Content Writer

HMH • Boston, MA

3d • $65,000 - $72,000

About The Position

The Content Writer helps drive revenue growth by drafting personalized, persuasive proposal narratives that position HMH programs and services in response to requests for proposals, bids, and rubrics from schools, districts, and states. As a member of the RFP, Bids & Contracts team, the writer serves as the content expert for selected programs, maintains expertise in collaboration with product management and curriculum design teams, and creates or updates narratives to reflect changes in content, selling points, competition, and pricing models.

The role contributes to strategic decisions and response positioning, using customer and sales information to understand needs, preferences, budgets, history, and evaluation criteria. Daily work includes proposal launch and discussion calls, collaboration across the company, independent research, continued learning about programs and services, and proposal writing. The writer manages multiple proposals and tight, sometimes competing deadlines, and helps improve team processes, systems, collaboration, and engagement.

Requirements

• Exceptional independent writing skills, including the ability to create high-quality original content from a blank page and develop the narrative, structure, and messaging independently.
• At least three years of in-person experience teaching core curriculum (ELA, mathematics, science, or social studies) in a K–12 public school environment. Virtual teaching experience does not meet this requirement.
• Strong organization and attention to detail and consistency.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to work effectively with subject-matter experts and participants across the company.
• Initiative, resourcefulness, and independent research skills, including the ability to learn unfamiliar topics, find credible sources, and proactively identify information and solutions.
• Ability to manage a high-volume, unpredictable workload with multiple competing deadlines through strong organization, prioritization, adaptability, and independent management of assignments.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

• Experience writing descriptive responses to RFPs issued by school districts.
• Master’s degree in a field related to the position.
• Experience teaching multiple subjects.
• Knowledge of curricula, educational theory and trends, national and state standards, proposal automation systems, Chicago Manual of Style, and devices used in educational environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the team’s content expert on selected programs and work with product management and curriculum design teams to maintain expertise.
• Create and update narratives to reflect changes to content, selling points, competition, and pricing models.
• Contribute to strategic decision-making and response positioning using SFDC data, customer details, needs and preferences, and information about factors such as budget, history, and weighted items.
• Participate in RFX discussion calls to help participants understand the RFX’s intent, key criteria, and deliverables.
• Write full proposal narratives and responses for primary programs, and write or contribute to narratives and responses for secondary programs and boilerplate as needed.
• Share primary program updates and changes, distribute revised narratives to the team, and work with the content repository team liaison to maintain current content.
• Work with the team to improve processes and systems that support collaboration and engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level