Brand Journalist

Core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Strategizing for Onboardly and its clients on content programs that respective audiences actually want to read, watch, listen to and share.
• Daily editing, optimizing, writing and feedback of client work,
• Management of client feedback on editorial schedules and posts,
• Writing and/or editing of content creation,
• Facilitating Onboardly’s process for customer acquisition and visibility,
• Manage workflow, including leveraging external and internal resources to produce results,
• Contribution to editorial calendars for each client in the Onboardly portfolio, 
• Seek out opportunities to create and contribute work on third party sites and media outlets,
• Sharing & promoting content on social networks,
• Suggest improvements to the Onboardly process where appropriate,
• Self-management on all ongoing deliverables indicated in the Onboardly methodology,
• Research & identification of opportunities to promote Onboardly and our clients in non-traditional means.

Activities may also include:

• Contributing to Onboardly blog, Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn presence & other social media sites and communities,
• Sharing Onboardly & Client content via personal social channels on a daily basis to help encourage distribution,
• Contributing to any relevant webinar series, remarkable content development, and other inbound marketing activities, 
• Given the nature of a startup, your marketing responsibilities will change from time to time, and may include managing other aspects of the marketing activities of the company organization, including quality online advertising & viral marketing campaigns.

You must be:

• An expert at getting things done on time and to a high degree of efficiency,
• A people person and brand enthusiast for Onboardly’s process,
• Agile and can change plans/direction at the drop of a dime,
• Awesome, fun and love the startup life!

You must have:

• Experience editing a large volume of content from different industries
• Experience at a technology publication or startup environment, 
• Experience creating story angles, pitching and following up,
• Evidence that you are a top producer (as defined by references, production results, etc.),
• Minimum 3-5 years of writing/editing experience within a web technologies or agency environment,
• The ability to manage and exceed client expectations, 
• Experience working with small business owners, startup founders, marketers and executives,
• The ability to advance the vision of the company,
• Tons of energy, passion, humor and enthusiasm,
• Street smarts (as defined by the ability to triage priorities, handle crisis and manage client expectations),
• A powerful work ethic.

Details:

• Head office is in Atlantic Canada though we are open to remote workers as well. 
• Starting date: Immediately
• Salaried position (Based on previous experience. Negotiable) 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.