Seeking Freelance Content Strategists
Help Non-Profits and Universities Tell Their Stories
Four Kitchens seeks a talented freelance Content Strategist and Writer for ongoing collaboration. You'll craft content strategies and create engaging, impactful content for clients in higher education, non-profits, and associations—driving results that matter.
Here are some real-world examples of projects our content strategists have tackled
- Collaborate with a university to develop a cohesive content strategy, aligning their messaging with a new communications plan and website redesign.
- Write default content for user interface components, explaining their intended usage.
- Facilitate a workshop with six stakeholders to gather insights and objectives for developing a new content strategy.
- Refine AI chatbot prompts to enhance personality and engagement.
- Create guidelines for subject matter experts to assess and structure content on their streaming platform.
- Collaborate with designers and developers to craft effective microcopy.
In this freelance role you will focus on…
- Content strategy: The core of the role. You'll craft strategies to reach diverse audiences through various channels—blogs, social media, newsletters, research, and multimedia—tailored to each client's needs. We'll develop and execute strategies based on business goals and audience trends, continuously measuring and adjusting for optimal results.
- Content for websites: When it comes to building an effective digital strategy, we believe content is king; every effective website requires excellent content strategy as a foundation.
- Content marketing: The breadth of your talents will be showcased as we work together on behalf of our clients to deliver against various business goals using all appropriate content channels: social media, blogs, email newsletters, and any other platforms that offer the best results.
Skills we want you to have
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to conduct formal pitch presentations and one-on-one meetings.
- Experience developing content pillars, calendars, and social media strategic constructs for a variety of clients across industries.
- The ability to align strategies with client objectives and brand (tone and voice).
- Experience integrating insights for clients’ content development, editorial, and overall planning.
- Comfort working with several different teams and disciplines to ensure the strategic plan comes to life on behalf of our clients.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client/agency structure.
- The ability to translate client KPIs into actionable campaign strategies.
About Four Kitchens
Four Kitchens is a leading digital strategy firm with strong roots in the open-source and free-culture communities. We build websites and apps to engage audiences on virtually any device, in our pursuit of setting knowledge free. We hire developers, designers, and strategists with robust consultative skills and a desire to make a difference, both to our clients and each other.
Our Values and Culture
Our Web Chefs bring more than their professional skills to the kitchen, and we encourage everyone to help guide the direction of our company. We all have a strong voice in what we do and how we do it. Collectively, our values—The Way Of the Web Chef—guide how we interact with each other, our colleagues, and our clients. Four Kitchens is not just a company — it's a closely-knit team. We believe in the power of individuals coming together to do something bigger than they could have done alone.
Distributed Work
We believe good talent is where you find it, and, as a distributed team, we’re excited to be pioneers in what we believe is the future of work culture. Even though we have no physical office, we strive to remain a collaborative community using tools like Slack and Zoom. The Web Chefs span four time zones, and our goal is for team members to feel like they are working together in the same room, even if they're thousands of miles apart.