Content Writer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$45K/yr – $60K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Role centers on confident business writing for owned media and third-party outlets, with strong sourcing and follow-up. It requires being highly organized to juggle multiple sources, deadlines, and projects, and producing articles, press releases, and profiles. Benefits include paid time off after 90 days, partial insurance coverage, 401K match, and device reimbursement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Being confident in business writing for our owned media or for third party outlets and following-up with source leads with emails and calls is the primary skill set needed
  • Must be highly organized and proficient at time management, with the ability to juggle communication and collaboration with a lot of different people, places and projects
  • We are looking for someone who isn't afraid to contact sources for stories, who is prolific with the written word and who is excited about getting media stories written for our clients
  • This position is a fast-paced, newspaper style environment with hard deadlines and a production capacity to write at least 4 articles per day
  • In addition to articles, this role includes writing press releases and profiles, as well as, posting articles on our publication sites
  • Additional duties may be assigned and responsibilities may be modified to meet evolving business requirements.
  • We are also looking for those with experience in staying at their positions; we want those who, if they have experience, have shown commitment to those experiences. We want you to stay and grow with our company!

Requirements

  • College degree and professional business or technical writing experience required
  • Basic math skills and high reasoning ability to solve practical problems and deal with a lot of variables in situations
  • No certifications, licenses or registrations are required, but you must be able to successfully use applications in Google Workspace, be able to learn to use Accelo or other CRM platforms for project management
  • Qualities of successful candidates include the following: organized, cooperative, collaborative, committed, enthusiastic, determined, driven, confident
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Mainland

Established in 2018, Mainland was born out of a need to transcend the old ideas of storytelling for the 21st century. By combining the storytelling power of industry-focused content hubs and the service delivery capabilities of No Limit Agency, Mainland is poised to redefine content marketing as we know it.

Founded in 2018
Chicago, Illinois, USA
127 employees (19 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~127

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (13% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7