Job Description

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Why Hearst Autos?

Hearst Magazines\' portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S.-including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper\'s BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics-inspires, entertains, and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social, and print, reaching nearly 139 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.

We are a global media company that publishes nearly 260 magazine editions and 200 websites around the world and, 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:
The technical editor for Car and Driver has several key responsibilities: performing instrumented testing on vehicles, generating specifications panels and charts, and helping to manage our testing protocols and database of test results. This role will write reviews and edit and review news for technical accuracy as well, according to ability. The ideal candidate has significant driving-school and/or racing experience and is comfortable pushing cars to their limits, is technically minded, and is up-to-date on all the latest happenings in the automotive world and can express that depth of knowledge in a way that can be widely understood. This position reports to the testing director.

Please note: For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter and salary requirements. This position is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan; unfortunately, we will not be able to consider remote workers.

What you\'ll do:

• Test Vehicles

• Ability to push vehicles to their limits to generate the best acceleration, braking, and cornering numbers a vehicle is capable of
• Use various software to synthesize test results and store them in our database
• Edit and/or Review Content for Technical Accuracy

• Familiar with everything from tire technology, to connecting rods and prismatic battery cells
• General knowledge about every subsystem on a vehicle (chassis, powertrain, body, etc.)
• Endless desire to learn about new technology
• Write Reviews

• Knowledgeable about the entire automotive marketplace
• Ability to evaluate a car and highlight strengths/weaknesses in everything from ride and handling to infotainment versus others in its segment
• Generate Specification Panels and Comparison Test Charts

• Adhere to C/D style and templates
• Suggest modifications to adapt our templates for new technology, features, or vehicle types

Who you are:

• A bachelor\'s or technical degree with significant hands-on experience working on cars
• 3 to 4 years of post-grad experience working in a similar or relevant capacity
• Driving school and/or racing experience; need to be comfortable pushing cars to their limits
• Technically minded and up-to-date on what\'s happening in the automotive world, with the ability to express that depth of knowledge in a way that can be widely understood
• Some writing experience
• Experience with Racelogic VBOX hardware and software a plus
• Extremely detail oriented

The base salary for this role is between $62,310 to $85,000 annually. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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About Us: Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men\'s Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.

Hearst is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. Hearst does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Follow us on Twitter @Hearst. To learn more about Hearst, visit hearst.com.

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