Content Writer

Content Writer, The Public Interest Network

Boston, MA

The Public Interest Network’s Creative Team seeks a content writer. Our team helps our network of environmental and consumer advocacy organizations win the country over to a forward-looking agenda by messaging, packaging and amplifying our organizations, our campaigns and our staff. We are looking for a smart, inspired and detail-oriented candidate to join our team and tell and amplify the stories of PIRG, Environment America and other groups in our network, through web content, email alerts, newsletters, annual reports and more. This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance.

Some of the things you will do

• Connect: Work with the PIRG and Environment America state directors and program teams, learn our issues and campaigns, and keep on top of our action, progress and results.
• Tell stories: Write (and rewrite, and rewrite again), edit and proofread stories that capture attention and motivate, excite, persuade and enlighten.
• Amplify and expand stories: Amplify our stories on the web and in print. Adapt them for email alerts and fundraisers, campaign content, direct mail appeals, newsletters, annual reports and more.
• Get and stay organized: Come up with a plan that puts you in a position to deliver content that makes an impact. Manage your time and keep track of your progress. Organize the team of people you need to take your work from concept to completion.
• Get training and direction: Practice and perfect your craft. Learn new skills. Get direction up front, editorial feedback throughout, and an evaluation at completion. Keep getting better at what you do.

Why you’ll be great for it

• You’re a strong writer who has written not only academic papers but also news articles, opinion columns, blogs, campaign content and/or fundraising appeals.
• You’re a clear thinker who can quickly get your head around an issue, sniff out a good story, give it structure, stay on-message, and plan your way from Point A to Point Z.
• You’re a student of communication. You understand how to tell stories differently in a tweet versus a 7-minute long-read, and how to make text and visuals work synergistically.
• You’re creative, dynamic and ambitious. You’re a firehose of new ideas. You can think your way around problems. You adapt well to changing circumstances and new developments. You want to achieve more today than you did yesterday.
• You’re driven to change the world. The planet needs saving, and you’re ready to help save it. You believe we can organize our lives to be healthier, safer and less wasteful, and you’re ready to do your part to make it happen. You’re looking for a calling, not just a job.

Bonus points

These skills aren’t required, but they sure come in handy.

• Design stuff: Do you know Canva? Adobe Creative Suite?
• Data stuff: Can you explain statistical significance and medians v. averages? Are you able to turn raw data into a chart that looks cool and communicates something meaningful? Are you a Google Sheets wizard?
• Creative stuff: Are you a good photographer, illustrator or videographer?

Compensation and Benefits

We’re a nonprofit that gets the most bang for the buck for our donors. Target annual compensation for this position for someone 1- 3 years of relevant experience is $38,250-$42,000. The Public Interest Network offers a competitive benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location
Boston, MA

Why work with The Public Interest Network? Check out ten reasons on our website.

About The Public Interest Network

The Public Interest Network consists of organizations, such as PIRG, Environment America, and their state groups, that are committed to a shared vision of a new future and a strategic approach to change.

We tackle problems that arise from America’s endless pursuit of economic growth. This imperative to produce and consume “more” explains why our society continues to burn more fossil fuels, despite the damage to our climate and our health. It’s why our marketplace keeps mass-producing more single-use plastic, despite the price we pay in waste and pollution for a moment’s convenience. And it’s why even the most technologically advanced companies design and market their products for obsolescence, not repair and reuse. 

Together, the staff of The Public Interest Network’s organizations are relentlessly pragmatic in our approach to these problems. We prioritize making a difference in people’s lives over “making a statement.” We work with everybody to make change happen, political ideology aside. And we are serious about the work – we set clear goals, benchmarks and systems to measure our progress, and hold ourselves accountable to making change now and building for the future.

This unique approach gives even our newest staff an opportunity to make a concrete difference for the environment and the public interest – just as hundreds of dedicated staff have done over our 50 year history. If you want to add to this change-making legacy; if you have the passion and the drive that it takes; if you’re looking for a mission, not just a job – then let’s talk.

Our Mission and Values

The Public Interest Network operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit our website to learn what you should know about the network before you apply.

Questions? 

Contact Jenne Turner at jturner [@] publicinterestnetwork.org.

Learn more at https://publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/editorial-creative/.

Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.

Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer.