Remote Content Writer - Canada

Brafton • Toronto, ON

9d • Remote

About The Position

Brafton is one of the world's leading content marketing firms, with offices in Boston, London, Toronto and Sydney. They create result-focused strategies and content to drive SEO, social engagement and leads for their clients, continuously building expertise across new media formats. This is a remote, full-time position open to candidates across Canada. Brafton Content Writers are dedicated to producing strong, creative pieces for client content marketing campaigns. Client experience is paramount, requiring direct communication with clients. Viable candidates must handle various content formats including white papers, case studies, landing pages, infographic outlines, video blog scripts, and long-form articles based on approved briefs. The majority of clients are B2B, spanning technology, health, finance, business, education, and marketing industries. The role requires confident writing and researching on deadline in these spaces. Brafton is agile and well adapted to remote working practices, having been heavily remote-focused well before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Marketing or Communications strongly preferred
• 1-3 years of relevant content marketing industry writing experience
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Extreme attention to detail
• Knowledge of AP (Associated Press) style
• Understanding of SEO keywords and concepts behind branded writing
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-oriented environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, as well as a valuable member of a team
• Creative mind regarding a client’s brief/marketing goals
• Strong phone presence for client phone calls and interviews
• Ability to work with other departments in the company, such as account management, sales, social media, and other production departments, such as video and design.

Nice To Haves

• Applicants who provide relevant writing clips strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Research, create and deliver high-quality content to clients according to specified deadlines
• Edit the work of peers using Brafton’s editing marks and processes
• Work with account management to ensure that clients’ goals are achieved
• Virtually attend project, client and team meetings
• Track writing and editing production work on a daily basis in our in-house project management system
• Brainstorm and provide topics for clients monthly based on their creative brief and/or industry
• Communicate directly with clients

Benefits

• Commission
• Health Savings Account
• pension
• paid vacation
• flexible remote schedule

What This Job Offers

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