Business Writer

Remote

🎯 Marketing

Business Writers create written content related to business topics. One type of Business Writer works for a business publication, either as a freelancer or a staff writer, to produce business pieces on topics their readers enjoy. Other Business Writer careers focus on working for a company and composing reports, proposals and other business documents. This type of writer is typically a full-time employee of the company. They use their background in business and their writing skills to produce professional pieces on specific business topics. Some business writing has the purpose of educating people on business topics. Other pieces are designed to achieve a specific business function.

What does a Business Writer do?

Effective Business Writers can balance multiple projects at once and use their writing skills to match the needs of the publication or company.

Responsibilities

A Business Writer should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Business Writer should be able to execute:

Brainstorming topics or proposing ideas for written pieces
Sourcing information from research, books and professional resources to write factual business content
Interviewing sources for pieces
Organizing information for content
Writing business content based on guidelines for the piece
Proofreading and editing the content before publication
Formatting the content to match the publication and make it visually appealing

Required Skills

A competitive Business Writer will have certain skills and qualifications, including:

Strong writing and grammar skills
Effective research skills
Understanding of business topics
Ability to make complex business topics easy to understand
Ability to follow business guidelines and change the voice of the writing to match the business or publication
Strong time-management and multitasking skills
Creativity to think of new writing topics

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