Content Writing Internship - SETHLUI.com

SETHLUI.COM; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 8,900 - 13,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Byline on published work

Monthly allowance 800–1200 SGD

Hybrid office

Job summary

SETHLUI.com is seeking an editorial intern in Singapore to write for readers first, covering food and lifestyle with a personal voice. You will visit stalls, write guides, and pitch stories, while collaborating with editors to refine content and ensure accuracy.

You’ll gain bylines on published work, and the role offers a monthly allowance with a hybrid Toa Payoh office setup. This is ideal for someone studying or recently graduated with a passion for SG life and food media.

Qualifications

• Write like yourself with a clear personal voice.
• Have opinions about food and lifestyle and explain why.
• Able to approach shop owners and ask questions.
• Fact-check opening hours and details to avoid errors.
• Available for at least 3 months, 5 work days a week.
• Currently studying or recently graduated; journalism helps but not required.
• You speak local languages or dialects; helpful for SG life.
• You can take decent phone photos and have used WordPress.

Responsibilities

• Visit stalls, restaurants and venues, take notes and photos, then turn them into articles that sound like a person wrote them.
• Write guides and listicles that readers find useful, verifying current openings.
• Pitch stories about new openings or closures with engaging angles.
• Work through edits with editors, accepting feedback to improve.
• Handle SEO basics (titles, meta descriptions, internal links) without flattening content.
• Assist social and video teams with captions and scripts when needed.

Skills

Strong writing

Opinionated about food

Interviewing people

Photo-taking on phone

Education

Currently studying or recently graduated

Tools

WordPress

Job description

Ever sent a friend a 3-minute voice note about a bowl of bak chor mee? Okay. Keep reading.

SETHLUI.com has been writing about food in Singapore since 2013. Hawker stalls, omakase counters, the new cafe with a one-hour Saturday queue. We also run a lifestyle section covering events, festivals product launches and news. We want interns who write for readers first. Search rankings come after.

Food: You'll eat. A lot. Then you'll tell people honestly whether it was worth it, including when it was mid.

Lifestyle: You'll cover events, festivals, how-to guides and the latest lifestyle trends and exciting changes our SG life.

Tell us which one when you apply. Want to try both? Also can.

What you'll do

• Visit stalls, restaurants and venues, take notes and photos, then turn them into articles that sound like a person wrote them
• Write guides and listicles people actually use. That means checking every place is still open before it goes in
• Pitch your own stories. New openings, closures, the hawker with a backstory nobody's written yet
• Work through edits with our editors. Expect a lot of red ink early on. That's where you get better
• Handle the SEO basics (titles, meta descriptions, internal links) without letting them flatten your writing
• Help the social and video team with captions and scripts when needed

What we're looking for

• You write like yourself. Your samples should sound like you, not a template
• You have opinions about food or lifestyle stuff and can explain why
• You're okay walking up to a shop owner, introducing yourself and asking questions
• You fact-check by reflex. Wrong opening hours mean someone travels across the island for a closed shutter
• Available for at least 3 months, 5 work days a week
• Currently studying or recently graduated. Any field. Journalism or mass comm helps but isn't required
• You speak Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Malay or Tamil. Very useful when uncle doesn't want to answer in English
• You can take a decent phone photo of a plate of food
• You've used WordPress
• You drink alcohol

What you get

• Your own byline on published work
• Monthly allowance of [$800-$1200]
• Proper editorial feedback, not just "looks good"
• Toa Payoh office + hybrid arrangement