Writer

Nashville Public Radio; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 94,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement

Paid time-off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Nashville Public Radio is seeking a skilled content writer to create user-focused material for marketing and member engagement across multiple channels. This role includes translating complex subject matter into engaging stories and collaborating with experts to ensure clarity and accuracy.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and over 3 years of relevant experience in writing for diverse audiences. This position offers a hybrid work model and competitive benefits while supporting your work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience writing long-form and short-form content.
• Portfolio demonstrating writing range and audience-focused storytelling.
• Experience creating content for technical or B2B audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex subject matter into clear, compelling content.
• Develop concise short-form copy for various channels.
• Write and edit long-form content, ensuring clarity and engagement.
• Collaborate with internal experts and managers on content accuracy.
• Edit content for quality while maintaining voice and technical accuracy.

Skills

Writing and editing user-focused content

Research and interviews with subject matter experts

Experience with AI writing tools

Audience-driven short-form copy creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or related field

Job description

About the Role

You will write and edit user-focused content that supports marketing communications campaigns and member engagement goals across channels and formats (both digital and print). You will write and edit both long-form and short-form content, translating complex or technical subject matter into compelling and accurate content tailored to specific audiences. The writer brings curiosity and creativity to their role, and uses AI tools while maintaining editorial standards. You will report to the Senior Manager - Writing & Editing as an individual contributor. You will use a hybrid work schedule.

You Will

• Translate technical, specialized, or complex subject matter into clear, accurate, and compelling content. This content supports campaign strategies to reach audiences with varying levels of familiarity. To achieve this, conduct research and subject‑matter expert interviews.
• Develop concise and engaging short‑form copy that creates action. This copy is audience-driven and aligns with brand and editorial guidelines. Examples of this type of copy include digital ad copy, emails, social posts, web copy, event signage, and video scripts.
• Write and edit long‑form content, such as articles, reports, blog posts, and experience pieces. This content should tell a cohesive, engaging story. It must align with brand and editorial guidelines, meet specific audience needs, and optimize content for search engines and generative AI engines when applicable. The content should support our strategic goals.
• Collaborate with internal subject‑matter experts, campaign managers, designers, multimedia managers, magazine publishers, web publishers, and other team partners. This collaboration helps gather inputs and ensures accuracy, clarity, and agreement to campaign strategy.
• Apply an understanding of different content types, formats, and channels—and how they support the user journey—to written content creation to achieve specific marketing and communications goals.
• Edit content created by fellow writers, internal subject‑matter experts, freelancers, Association members, and others, ensuring high quality and agreement to brand and style guidelines while maintaining author voice and technical accuracy.
• Use AI‑enabled writing, research, and editing tools responsibly to improve efficiency, creativity and output quality while maintaining human judgment, editorial integrity, and brand alignment.

You Have

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent combination of professional experience.
• 3+ years' experience writing both long‑form and short‑form content for a variety of channels in a marketing, communications, editorial, or agency environment.
• Experience writing content for technical or B2B audiences.
• A portfolio of writing samples demonstrating range, quality, and audience‑focused storytelling.

How We Support You

We provide flexibility to help you achieve a good work‑life balance. You'll be part of a global, diverse team who foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where you are valued for who you are and where you come from. We offer benefit options in and out of the workplace, including health care, retirement, paid time‑off, parental leave, an employee assistance program. We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs. We care about our employees' welfare and focus our benefits package on the benefits which support your wellbeing. We also recognize that everyone has different priorities, so in addition to our core benefits to support your health we offer flexible options for you to choose benefits that are right for you, your family and your lifestyle. We believe in non‑stop learning and are committed to investing in learning opportunities that help you reach your full potential and support your continued development.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Annual Salary Range for this role is: $73,000 – $94,500. This is a standard range and exact compensation may vary based on experience and location. If you'd like to understand more on the salary range, please contact the recruiter listed on this posting.

Please apply before 3rd July.

While this role can work remotely in the U.S., we are unable to employ individuals in the state of California.