Impress Studio Digital Content Writer
About the role
Do you have a passion for inspiring, informative storytelling? Do you have strong organizational skills and a proven talent for customer service? We want to meet you!
We’re seeking a talented, motivated content writer / journalist who will undertake client phone interviews before creating engaging branded content stories for our competitive digital platforms.
The successful applicant will work closely with the Managing Editor and other team members, producing branded content stories for our Impress Studio. Branded content is a powerful marketing strategy with high expectations on quality and output, and an emphasis on client relationships.
The successful applicant must understand the many functions of a journalist position, from working independently, to having the technical skill to create a branded story from the ground up, to handling all the different jobs that go with producing a story, including interviewing, writing, proofing, and understanding photography and video platforms.
Essential skills include organization, clear communication and customer service for both internal and external clients, in addition to flexibility, attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
- Interviewing clients and story subjects in communities across North America
- Producing clean, engaging, error-free writing
- Creating content that is engaging and speaks to what matters most to clients and their potential customers
- Working with clients through editing and approval process
- Creating engaging social media copy to promote stories
Qualifications & Skills
- Graduation from university or community college in a relevant course of study or equivalent industry experience
- Excellent communication skills – clear, concise, timely
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to produce multiple content stories a day, following standards that are fair, accurate, thoughtful and immediate, and which reflect the communities we serve
- Experience driving website traffic and audience engagement through multimedia content generation, including SEO strategies
- Assets: ability to shoot and edit video stories, and experience with Google Analytics and WordPress
- Smartphone is mandatory
- May involve some weekend and evening work
Carpenter Media Group is a leading North American local news champion with digital and print operations across northern and western Canada and throughout the United States. The Impress Studio team works with all CMG publications.
Those wishing to join CMG’s Impress Studio can submit their resumes, cover letter to:
Jennifer Blyth Managing Editor
Impress Studio, Black Press Media
jennifer.blyth@blackpress.ca Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Black Press Media
The largest independent media company in North America with highly engaged media platforms in British Columbia, Central Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.
Black Press Media is a division of Carpenter Media Group.
In addition to Canadian operations BPM extends its publishing operations in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
British Columbia, Canada is comprised of four major geographic regions, BC North, BC South, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, Black Press Media serves small communities like Barriere and Sooke, as well as British Columbia's major urban centres, Victoria and Surrey. Its media operations are widely read in some of the fastest-growing communities in Canada, like Kelowna, Nanaimo and Abbotsford.
Black Press Media is home to some of the oldest, most trusted local media in Western Canada, like the Chilliwack Progress, founded in 1891, and the Ashcroft Journal, which first published in 1895. Market by market these are the leading newspapers and news websites in their respective communities.
Black Press Media’s suburban and urban print and online operations provide audiences with a superior blend of localized news coverage that is recognized with numerous editorial awards every year. BPM invests in relevant, high quality journalism that affects the lives of readers and the communities served. This commitment is complemented by award winning photography and advanced marketing. Black Press Media Community and Daily Newspapers are all the places that you want to be.
Impress Studio Digital Content Writer
About the role
Do you have a passion for inspiring, informative storytelling? Do you have strong organizational skills and a proven talent for customer service? We want to meet you!
We’re seeking a talented, motivated content writer / journalist who will undertake client phone interviews before creating engaging branded content stories for our competitive digital platforms.
The successful applicant will work closely with the Managing Editor and other team members, producing branded content stories for our Impress Studio. Branded content is a powerful marketing strategy with high expectations on quality and output, and an emphasis on client relationships.
The successful applicant must understand the many functions of a journalist position, from working independently, to having the technical skill to create a branded story from the ground up, to handling all the different jobs that go with producing a story, including interviewing, writing, proofing, and understanding photography and video platforms.
Essential skills include organization, clear communication and customer service for both internal and external clients, in addition to flexibility, attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
- Interviewing clients and story subjects in communities across North America
- Producing clean, engaging, error-free writing
- Creating content that is engaging and speaks to what matters most to clients and their potential customers
- Working with clients through editing and approval process
- Creating engaging social media copy to promote stories
Qualifications & Skills
- Graduation from university or community college in a relevant course of study or equivalent industry experience
- Excellent communication skills – clear, concise, timely
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to produce multiple content stories a day, following standards that are fair, accurate, thoughtful and immediate, and which reflect the communities we serve
- Experience driving website traffic and audience engagement through multimedia content generation, including SEO strategies
- Assets: ability to shoot and edit video stories, and experience with Google Analytics and WordPress
- Smartphone is mandatory
- May involve some weekend and evening work
Carpenter Media Group is a leading North American local news champion with digital and print operations across northern and western Canada and throughout the United States. The Impress Studio team works with all CMG publications.
Those wishing to join CMG’s Impress Studio can submit their resumes, cover letter to:
Jennifer Blyth Managing Editor
Impress Studio, Black Press Media
jennifer.blyth@blackpress.ca Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Black Press Media
The largest independent media company in North America with highly engaged media platforms in British Columbia, Central Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.
Black Press Media is a division of Carpenter Media Group.
In addition to Canadian operations BPM extends its publishing operations in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
British Columbia, Canada is comprised of four major geographic regions, BC North, BC South, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, Black Press Media serves small communities like Barriere and Sooke, as well as British Columbia's major urban centres, Victoria and Surrey. Its media operations are widely read in some of the fastest-growing communities in Canada, like Kelowna, Nanaimo and Abbotsford.
Black Press Media is home to some of the oldest, most trusted local media in Western Canada, like the Chilliwack Progress, founded in 1891, and the Ashcroft Journal, which first published in 1895. Market by market these are the leading newspapers and news websites in their respective communities.
Black Press Media’s suburban and urban print and online operations provide audiences with a superior blend of localized news coverage that is recognized with numerous editorial awards every year. BPM invests in relevant, high quality journalism that affects the lives of readers and the communities served. This commitment is complemented by award winning photography and advanced marketing. Black Press Media Community and Daily Newspapers are all the places that you want to be.