Description
Dating/Hookups– Writer
We are seeking a Dating/Hookups Writer available 30+ hours a week with excellent editorial, reading, writing, and organizational skills to be part of our growing team.
This position has flexible hours and lets you work from anywhere. You'll be working in a start-up company of 30+ people, with many opportunities for promotion, bonuses, and advancement.
Here’s what you’ll be doing and the skills and experience that we’re looking for
Specific Role Experience and Competency
Importance 70%
Editing web content and articles
Importance 20%
What you’ll be doing
Ensure articles follow our style guidelines and are well-written, skimmable, and provide great answers using provided SEO keywords.
Creating article briefs
Writing at least 4, 2,500-word articles a week.
Ensuring all articles have no spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.
Ensuring the written and visual content of the article is engaging.
Work with our advertising partners for the assigned niches to ensure articles are compliant with their guidelines.
Collaborate with Virtual Assistants to create links
What you’ll need
Mandatory
Fluent in English
1-3+ years of proven experience writing, proofreading, or editing.
Can translate ideas and complex research into an attractive, precise copy that engages and informs audiences.
Comfortable pivoting between topics and writing for different platforms (website, social media, infographics), while still maintaining a consistent voice.
Proven at writing/editing up to 10,000+ words a week.
Desirable
Bachelor’s degree in English, Creative Writing, Journalism, Communications, or related field.
Experience in affiliate content.
Niche Specific Requirements
Importance 10%
Mandatory
Interest in dating/hookup apps and new developments in this space
An understanding of progressive language as it relates to dating, sex, and the LGBTQ community
The ability to edit both family-friendly and NSFW content
The ability to edit articles written in a conversational, lighthearted tone
Article SEO
Importance 20%
What you’ll be doing
Checking/supporting writers to ensure content adheres to SEO best practices to improve keyword ranking.
Optimize for SEO performance.
What you’ll need
Desirable
Be interested and confident quick learner of softwares (e.g. WordPress)
Experience with SEO tools such as SurferSEO, ahrefs or similar.
Research and Fact-Checking
Importance 10%
What you’ll be doing
Research any new niches with the help of topic experts and create guidelines for writers to use.
Ensure there is no plagiarism within articles.
What you’ll need
Mandatory
Strong at researching/fact-checking the most relevant, reliable sources for content.
Team Management
Importance 10%
What you’ll be doing
Give actionable feedback and coaching to writers on creating best-in-class content and adherence to guidelines.
Continually improve documentation, training, and processes.
Receive real, constructive feedback to learn our standards and revise work accordingly.
What you’ll need
Able to give clear and actionable feedback to the team.
Core Competency and Personality Traits
Importance 30%
Role Model Behavior
Proactive and able to contribute new ideas.
Reliable, available, and trustworthy.
Honest and comfortable with asking for help when you need it.
Own mistakes, raise issues to the right people, communicate risks with possible solutions.
Be helpful.
Positive Energy
Great ‘can do’ energy to motivate yourself and your team.
Excellent Organization
Great with file management.
Organized and methodical.
Be able to manage your work-life balance.
Able to manage yourself and your team to meet committed timelines.
Passionate
Passionate about writing and, or editing.
Interested in dating, hookups, and the various related apps and websites
Excellent Communicator
Proficient in English, both written and verbal.
Active communicator. Comfortable communicating via email, video call, audio calls, Slack etc.
High Attention to Detail
Meticulous attention to detail.
Ability to follow procedures and ensure reporting is done correctly.
We only hire the best – and we reward generously!
Benefits
Choose your hours and work remotely
Long term career opportunities for advancement
Collaborate with a team of writers and editors to improve content quality and come up with your own ideas for new content
Link to Formal Job Description:
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