Staff Writer, Content Studio
RedPoint Media Group is seeking a staff writer to assist with writing, editing and fact-checking. This part-time contract position will start immediately. RedPoint Media has a hybrid office setup offering employees the opportunity to work from home or from the co-working space at cSpace Marda Loop. Some face-to-face meetings as well as event attendance are required.
Hourly payment will be commensurate with experience and will be approximately $20/hour.
RedPoint Media Group is an award-winning digital and print publisher and content studio based in Calgary. RedPoint seeks out the best and brightest talent in the industry.
This posting will be open until August 7, 2023.
Our opportunity
The part-time staff writer, RPM Content Studio, contract position is a wide-ranging role that requires excellent skills in writing. The junior writer will excel at creating content for various projects with multiple and often urgent deadlines. The remote role requires 15-20 hours per week and will be offered for six months from August 31 to January 31, 2024, with the option to renew. Above all, we are looking for someone who will be a good fit on our team, who is thoughtful, talented, dedicated and ready to create some amazing content.
Responsibilities include:
- Research and write print and online branded content (advertorial and feature partner) stories.
- Research and write for a variety of custom publications, including regular departments, sidebars, features and Q&As.
- Support the editorial team with fact-checking as needed following established fact-checking process.
- Provide proofing and editing support as needed.
- Assist with additional client support, including creating source lists, mailing lists etc.
- Contribute to brainstorming discussions for upcoming editorial and custom content.
- Other editorial duties as assigned.
Our ideal candidate
Our staff writer will:
- Have at least 2–3 years of editorial/branded content writing experience.
- Possess excellent writing skills, ideally with experience in lifestyle, medical lifestyle and profile (people and businesses) writing.
- Generate well-written and engaging stories on sometimes urgent deadlines.
- Know how to research stories to ensure relevance, engagement and accuracy.
- Be a flexible and adaptable team player.
- Have fact-checking experience.
- Be savvy at display copy.
- Be an amazing storyteller and overall human.
In order to fit in with the RedPoint team you are:
- A team player with good communication and people skills.
- Self-motivated and a good problem-solver, with a reputation for doing what you say you will do and getting things done on time.
- Passionate about multi-media.
- Smart, professional and a lot of fun to work with.
- Committed to the quality of your work, but you don’t take yourself too seriously.
- Able to work across teams to pull the skills and energy of many departments and people together to produce great work.
Our RedPoint package
As a remote-work company in the creative industries, RedPoint provides a stimulating, supportive work culture and flexible opportunities. We work to create the right opportunities for the right team members.
We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly.
This posting will be open until we find a suitable applicant. We ask that candidates include their resume, a cover letter, and three writing samples.
This posting will be open until August 7, 2023.
Our inclusion
RedPoint is committed to creating an inclusive workplace free from discrimination.
In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that different candidates can bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
We understand that we all have unconscious bias and are actively working to become aware of and overcome this. We offer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training to all employees and are consistently working on improvement. We are committed to creating a culture where employees can voice their opinions and offer suggestions on how we can evolve.
We are happy to work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.
Please apply directly on our hiring website visit redpointmedia.bamboohr.com.
