Newsletter Writer

🔥 29 minutes ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $40 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✏️ Content Writer

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1993

🚘 Automotive

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

Automotive • Manufacturing • Consulting

CAST is a network of daily local podcasts and newsletters that connect listeners with the cities they love. By providing smart, engaging content, CAST aims to foster curiosity and community engagement, making individuals more informed citizens. Currently operating in multiple cities, CAST is dedicated to enriching local news by delivering insightful stories and information directly to its audience.

📋 Description

• Write a weekly City Cast Austin newsletter focused on small businesses and local shopping, with a clear point of view and engaging voice • Create a timely shopping guide in each issue with specific recommendations tied to the moment • Develop a complementary second weekly segment profiling a local business or explaining a trend affecting Austin’s small business ecosystem • Pitch a cohesive weekly newsletter plan connecting the shopping guide and second segment thematically • Identify, contact, and interview small business owners, operators, and experts • Write an upbeat outro featuring good news, local tips, or special recommendations • Collaborate with the City Cast Austin team and work with the Executive Producer through editing • Optionally discuss reporting and recommendations on the City Cast Austin podcast

🎯 Requirements

• Strong, confident writing voice and a love of service journalism that helps readers make smart, local choices • Deep knowledge of Austin and its small business landscape, or a proven ability to learn it quickly and thoroughly • Experience pitching and executing reported stories or newsletters with a clear editorial vision • Ability to connect ideas across segments and build a newsletter that feels intentional, cohesive, and fresh week after week • Strong reporting instincts, including comfort with cold outreach and interviewing local business owners • Strong existing network of relationships within Austin’s small business community enabling quick sourcing, original reporting, and insider-level recommendations • Collaborative mindset and openness to editing and feedback in a team-driven environment • Bonus: Comfort speaking about work on a podcast or interest in growing as an on-mic contributor • Resume, cover letter, and 2–3 writing samples showcasing your voice required for application

🏖️ Benefits

• Compensation starting at $40/hour, commensurate with experience and topic • Expectation of five hours per week • Any other contributions are negotiable on a per-project basis

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