Job Title: Senior Writer at DigitalOcean ($1,000 – $2,000 / month)

Job Description

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We are looking for candidates who possess strong writing, editing, and competitive research skills to join as a Sr. Writer. This role focuses on the creation and general upkeep of our articles, blog posts, and buying guides and is a key part of growing our business and serving the purchasing and educational needs of our buyer personas.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Create findable, readable, understandable, actionable, and shareable content for different web properties and company blogs.

• Utilize SEO best practices and keyword strategies to increase website traffic

• Refresh and edit a variety of content including articles, blog posts, buying guides, and other supportive text using analytics data.

• Research topics related to the industry to further industry knowledge and improve existing content. 

• Learn and understand the technical product. 

• Stay informed and up-to-date on emerging and existing industry trends in content writing and web copy.

• Master various systems and SOPs built to produce quality content

• Work with the editorial team to ensure the content is produced, reviewed, and published on time.

• Repurpose content for different distribution channels (infographics, slide decks, LinkedIn Carousels, etc).

• Use PowerBI, Google Analytics, and other tools to understand the results published content brings and whether it’s adding any value to business results (free signups or paid conversions).

•  Understand the CTA’s and interlinking to test clicks and improve on a regular basis.

• Understand the content funnels and create content accordingly

• Topic ideation & planning deliverables with the project management team.

•  Conduct competitive research using tools like Ahrefs, BuzzSumo, SEMRush

• Create thorough outlines for any kind of content for editorial review and approvals.

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• 5+ years of experience in digital content writing, journalism, or marketing.

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced work environment

• Ability to multitask while meeting short and long-term deadlines

• Creative problem-solving and analytical skills

• Willingness to learn new tasks and software

• Superior research skills

• Solid written and verbal communication skills

• Can work both independently and in a collaborative, team-oriented environment

• Experienced with editing, revising, and writing copy

• Familiarity with SEO best practices

• Outcomes driven approach in writing is a must-have.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.

• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees’ overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.

• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*This is a remote role