Content Writer Jobs

A RARE opportunity to work with Shama Hyder at Zen Media - A long-time reputable marketing agency!

***This is a remote role with a focus on Montreal, Canada region as preferred and willing to support EST hours :)

What does success look like at the end of the day as a Content Writer / Creator at the well-known Zen Media brand: You understand your clients and they trust you to take you on their audience engagement journey by leveraging your creative mind and ability to execute against a strategy consistently. You remain up-to-date on the latest changes and trends for audience messaging per channel and can effectively present prepared strategies and communicate ideas to the client in real time. You can do this for 4-6 clients while owning copywriting and editorial drafts.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Write engaging content that matches your client’s brand and voice guidelines.
• Collaborate with social media managers, designers, PR managers, SEO specialists, ad specialists, client marketing strategists, and more to ensure that the content you develop fits into the broader marketing strategy for the account.
• Act as a ghostwriter for C-Suite-level executives, capturing their insights and voice in expertly crafted content assets.
• Use strong writing strategies to ensure your content flows well, is engaging, and is appropriate for the client.
• Work with clients to help develop and deliver on content strategy, including content for blogs, social media, email marketing, public relations, web copy, and more.
• Stay up to date on content marketing trends and best practices, and use them in your own work.
• Assist teammates, as needed, in writing pieces for clients, reviewing their copy, and so on.
• Use correct grammar and punctuation in all assets.
• Attend client meetings and present content assets and speak to how it relates to the goals and audience of the brand, and so on professionally and with poise.

Qualifications

• Preferred: have worked in a B2B marketing, tech, fintech, or SaaS background.
• Preferred: Proven experience and success at an agency or handling multiple marketing brands at once
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in English, Journalism, Marketing, Communications, or related field
• Proven experience exercising strategic thinking and creative problem-solving within a marketing environment
• Strong handle on grammar and punctuation
• Strong understanding of how to outline and plot long-form pieces.
• Team player and collaborator, always pushing the boundaries of creativity together.
• Moderate to advanced computer skills and efficiency with project management technology (ie slack, clickup, etc)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to juggle multiple clients and hit key deadlines
• You are proactive and resourceful—a self-starter, self-motivated, optimistic, detail-oriented, and collaborative
• Strong understanding of how to write engaging and eye-catching short-form pieces
• Exceptional “drive” for seeing projects through to completion.
• [1-3] years of industry content creation experience

Content Team Department Culture

Our team is hungry to learn and forward-thinking, focusing on high standards of execution and consistency every day. We pride ourselves on collaboration, resourcefulness, and empowering one another to exceed the status quo expectations. We strive to end the monotony of boring B2B marketing content by creating content strategies and developing content worth reading. This is supported by our weekly team meetings where we share strategy ideas talk through clients, and discuss new ideas.

A little history about Zen Media

Shama Hyder built Zen Media from a scrappy startup to an industry-leading team and agency. She’s also distinguished herself as an international marketing luminary,delivered keynotesto packed houses in more than 20 countries and written a couple of bestselling books. But it’s her nose for innovation that makes her the figure CMOs seek out to build brand reputation, increase market share and deliver bottom-line results.

As the acclaimed author ofThe Zen of Social Media Marketing(now in its 4th edition) andMomentum: How to Propel Your Marketing and Transform Your Brand in the Digital Age, Shama is a key figure behind the growth of many recognized brands. We at Zen Media, are her goto team for all things demand gen and have built a reputation in bringing that same level of innovative impact to our amazing clients.

Perks of working at Zen:

• Belief in the service – Our offer solves a huge pain point in the marketplace, and we’re considered world-class at what we do
• Charity matching
• Bring your pet to work (remote life and in the office in Miami - dogs)
• Culture is one of our top priorities –you will find a community at Zen Media that holds high standards with lots of support to get you going to be successful and continue pushing boundaries
• Upward career growth opportunities
• 401k matching
• Bonuses - eligibility required
• Commuter Benefits
• High standard for management development for all Zen Media leaders, managers, and senior experts.
• Vision Insurance
• Health & dental insurance
• Life Insurance
• Miami Retreat Awards - eligibility required for top performers in all areas
• Competitive compensation
• 100% remote
• One Medical Access
• Unlimited PTO
• Strict no jerks policy