Senior Content Writer

Job Description:
Job Title:   Senior Content Writer
Location:  US- Remote
Duration:  12+ months to begin with
Pay rate: $70-$75/hour on W2

Job Description:

• Content designer with 4 to 10 years of experience writing editorial stories for a consumer digital storefront.
• Writes the featured stories, collection themes, and curated roundups that span a catalog of games and apps — finding the angle that connects individual titles to what people are actually interested in right now, whether that's a cultural moment, a seasonal hook, a genre resurgence, or an emerging play pattern.
• Works from a recurring editorial calendar in close partnership with curation, product, and design.

Top Skills:

• Editorial writing and story development, trend spotting and cultural fluency, catalog knowledge across games and apps, voice and tone consistency, and writing to tight in-product constraints.

About the Role:

• Client is seeking a temporary, contingent Content Designer to support editorial content development for games, apps, and entertainment experiences.
• In this role, candidates will produce clear, high-quality editorial writing and collaborate with internal stakeholders to help deliver content on a recurring publishing cadence.

Responsibilities:

• Write and refine editorial content about games, apps, and entertainment, including (as applicable) storefront features, reviews, roundups, headlines, and short-form promotional copy.
• Deliver copy quickly and accurately across multiple lengths and formats (e.g., title cards, short blurbs, and ~400-word features).
• Translate curation inputs and/or performance signals into clear editorial angles, with an informed point of view on why a title, app, or moment matters.
• Support ongoing publishing operations by meeting deadlines and adhering to editorial standards, voice, and formatting requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure content is complete, consistent, and ready for publication.

Minimum Requirements:

• Portfolio of published editorial writing about games, apps, or entertainment (e.g., storefront features, reviews, roundups, criticism).
• Demonstrated fluency with games and app culture, including genres, communities, and emerging trends; ability to articulate and defend an editorial point of view.
• Track record of shipping work on a recurring publishing calendar (e.g., weekly/daily cadence).
• Ability to write clean, compelling copy at multiple lengths, from very short headlines to feature-length pieces (~400 words).
• Comfort working in Figma alongside designers and maintaining copy in spreadsheets and/or a CMS.
• Experience turning curation inputs and/or data signals into an editorial narrative or angle.

Preferred:

• Background in VR/AR, gaming, or entertainment media.
• Portfolio of published editorial writing about games, apps, or entertainment — storefront features, reviews, roundups, or criticism.
• Genuine fluency with games and app culture: knows genres, communities, and what's breaking out, and can defend a point of view about why a title matters.
• Track record shipping on a recurring publishing calendar.
• Writes fast and cleanly at multiple lengths, from a six-word title card to a 400-word feature.
• Comfortable in Figma alongside designers and maintaining copy in spreadsheets or a CMS.
• Experience turning data or curation input into an editorial angle.
• VR/AR, gaming, or entertainment media background preferred.

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• Strong editorial and writing experience
• Gaming or entertainment industry
• Strong experience such as content design, editorial strategy

Good to have skills:

• Bachelor's degree - preferably english literature

Pay Range: $70 - $75/hour on W2

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.

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