Sr Writer- Editorial/Articles/Blogs-Tech exp.
Overview
Placement Type:
Temp to Perm
Salary (USD):
$110-120,000
Start Date:
09.10.2024
Our client, one of the world’s most successful SaaS companies, has a spot available for a writer who can bring style and flair into an area that is all too often plagued by dry and lifeless copy – technical product writing. This position requires an ability to use storytelling and narrative to bring technically-focused information to life. Journalism experience is a must-have, and a marketing background, in addition, would be the icing on the cake.
This is a salaried role with full benefits and PTO/Vacation.
You Will:
- Write best-in-class editorial articles and blogs
- Stay on the pulse of daily news in areas of innovation to inform ahead-of-the curve article ideas
- Familiarize yourself with the client ecosystem and content goals, enabling you to ideate original story ideas and content formats for a range of editorial products including a blog, customer stories, magazine, and newsletter
- Schedule and conduct interviews with client customers, as well as external and internal experts to create balanced journalistic articles, calling on multiple sources with wide appeal and diverse backgrounds
- Together with key stakeholders, execute topics within the editorial calendar, ensure consistent quality, and proposed ideas for optimized copy across all channels
- Edit the work of internal writers and other contractors and agencies to adhere to our editorial guidelines whenever possible
You Must Have:
- Journalism experience
- Tech product writing experience
- Fortune 500 experience
- 7+ years experience editing, reporting, and writing for a fast-paced news organization
- Knowledge of SEO and headline- and news-writing best practices for the internet
- Experience aggregating content into timely news articles
- Track record of digesting complicated, jargon-filled, industry-specific materials and translating them into widely-appealing copy
- Ability to ask the right questions and source the right interviews and anecdotes to make complex concepts digestible to a general population audience
- Experience conducting live interviews and developing questions
AQUENT STUDIOS: Why work with us?
- Long term career opportunities supporting Fortune 500 brands
- Excellent health and dental insurance subsidized
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k), FSA’s and voluntary insurance programs
- Paid weekly
- PTO and Holiday pay
Client Description
Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studio team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!