Content Marketing Specialist (Contract)

Motive; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative company as a Content Marketing Specialist, where you'll harness your passion for writing and research to create impactful SEO-driven content. In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce engaging blog posts, landing pages, and multimedia content that enhances search visibility and drives business growth. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a fast-paced environment, contributing to a leading platform that empowers diverse industries. If you're a self-starter eager to learn and grow, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Care

Paid Time Off

401k Contribution

Short and Long Term Disability Coverage

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in content marketing or related field.
• Strong understanding of SEO best practices and performance-driven content.

Responsibilities

• Write and optimize SEO content for various platforms.
• Support multimedia content production and maintain editorial calendars.

Skills

Content Marketing

SEO

Writing

Editing

Project Management

Communication

Research

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or Related Field

Tools

WordPress

Google Analytics

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Job description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

We’re seeking a Content Marketing Specialist to join our growing Content Marketing team. This role is perfect for an early-career marketer with a passion for writing, research, and performance-driven content. You’ll focus on SEO content development, creating and optimizing blog posts, landing pages, social media copy, video content, customer stories, and other content needs that arise, which improves search visibility and drives pipeline. Additionally, as an integral part of the Content Marketing team, you’ll help us stay organized, supporting editorial planning, content calendars, WordPress and reporting tool management, and campaign execution. This is a great opportunity to build your career in content marketing at a fast-growing, category-defining company.

What You'll Do:

• Write, edit, and optimize SEO content (blog posts, web pages, video content, etc.) in collaboration with marketing and SEO leads
• Support multimedia content production, including customer stories, short-form video, social content, and email campaigns
• Assist in maintaining the editorial calendar and tracking content across campaigns, personas, and funnel stages
• Help conduct content audits, keyword research, and performance analysis
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing, design, web, and demand gen to support content needs across the business
• Ensure all content aligns with Motive’s brand voice, style guide, and performance goals
• Bring creative energy to brainstorms and be a team player, ready to roll up your sleeves

What We're Looking For:

• 1–2 years of experience in content marketing, digital marketing, SEO, journalism, or a related field (internships and freelance work count!)
• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills
• A strong understanding of SEO best practices and how content drives performance
• Experience with generative AI for content creation, refinement, and measurement
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills
• A self-starter who’s eager to learn, iterate, and grow
• Experience with CMS platforms (e.g. WordPress), Google Analytics, and/or SEO tools (e.g. SEMrush, Ahrefs) is a plus
• A passion for storytelling, technology, and learning new things

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States

$36.05—$36.05 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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