Content Writer

Boston, MA (On-site)

$38K/yr – $42K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own storytelling and content production to move audiences, learning issues and campaigns, and repurpose for web, email alerts, fundraising and reports while staying organized and improving through coaching.

Tell stories that persuade and enlighten across campaigns and channels.
Amplify content for web, print, email alerts, fundraisers, direct mail, newsletters, and reports.
Plan, organize, and coordinate the team to take work from concept to completion with ongoing training and feedback.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Connect: Work with the PIRG and Environment America state directors and program teams, learn our issues and campaigns, and keep on top of our action, progress and results.
Tell stories: Write (and rewrite, and rewrite again), edit and proofread stories that capture attention and motivate, excite, persuade and enlighten.
Amplify and expand stories: Amplify our stories on the web and in print. Adapt them for email alerts and fundraisers, campaign content, direct mail appeals, newsletters, annual reports and more.
Get and stay organized: Come up with a plan that puts you in a position to deliver content that makes an impact. Manage your time and keep track of your progress. Organize the team of people you need to take your work from concept to completion.
Get training and direction: Practice and perfect your craft. Learn new skills. Get direction up front, editorial feedback throughout, and an evaluation at completion. Keep getting better at what you do.

Requirements

You’re a strong writer who has written not only academic papers but also news articles, opinion columns, blogs, campaign content and/or fundraising appeals.
You’re a clear thinker who can quickly get your head around an issue, sniff out a good story, give it structure, stay on-message, and plan your way from Point A to Point Z.
You’re a student of communication . You understand how to tell stories differently in a tweet versus a 7-minute long-read, and how to make text and visuals work synergistically.
You’re creative, dynamic and ambitious . You’re a firehose of new ideas. You can think your way around problems. You adapt well to changing circumstances and new developments. You want to achieve more today than you did yesterday.
You’re driven to change the world . The planet needs saving, and you’re ready to help save it. You believe we can organize our lives to be healthier, safer and less wasteful, and you’re ready to do your part to make it happen. You’re looking for a calling, not just a job.

Preferred

Design stuff: Do you know Canva? Adobe Creative Suite?
Data stuff : Can you explain statistical significance and medians v. averages? Are you able to turn raw data into a chart that looks cool and communicates something meaningful? Are you a Google Sheets wizard?
Creative stuff: Are you a good photographer, illustrator or videographer?

Benefits

medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
time off
a commuter benefit program
a 401(k) plan with employer match
parental leave
long term disability insurance
may include needs-based student loan assistance
excellent training program and opportunities for advancement

The Public Interest Network

The Public Interest Network runs organizations committed to our vision of a better world, a set of core values, and a strategic approach to getting things done.The 16-plus groups in The Public Interest Network each strive for solutions on their own, while the force of our combined strategies builds pressure for change across the political and economic spectrum.Mission: We work on issues that speak to the need for a new kind of politics. Our campaigns challenge decision-makers to stop tolerating problems that are increasingly absurd in an age of advancing technology and growing abundance.We've won hundreds of victories at the local, state, national and corporate levels, and because of these laws and policies, people are buying healthier and safer products, getting more of our energy from the sun and the wind, drinking cleaner water and breathing cleaner air.

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