re doing (disrupting the health & fitness content world through high-quality, relatable, & entertaining content) & the difference we’re making (inspiring the world to make one healthier choice per week), but wants to share that vision and then transform it, taking it to the next level. That and someone who will laugh at this (eventually). Wants to eat this. And wants to try this. Sound like you? Then put your thing down, flip it, and reverse it— and check out the open positions below. Most are full-time and based in NYC (the biiig apple) w/ a one-month (paid) trial period. Come change the health & fitness world with us.
THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
THE CULTURE
OUR CORE VALUES
- LIVE RELATABLY. LIVE THE LIFE WE CHAMPION – We aim to live fitter, healthier, and happier lives while, like our readers, struggling with the challenges that brings. It’s not a job, after all, it’s a mission.
- HAVE FUN BECAUSE IT’S FUN – Greatist is a media startup. Our goal isn’t to educate, but to inform & inspire— to entertain & delight. Why? Because after all that’s exactly what we’d want to read, what would inform & inspire us. So being creative and fun and silly and goofy is what we have to do to make the impact on the world we plan to.
- KNOW & APPRECIATE THAT EACH OF OUR READERS/USERS MATTERS – It’s not just about customer service, but about genuinely personal service. Each of us acts as an advisor, life trainer, and friend to our readers on a day-to-day basis. We do this because we care about each of them individually— and we’re passionate about helping them with their questions and goals, no matter how different or crazy those may seem.
- EACH AND EVERY TEAM MEMBER CAN CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION – That’s the only way a great organization can grow and become great. From the first day, it’s our responsibility to move Greatist forward– through innovation, creativity, ideas, and unbelievable dediation & hard work. Similarly, we expect greatness at all times (and are intolerant of mediocrity— and stay open-minded to everyone and every idea.
- BE SCRAPPY & GET SH*T DONE. BECAUSE HOW ELSE ARE THINGS GOING TO HAPPEN? – We’re a startup. This means a lot of things, sure, but really it comes down to resourcefulness, to coming up with creative solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems and obstacles. To being okay with the fact that we’re making stuff up as we go along. And to just making things happen. We’re all responsible for Greatist’s success. Its success is our success— and at all odds, using whatever means are available, we’re gonna achieve that success.
- FINALLY, INSTILL & PRESERVE TRUST WITH OUR AUDIENCE & WITH EACH OTHER – Fitness, health, and happiness are immensely sensitive and personal topics. Our challenge is to build, cultivate, and keep our audience’s trust in a mostly noisy and untrustworthy environment— and, ideally, through that, transform it. At the same time, there’s no one we need to trust more than the other members on our team. That’s why we’re transparent, open, honest in everything— and over-communicate about everything.
OUR PERKS (aka LIVING THE GREATIST LIFESTYLE):
As #1 says above, we really do live the life we champion. So the “perks” (or, really, “realities”) for full time team members include:
- Every Friday, the Greatist Team gets together for a sweet fitness activity (past activities have included: Krav Maga at The Krav Maga Academy, Rock Climbing at Brooklyn Boulders, Refine Method, Meditation with Relax Already Yoga, Muay Thai at Evolution Muay Thai and more).
- Everyone gets to share free gym memberships & going to the gym during the day is outrageously encouraged. Power naps too (in our Zen Room), if you need ‘em.
- Every other week, we have a big dinner/potluck together, which we often cook ourselves and equals crazy delicious.
- Every day, we’ve got a healthy lunch included at the office (plus a full kitchen). We’ve also got mad snacks, from KIND bars and trail mix to apples and bananas.
- Every other week, we attend a class/seminar/training session on something new (from cooking to biology) from top experts in the city.
- You get 1 bad “greatist” pun per day. Then, for every extra one, you’ve got to add money to our ice cream piggy bank/liquor fund. It’s a small price to pay for puns.
- Your time is yours— there are no set hours. There’s no vacation policy. We know you’re going to get what you need done & then some because, if not, why else would you be here?
- And that’s just for starters!
Greatist is your trusted resource for all things fitness, health, and happiness. Launched in April, we’re now at 250,000 unique visitors per month and climbing fast. We’re working full-speed on disrupting the health & fitness space with what we believe is among the highest-quality content online, covering only what’s genuinely helpful, truly factual, & actually need-to-know. We are currently working on similarly high-quality, simple, and valuable products, tools, and services that will help meet our mission. We believe everyone has a choice to be more fit, healthy, and happy— and together, we want to inspire and inform the world to make one healthier choice a week. We’re a small, focused, creative, and talented group of people, but we know we need help to make a real difference in the world. Maybe yours! Almost all positions are based in our offices in New York City near Madison Square Park.
Contributing Writer
The Opportunity: Passionate about health & fitness? Awesome, creative, and funny? Want to inspire and inform tens of thousands of readers every day? We’re looking for writers whose heads hurt from vigorously nodding “yes” to all of the above.
