Content Writer

Content Writing Intern (Remote) — The Grey Post

🕐 Duration: 3 months | 💵 Stipend: Unpaid | 🌎 Location: Remote (USA Preferred)

About The Grey Post

TheGreyPost.com is a rising independent media platform covering U.S. news, global affairs, offbeat stories, lifestyle, culture, and deeply researched long-reads with a fresh voice. We are on a mission to publish content that matters — beyond the noise, beyond the ordinary.

Now, we’re inviting curious minds and sharp writers to join us on an exciting journey — as interns who want to be noticed.

🔍 What You’ll Do

• Research and write high-quality blog posts, opinion pieces, or news explainers (600–1500+ words).
• Contribute to content categories like Trending US News, States of Mind, The Feed, Deep Grey, and more.
• Use simple, clear, and engaging language — just like you're explaining something to a smart 8th grader.
• Learn basic SEO writing, headline optimization, and viral angles.
• Collaborate via Notion, Docs, Slack/Email — fully remote and async-friendly.

🧠 What You’ll Gain

• Real bylines on a fast-growing publication — boost your resume and portfolio!
• Mentorship on writing for the web, EEAT, and journalism standards.
• Letter of Recommendation & Certificate upon successful completion.
• Possibility of paid freelance work or contributor status after internship.
• Priority consideration for future editorial roles and features.

✅ You’re a Great Fit If…

• You’re based in the USA or have excellent knowledge of U.S. culture/news.
• You enjoy explaining complex things simply.
• You’re comfortable working independently and meeting deadlines.
• You're studying journalism, English, media, or simply love writing.

🎯 Bonus If You…

• Have experience with WordPress or Google Docs.
• Have written on Medium, Substack, your blog, or college magazine.
• Love writing about society, tech, politics, strange laws, or offbeat stories.

📩 How to Apply

Send us:

• A short bio (2-3 lines)
• 1 writing sample (or link to blog/Medium/portfolio)
• 2 content ideas you’d love to write for The Grey Post

👉 Email: thegreypost.com

Subject: “Content Writing Intern — [Your Name]”

Note: This is a volunteer-based, learning-focused internship. We value creative freedom, flexible hours, and personal growth over formal titles. Perfect for students and passionate writers who want to make their words matter.

1. Providing SEO optimized unique and plagiarism-free content

2. Ensuring the quality of content assigned to you

3. Managing the work-from-home content writers and reviewing & editing articles written by them

4. Publishing content on our websites and mobile apps

• Lead & manage the marketing function of the studio end to end from planning to execution for quality lead generation
• Manage and refine our social media channel with content marketing and inbound marketing.
• Consistently identifying revenue opportunities within our established client base and managing consistent growth by securing new accounts and by generating new quality leads.
• Continually review changes to the market, use tools to measure & iterate so that results are predictable and sustainable
• Report directly to the CEO and rally along to execute the brand vision.
• KPI’s will be around # of qualified leads, site traffic, awards won, lead to conversion ratios, content quality, ranking on platforms like clutch, etc.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills
• Experience with digital marketing, content marketing, and social media marketing
• Able to set and achieve targets as well as do not shy from achieving given targets
• Self-motivated and committed to perform
• Ability to track, measure, and iterate based on results

Content Operations Specialist 

Location: Work from home

Type: Primarily contract based 

Nature of work: Full-time.

As a Content Operations Specialist at Pratilipi Marathi, you will closely work with our Content Operations lead and other language owners to ensure delighting millions of readers via content curation. You will be the one who gets to decide which content list goes on our App and Website homepage. You will run writing competitions for thousands of authors. You will focus on the health and hygiene of your language by filtering content from the backend. You will get to decide which content goes into our social media. 

In short - you will own a content funnel in Pratilipi Marathi. We are looking for extraordinarily creative and logical personalities to create great experiences for our authors and build great reading experiences for our readers. 

