Senior Newsletter Writer
About The Position
Contrarian Thinking is looking for a business-minded writer who can help us scale two of the most-read business newsletters in the world. You’ll take big concepts and turn them into clear, compelling, long-form newsletters that people actually read, save, and forward. What You’ll Actually Do If you worked here this month, you might have: Interviewed members of our community and turned it into a newsletter that connects with a broad audience Ideated and created a database with research and topics for future newsletters Created a newsletter that is timely, related to current events, market trends, or regulatory shifts Reworked an internal case study into a mass-appeal breakdown for hundreds of thousands of readers Delivered a newsletter with a clean framework readers could actually apply in their own lives Collaborated with leadership to sharpen POV, accuracy, and edge Depending on skill level and interest, this role may expand into: Ad copy Short-form social media scripts YouTube long-form writing Editorial planning and content strategy
Requirements
- Proven experience writing long-form business or financial content
- Strong critical thinking and editorial instincts
- High comfort using AI tools for research, synthesis, and first drafts that become high-concept, human-written second drafts
- A business mindset. You understand entrepreneurs, and are interested in helping them learn and grow.
Nice To Haves
- Newsletters, media brands, or founders at scale
- AI-assisted editorial workflows
- Business acquisitions, investing, or SMB operations
Responsibilities
- Newsletter Writing
- Write high-impact long-form newsletters on business buying, scaling, and ownership
- Balance data, storytelling, and actionable frameworks
- Business & Market Analysis
- Relate current events, deal flow, and market trends to real-world ownership opportunities
- Spot what actually matters and ignore the noise
- Case Study Rewrites
- Take dense or technical case studies and make them understandable, engaging, and widely applicable
- Editorial Judgment & Voice
- Maintain a sharp, contrarian, intelligent tone
- Ensure everything sounds like a human with authority not a model
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
