FREELANCE FEATURES WRITER

Observer Media; New York (NY); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Observer Media is seeking a Freelance Features Writer to enhance its features roster. Ideal candidates must have a strong background in writing reported stories, an ability to pitch timely ideas, and a distinctive voice that engages readers. This remote role focuses on profiling nuanced topics in business, culture, and lifestyle, aiming to break conventional narratives.

Qualifications

• Strong background in reported features, essays, or profiles.
• Distinctive voice, capable of thoughtful storytelling without grandstanding.
• Ability to meet deadlines and take edits well.

Responsibilities

• Dive into assignments and pitch original stories.
• Write compelling profiles and features across various topics.
• Deliver polished content on deadline.

Skills

Reported features

Distinctive voice

Narrative sense

Clean copy filing

Story pitching

Job description

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Freelance Features Writer

Freelance Features Writer

Location: Remote (NYC-adjacent ideal, but not required)

Job Type: Freelance / Per-Assignment

Compensation: Competitive, story-based rates

Observer is expanding its freelance features roster. We're looking for sharp, original voices who can take a story apart and put it back together in a way that readers can’t ignore.

You should be equally comfortable diving into an assignment and pitching your own stories. We want writers with taste, curiosity and the kind of antennae that pick up on ambition, absurdity and contradiction—especially when those things are disguised as success.

We cover power across business, art, culture, and lifestyle. That means you'll be just as likely to profile a rising art advisor or dissect the strategy behind a downtown hotel launch as you are to chronicle the reinvention of a tech mogul or the quiet coup inside a legacy media company.

You Should Have

• A strong background in reported features, essays, or profiles
• A distinctive voice that can cut without grandstanding
• A sense of narrative and a nose for the telling detail
• The ability to file clean copy on deadline—and take edits well
• A willingness to take assignments and deliver them with style
• The instinct to pitch timely, well-angled stories we didn’t know we needed
  
  

We’re Especially Interested In Writers Who

• Understand the dynamics of money, culture, and influence
• Can make a piece about a startup read like a noir
• Know what’s happening before it hits the press release
• Are plugged into worlds like high-end fashion, fine dining, venture capital, media power plays, or museum politics—but aren’t in anyone’s pocket
  
  

To apply, send clips (3–5), a brief introduction, and 2–3 original pitch ideas (1–2 sentences each) to [e-mail] with “Your Full Name + Freelance Features Writer” in the subject line. Please specify if you have subject area preferences or standout expertise.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care, Non-profit Organizations, and Government Administration

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