About Us:
The Sound is a Global Exploration, Strategy and Innovation agency. We use leading-edge exploration techniques and marketing models to solve brand, marketing, communications and product challenges. We're best known for providing our clients with the insight, inspiration and strategy needed to answer the brand challenges most important to their business. We’re building a talent pool of skilled freelance content creators to support our internal marketing team. This is a remote, project-based position with ongoing opportunities for the right candidates.
Is this role right for you:
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! We need a ghostwriter to create compelling headlines and engaging content, across a variety of industry topics, that will capture the attention of our target audience. The role is to support our existing marketing team with creating preplanned, well-researched, informative blogs and posts we can publish on our website and across our social networks. Ideally, we are looking for someone with a strong background in market research (marketing), communications, journalism and/or business.
If you know how to use content to drive SEO, social engagement and leads to our door, then keep reading!
About you:
- You have a passion for research and writing high-quality blog posts on a variety of market research topics, including industry trends, data analysis techniques, and best practices.
- You use creativity to create compelling headlines and body copy that will resonate and capture the attention of the target audience of business professionals, researchers, and industry leaders.
- You have high standards to ensure all content is accurate, well-cited, polished and error-free.
- You’re collaborative and will work with our internal team to refine and edit blog posts for clarity, engagement, and SEO optimization, which includes one round of revisions.
- You’re organized to meet deadlines and maintain a consistent publishing schedule.
- You’re curious and stay up-to-date with the latest market research tools, methodologies, and industry news.
- You’re visionary and can contribute ideas for new blog topics and content formats to enhance reader engagement.
What you’ll need:
- Experience in Marketing Research, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field
- At least 1-2 years of experience in content writing, with a focus on SEO and digital marketing
- Strong research skills and the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise and engaging content
- Ability to adapt tone, style, and messaging for our brand and target demographics
- Excellent writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail
- Ability to communicate and collaborate consistently and proactively with our team
- Skilled with Google Workspace applications (primarily Docs, Slides, and Sheets)
- A portfolio of published work that demonstrates your writing style and expertise
Plus skills:
- Knowledge of market research tools and software.
- Experience writing content for the market research industry.
- Intermediate knowledge of SEO best practices with topic selection, keywords, title tags, and meta descriptions, and the ability to optimize content for search engines and AI LLMs.
Benefits:
- Pay per blog/project (most blogs are 1000 words or less)
- Work from anywhere and autonomously to meet deadlines
- Compensation in Canadian dollars or British pounds
How to Apply:
We believe great work necessitates diverse perspectives and we take an inclusive approach to our workplace environment and hiring practices.
Please submit your letter of interest by including:
- Your rates or expected compensation per blog.
- Your availability and how many articles you can commit to per month.
- Sample portfolio demonstrating expertise in different content types
- Resume
Although our process is subject to change based on availability and specific candidate circumstances, here is generally what you can expect if you apply:
- 15-minute conversation with HR
- 30-minute conversation with our marketing team
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Sound provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected classification.