Austin City Content Writer

Austin, TX (Remote)

$30/hr – $35/hrEntry LevelContract

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end city and neighborhood content from outlines to SEO-driven long-form pieces, balancing evergreen profiles with data-backed research and quotes.

  • Lead content strategy for city and neighborhood guides
  • Ensure fact-checking and editorial neutrality

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop structured outlines prior to drafting
  • Write comprehensive city landing pages optimized for keywords: Living In and Moving To
  • Produce “Best Neighborhoods” overview articles
  • Write individual deep-dive neighborhood profiles
  • Create evergreen “must-do” bucket list content
  • Conduct traditional and AI-assisted research
  • Cross-reference local publications, reviews, and established sources
  • Fact-check all data thoroughly
  • Identify enduring attractions vs. temporary trends
  • Ensure content depth supports strong engagement time

Requirements

  • Strong background in structured/outline-driven writing
  • Experience in destination, travel, relocation, or lifestyle content
  • SEO strategy and search intent expertise
  • Strong research and fact-checking methodology
  • Ability to distinguish evergreen institutions from short-term trends
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted research tools (hybrid workflow acceptable)
  • Ability to write with minimal editorial oversight
  • Experience writing high-engagement long-form content

Preferred

  • Preferred: Experience developing content funnels, familiarity with real estate or relocation-related content ecosystems, and experience incorporating quoted sources/interviews
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Compose.ly is a content-first SEO agency on a mission to create high-quality content that increases traffic and drives business results. Since our founding in 2016, we have powered content production and SEO strategies for hundreds of companies, including MyFitnessPal, GetYourGuide, WebMD, and TheRealReal.We attract and hire only the top 1% of writer applicants to our community and connect them to the right clients, thanks to our one-of-a-kind recruitment process. Once accepted, our writers receive ongoing training to ensure the content they create is unique, on-brand, and SEO-friendly.Our team has developed a proven process that quickly identifies areas for content improvement and builds personalized writer teams to reach our clients' KPIs. Whether it's increasing traffic, rankings, or leads, our expertise makes us the perfect partner for creating quality content that drives direct business growth.

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Austin City Content Writer

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