Description
Position Overview:
Would you like to become an integral member of a professional, rapidly-growing content development team? Here's your opportunity. At Content Customs, the responsibility of our Legal Blog Staff Writer is to produce high-quality written content for a multitude of law firms across a wide array of legal topics. Assignments are written in a journalistic style and writers must source and cite current events in the media, interesting legal topics, or matters in which parties involved could benefit from litigation.
Job Description:
Our team is currently seeking individuals with experience in the writing industry to fill a limited number of remote, contractor positions within our company.
The position will require you to research current news stories and legal topics pertaining to specific areas of legal practice. You'll then create an original blog post based on the legal topic or news story, including context as to why the reader should care about the topic and how an attorney could offer assistance.
Our staff writing positions are work-from-home positions, and allow for flexibility in your work schedule so long as assignments are completed prior to their individual deadlines. As a Legal Blog Staff Writer at Content Customs you must be able to complete a moderate to high volume of content each week and across a broad range of legal matters.
Our business primarily operates Monday through Friday, 9AM – 5PM EST. However, in many cases, our writers are able to complete work in the evenings or over the weekend if they choose to do so. Assignments are provided to writers several days in advance, allowing for flexibility.
Requirements:
- Strong writing, research, and organizational skills
- Ability to carefully follow detailed guidelines
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Ability to meet strict daily deadlines
- Ability to consistently write the same quantity of blogs every week (20+/week preferred but not required)
- 1 year of professional writing experience (online writing preferred but not required)
- Based within the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree in English and/or Journalism
- Experience writing legal content, and knowledge of various legal topics
- Knowledge of AP style
- Available for Skype/email communication during normal office hours (9AM – 5PM EST, M-F)
Workload:
The body of each article is roughly 300 words. You'll start with a small number of articles your first week or two (1 blog post per day) and then your workload will increase depending upon your interest, capacity and performance. With experience, our writers are generally able to create multiple blog posts per hour.
How to Apply:
Please send a resume and a brief description of why you're a good fit for the position to [email protected]. Please share 2 or 3 recent writing samples, and be prepared to write a fresh sample based on project guidelines.