What we are looking for in a person:

You must be passionate about stories and literature. Strong and commendable verbal and written communication skills in both Marathi and English are a MUST. You are hungry for growth and learning. You should be super organized, take ownership of each initiative, and have a curious mindset to learn new tools and techniques. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite is required, as is the ability to prioritize tasks and frequently multitask. You must have a deep love for Pratilipi, aspire to work with authors and make a positive impact in the language literature world.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be closely working with our Content Operations team and take end-to-end ownership of Writing competitions in your language. You will work on ideas around writing competitions, You will create and translate drafts, rules, and value systems around competitions. You will be in charge of competition results and rewards mechanisms. 
• You will understand user funnels and take up focused initiatives to scale event participation and published content numbers. 
• You will do regular content sanity checks based on necessary metrics and choose the best content for the Pratilipi Premium section.
• You will do awesome vibrant translations of articles whenever required, by fully understanding the content needs.
• You will choose which story goes in front of readers on our Facebook channel. You will select creatives to engage readers in each story. 
• You will be an admin of our large social media page and group, where you will approve daily published content and establish communication and customer success. 
• You will be working on the health and hygiene of the platform by removing pirated content, hate speech, and explicit content. 
• You will read all event content and curate the highest quality event results based on necessary metrics and what is best suited for the Pratilipi community.
• You will reply to user queries over email and help them with any kind of issues related to Pratilipi events. 
• You will be responsible for assisting in the day-to-day content needs of our product managers in order to run different experiments. Your content would go to millions of readers each day. 

What we offer:

• Work opportunity in a high-growth start-up environment. Be a part of something big, exciting, and meaningful.
• Learn new skills, take on challenging tasks, grow as an individual, and grow within the organization.
• Career development in Content operations, Linguist, Content Management, Community operations, Content writing, or similar fields. 
• Dynamic, creative, and collaborative work environment. Supportive leadership.
• Flexible work hours and better work-life balance
• Work from Anywhere
• Salary 20-25k per month. 

Interview process:

• We won’t look for an experience.
• We would take interviews over a few phone calls and Zoom. 
• Expect one or two assignments once you clear the first round of interviews.

• Write content for website funnels, web pages, blogs & marketing

• Create website content that is accurate, attention-grabbing, well-researched, and meets the needs of international clients

• Edit, proofread work to ensure high editorial standards are met across all content outputs

• Collaborate with creative, product, marketing teams to assess project needs and help with messaging

• Speak with internal, external stakeholders to learn about their content needs, develop and implement brand guidelines

• Work closely with the accounts, design teams to brainstorm ideas & create concepts, develop messaging

• Assist in other aspects of the creative or research processes to create accurate content and maximize growth

• Stay current on trends and competitors within the editorial sphere

• See projects through the whole creative lifestyle, from inception to deployment (digitalyards.in)

Location- Gurgaon

Mode of Work- Office

Interview Mode- Online

Experience- 2 to 4 years

Content Writer 

As a Content Creator, you’ll be working with teams across the company to create valuable content to educate our customers and wow our prospects. Your primary role will be to enrich our websites and mobile app with engaging blog posts, guides, and actionable marketing copy. 

Your responsibilities include

• conduct thorough research on industry-related topics 

• generate ideas for new content composition Write engaging content and ensure that it adheres to SEO standards

• proofread the articles before publication 

You should possess excellent writing skills and have an eye for detail. You should develop content that attracts the target audience.

Roles and responsibilities

• Create content pieces that appeal to our audiences, attract customers and boost our brand awareness.
• Produce content marketing campaigns to drive leads and subscribers
• Utilize SEO best practices to generate traffic to our website
• Develop different content types, including email, social media posts, blogs, and white papers on a regular basis.
• Oversee our website, promote our blog and pitch articles to third-party platforms effectively.
• Work together with different departments to create innovative content ideas.
• Prepare well-organized drafts utilizing Content Management Systems (e.g. WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, etc).
• Assure all-around consistency for textual styles, pictures, fonts and tones in the content.
• Research industry-related topics by combining web sources, interviews and studies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Marketing or related field {Master's degree, a plus}
• At least 1 year of work experience as a Content Writer
• Experience with Content Management Systems (e.g. WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, etc) and marketing tools, MS Office or Google Suite
• Excellent understanding of digital marketing strategies including SEO, email marketing and web analytics.
• Outstanding writing and editing skills in English for a B2B as well as B2C audience.
• Ability to handle tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Willingness to multitask and take new initiatives
  
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