Ideally, we want killer writers who are passionate about health & fitness, not health & fitness writers (if that makes any sense). Greatist is growing fast, so we need smart, enthusiastic Contributing Writers to grow with us as we work to produce the web’s most killer, high-quality health & fitness content.
The Details: This position is remote (we even have a writer in Istanbul!) and part-time. Though we offer exposure, visibility, experience, dreams, and jokes, this position is unpaid.
Interested? If you’re passionate about this space, love to write, and want to help change the world of health & fitness, please send (a) your resume & (b) your favorite health & fitness tip (and why it’s your favorite!) here. Our application process is pretty intense (less than 10% of applicants become Contributing Writers), so just make sure you’re ready (for this jelly).
Staff Writer
The Opportunity: Passionate about health & fitness? Awesome, creative, and funny? Want to get paid to inspire and inform tens of thousands of readers every day? We need smart, enthusiastic Staff Writers who don’t only write about health and fitness, but are passionate about it, too. Greatist is changing the health & fitness space with incredibly high-quality content, and we want people on board who aren’t afraid to leave their mark.
The Details: This is a paid, full-time position at our Manhattan office. Writers will pitch, research, report, and write daily health & fitness content. Writers will have at least three bylines per week, and there will also be opportunities to pitch and write longer, magazine-style features. In addition to a salary, Greatist also provide gym memberships, daily lunch, and healthy snacks.
Interested? If you’re passionate about this space, love to write, and want to help change the world of health & fitness, please send (a) your resume, (b) two writing samples, and (c) your favorite health & fitness tip (plus why it’s your favorite!) to opps [at] greatist [dot] com. Our application process is pretty intense (we generally accept less than 5 percent of applicants), so just make sure you’re ready (for this jelly). We’re looking for passionate writers who want to be an early part of building something great. That you?
Contributing Illustrator
The Opportunity: Interested in sharing your work, gaining exposure, and making an impact in a dynamic and inspiring online space? Greatist is looking for a few new contributing illustrators to help bring our health & fitness content to the next level. Cartoonists, painters, graphic designers, and artists of any kind are encouraged to apply!
The Details: This position is completely flexible, part-time, and remote (we even have a photographer in Hawaii!). Contributions are currently unpaid, however we do offer an amazing platform for digital exposure and a dedicated audience that’s growing every week.
Interested? Please send (a) your resume, (b) your website, online portfolio, or sampling of your work, along with (c) your favorite health, fitness, or happiness-related subject or source of inspiration (and why!) here.
Editorial Internship
The Opportunity: Greatist.com is the web’s most trusted resource on all things fitness, health, and happiness. We publish articles and tips that help readers make healthier choices every day. We’re looking for an intern with substantial online journalism experience, who’s interested in uncovering the latest and most exciting news in health and fitness.
The Details: Want to reach tens of thousands of readers every day? This position is unpaid, BUT the right candidate will get plenty of bylines and a ton of writing and reporting experience. The intern will have a chance to pitch news stories, interview researchers, and write several articles a week. It is based in NYC out of our Manhattan office.
Interested? If you love to write and want to help change the world of health and fitness, please send (a) your resume, (b) your favorite health & fitness tip (and why it’s your favorite!), and (c) two writing samples to here.
Technical Leader
For more about this position, read I’m Not Looking for a Technical Co-Founder, I’m Looking for a Technical Leader (blog post by our founder). But TL;DR is basically below:
The Opportunity: Passionate about building products that help inspire & inform the world to make healthy choices? We’re looking for a brilliant technologist with passion, vision, strong people skills, and killer dev chops excited about making a genuine and lasting difference in the health & fitness space. Someone who builds stuff for fun that’s been successful and (ideally, though not necessarily) works out now & then. Someone who wants to share the Greatist vision and transform it.
The Details: This position is full time & based in NYC. Compensation is, well, what we can afford as a startup (read: equity).
Interested? Please send (a) your favorite health & fitness tip as well as (b) a resume and/or links to your online footprint & project work here. Show us what you can do, tell us why it matters, and convince us you’re passionate about the same space we are.
Lead Designer/The Muse
The Opportunity: Greatist is looking for THE designer who will define, refine, and execute the visual & interactive design of the first truly trusted health & fitness brand of the future. We’re looking for someone fun, innovative, creative, and obsessed– no detail too small and no project too big. We truly want someone to take ownership of the Greatist brand & reinvent it.
The Details: Depends on the person, looking ideally for full-time & NYC based, but open to part-time. Compensation is competitive with industry standards + what we can afford as a startup, depending partially on experience level.
Interested? Please send (1) your favorite health & fitness tip, (2) your portfolio/website/any links to web projects, + (3) your resume here. Show us what you can do, tell us why it matters, and convince us you’re passionate about the same space we are.
