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Writer – Editor

Speakeasy Marketing Freelance United States 4 Aug 2022

Job Description

Writer / Editor

Search Engine and Podcast Title and Description writer and transcript editor wanted on an ongoing and part-time basis. Longer term and more full-time opportunities may be available.

We are a legal marketing firm that provides websites and content writing for lawyers in every practice area.

Applicants should have the following skills:

Excellent writer with basic skills in storytelling and copywriting
Strong command of English grammar is a must (sentence structure, punctuation, proper word use and phrasing)
Must be able to write compelling copy
Strong attention to detail
Ability to provide high-quality work on a consistent basis
Excellent listening skills (US Accent)
Basic knowledge of S.E.O./hashtagging
Ability to perform tasks within a given deadline (some assignments have a turnaround time within 3 business days)

The following skills are preferred, but not required for the right applicant:

Transcription skills
Legal experience
Experience writing for search engines (SEO)

Your duties will be as follows:

Editing Duties:

You will be editing transcripts from verbal interviews on a legal topic and editing it for sentence structure, grammar, spelling, etc.
Transcripts are about 6-10 pages long (this includes title pages and table of contents). Transcripts take between 1-1.5 hours to complete.
Transcripts are verbatim. You must be able to use experience and common sense to discern which things should be taken out of the transcripts (um’s and uh’s, etc.)
It will be your job to make the text look presentable enough for a professional legal website.

Writing Duties:

We would either give you about 10 questions with paragraph answers on a legal topic to rewrite into your own words (so that it is not plagiarized), or we will give you a several paragraph article to re-write into your own words (so that it is not plagiarized). You would rewrite that content and send it back to us.
There are also assignments where you will need to write on a specific legal topic, using specific keywords.
You will take a 30 50 minute podcast with the goal of turning it into a catchy title and description related to the podcast for our listeners.
You will be writing compelling & engaging show notes posts to accompany podcast episodes (edited by someone else) including bullet points and episode titles.

*We project about 6+ transcripts and 4+ podcasts to be sent to you weekly.

Pay is $40 per transcript for up to 10 pages, and $3 per page afterwards. Writing assignments are paid on an hour basis of $20/hour, and take between 1-2 hours to complete. You are paid through direct deposit weekly each Friday.

To apply:

Send an email to opportunities@speakeasymarketinginc.com with your resume AND a 400-word writing sample using this prompt:

DUI in your state.

If you qualify, we will send you a few paragraphs of raw transcribed text for you to edit and send back as a sample.