Creative Content Writer
About We The Free
We The Free (WTF) is a passionate animal rights organization dedicated to promoting veganism and ending animal agriculture.
Mission Statement
"Empowering a global community of advocates to facilitate powerful conversations and actions about veganism and animal rights"
Vision Statement
"We see a future where animals are cherished individuals whose legal rights and personal freedoms are not just recognized, but fiercely defended."
Position Overview
As a Volunteer Creative Content Writer at We The Free, you will play a key role in writing in-depth and captivating articles that effectively communicate our message. While brainstorming with the Media team, you will contribute your articulateness to produce fact-based articles, blogs, and related writing to be featured on our website, reports, and research material. Your compelling content will provide you the opportunity to educate, inspire, and advocate for meaningful change on a global scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Content creation: Crafting compelling narratives about animal sentience, exploitation, and the significance of activism that grab the attention of our audience.
- Topic ideation: Bringing in innovative ideas to the team by staying updated on current events, industry trends, and emerging issues relevant to our mission.
- Research: Gather data and resources that ensure the content is accurate, credible, and based on reliable sources.
- SEO optimization: Implement SEO best practices to optimize the content with relevant keywords and meta tags to maximize organic visibility.
- Editing and proofreading: Review and edit blog posts for clarity, coherence, grammar, and spelling to adhere to our editorial standards and brand voice guidelines.
- Content promotion: Collaborate with the media team to promote blog content through social media, email newsletters, and other channels.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other members of the content team, including designers, editors, and writers, to enhance blog posts with multimedia elements.
- Feedback and revisions: Incorporate feedback from team members and make revisions as necessary to meet project requirements.
- Timely delivery: Complete assigned tasks within agreed-upon deadlines.
Skills and Qualifications
- Critical thinking and ideation
- Exceptional writing skills with a keen eye for detail and storytelling
- Strong research skills and ability to articulate effectively
- Proficient in content management platforms (e.g., Google Docs, Trello)
- Diverse portfolio showcasing a variety of writing styles and publications
- Knowledge of SEO principles and best practices
- Passion for animal rights and alignment with We The Free's mission
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment
- Excellent communication skills
Time Commitment
This is a volunteer position, and we appreciate any time you can dedicate to supporting our cause. The time commitment can be flexible based on your availability and the needs of ongoing projects.
Financial Compensation
This is a voluntary position, with potential for future paid roles. Every paid member of the WTF team started as a volunteer initially! (Of course, a future role cannot be guaranteed)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
Be your authentic self. Diversity, equity, and inclusion aren't just words on our website, these concepts have been an integral part of our organization's strategy since day one.
We are against all forms of discrimination, bullying, and harassment. We are respectful and inclusive toward individuals of any race, gender, species, culture, age, sexual orientation, disability, religious and political affiliation. Our policies and processes are designed to actively oppose inequities.
Creating a culture that promotes and celebrates a diverse and inclusive movement isn't just the right thing to do, it's also smart. To achieve our mission and cultivate a vegan world, we need a resilient and representative movement that is sustainably free to focus more of our efforts on helping animals.
How to Apply
If you are passionate about contributing to the resources people use to learn about veganism and effective advocacy, you are just who we are looking for! Use the apply button on this page and our recruitment team will get in touch with you via email shortly.
We do not accept AI-written applications!
We screen all applications for AI-generated content — if you submit an AI-generated application we will automatically reject your application.
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