Love ParentMap’s awesome parenting content? Join our team of fun and driven ‘Mappers! ParentMap offers fully remote positions with competitive salaries. We have perfected the virtual workplace, offering flexible hours that work around your schedule. Our team has been remote since the very beginning — long before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operations Assistant
ParentMap is looking for a multi-talented Operations Assistant to support our Operations Department. The Operations Assistant will provide accounting, human resource and general administrative support to the operations and broader ParentMap teams.
Job status: Part-time, 20 hours per week
FLSA status: Nonexempt
Location: Greater Seattle area preferred; work-from-home position with occasional in-person meetings in Mercer Island
To apply: Email your résumé and cover letter to carolyn@parentmap.com. Please include “Operations Assistant” in the subject line of your email.
Managing Editor
ParentMap is looking for an experienced, full-time Managing Editor. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in print and online journalism; experience managing a content team; and a talent for developing the spot-on mix of fun, insightful and newsy content that our audience of busy-brainy Pacific Northwest parents wants and needs.
Job status: 40 hours per week
Location: Greater Seattle area preferred; work-from-home position with occasional in-person meetings in Mercer Island
To apply: Email your résumé and cover letter to editor@parentmap.com. Please include “Managing Editor” in the subject line of your email.
Audience Engagement Manager
ParentMap seeks to hire an experienced and versatile Audience Engagement Manager to evolve the brand’s multi-channel audience development playbook. The right candidate is a strong writer, creative thinker and innovative leader whose nuanced understanding of digital media platforms and engagement strategies can be translated into the prioritization and development/delivery of high-quality journalism and digital products that deepen our relationship with ParentMap’s audience of Pacific Northwest parents.
Job status: 40 hours per week
Location: Greater Seattle area preferred; work-from-home position with occasional in-person meetings in Mercer Island
To apply: Email your résumé and cover letter to editor@parentmap.com. Please include “Audience Engagement Manager” in the subject line of your email.
Client Services + Production Coordinator
ParentMap is looking for a multi-talented Client Services + Production Coordinator to support its Advertising Sales + Production teams. The Client Services + Production Coordinator will be responsible for managing all print and digital ads for all ParentMap products. The Client Services + Production Coordinator will support the advertising sales team by providing outstanding customer service in all phases of the production cycle.
FLSA status: Exempt
Job status: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Job location: Greater Pacific Northwest area preferred; work-from-home position with occasional in-person meetings on Mercer Island
To apply: Email your résumé and cover letter to Jess@parentmap.com. Please include “Client Services + Production Coordinator” in the subject line of your email.
Freelance Writers
We welcome pitches from freelance writers for ParentMap.com or a future issue of ParentMap magazine. Please review the following guidelines below before writing your query letter or pitch.
1. Take a close look at ParentMap magazine, ParentMap.com and the type of pieces we publish before drafting your query. This will give you a good idea of the different kinds of stories we publish, our voice and our audience. As a Puget Sound-based monthly print publication and a national-audience website publishing daily, we're interested in both locally-anchored Puget Sound stories and broader parenting pieces.
2. We cover family life from pregnancy through college and beyond, and we aim for a diverse chorus of voices. We welcome guest bloggers who have a distinct voice and unique perspective on some aspect of parenting or family life, and we love writers who can swoop in and quickly riff on current affairs and parenting zeitgeists alike.
3. We generally work with writers who have some experience, so please list the publications in which your work has been published and, as available, links to your previous work.
4. Payment for stories depends on length and placement of the article. ParentMap purchases first American rights, print and electronic, for articles and pays within 45 days following publication.
ParentMap is also specifically looking for pitches from writers of color. Learn more.
Please email queries and pitches to editor@parentmap.com.