Early-stage, fully remote, a16z-backed health tech startup hiring associate editor to help us scale and elevate our content operation. We publish deeply reported, editorially independent articles and other media covering what metabolic health is, why it matters, and how readers can improve theirs. This individual will assist in all areas of editorial: assigning, writing, editing, research, managing freelancers, writing and producing social posts, and helping find new ways to spread awareness and education. The role will report to the editorial director.
US-timezones, please — around GMT-5 / GMT-8. Details about us, the role, and the interview process are below.
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**Levels** is an early-stage startup working to solve the metabolic health crisis. We're doing so by empowering individuals with real-time data about their own biomarkers like blood sugar using continuous glucose monitors and intelligent software. Through Levels, people gain insight into the ways in which they can improve their metabolic health by optimizing diet and exercise. The role of our content is not to market our product, but to spread awareness and education about metabolic health and why it matters to as wide an audience as possible.
To get a sense of the type of what we're doing with content, check out:
The Levels Blog, particularly the Ultimate Guides.
Levels Content Strategy - January 2021
If you want to see what the company is all about, check out the following pieces of content from a few members of the co-founding team:
Poor metabolic health is a risk factor for many diseases, and few people have the right tools to create tight, positive feedback loops with their diet and exercise. We've seen the massive value of using wearables that provide real-time insights to create informed behavior change. Currently, these devices are used primarily to treat disease; our mission is to expand access to this technology (and similar technologies) for a broader population, and pair it with insight-driven software so that people can optimize their health behaviors before they reach clinical thresholds for disease.
We're still in the scrappy startup phase, so are looking for people who are comfortable with ambiguity. We've been remote-first since Day 1 (even pre-COVID!), and care a ton about communication, autonomy, curiosity, and initiative. You can see our company values here.
Our product has been in closed beta (waitlist-only) since early 2020 and we have thousands of happy paying members who are using Levels to stabilize their energy levels, lose weight, optimize athletic performance, and learn strategies to reduce the risk of chronic disease. Customer excitement has been off the charts. We're currently preparing for a public launch in 2022 (with more than 120,000 people on our waitlist).
Our team is small but highly experienced, and many team members have started and sold companies before. We also love learning from each other and are looking for people who bring a new set of experiences and backgrounds to our team.