Travel Writer / Blogger at Universal Careers

Details:

The Blogger / Writer must have a love for writing and a comprehensive understanding of the Travel industry. You will be responsible for writing interesting and engaging articles geared for a specific target audience and have the ability to come up with original, relevant and timely topics.

Responsibilities

• Write fiction or nonfiction through scripts, novels, and biographies
• Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail
• Choose subject matter that interests readers
• Work with the Commercial Manager  to shape the material so it can be published
• Manage the blog community by moderating and responding to comments.
• SEO implementation
• Handle social media marketing activities such as posting to Twitter and Facebook.
• Answer emails on behalf of the blog.
• Perform blog maintenance activities such as updating plugins.
• Write content for the blog.
• Analyze web analytics data to gauge content performance.
• Manage split testing and other content performance tests.
• Manage subscriptions, syndication, and email newsletters.
• Manage guest posting requests.

Requirements

• 2-5 years relevant experience 
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Proficient in grammar and punctuation
• Must be creative and able to come up with relevant, interesting topics
• Ability to know the audience’s needs, wants and problems and able to address them successfully
• Have a professional, consistent, and sometimes witty writing style that encourages subscribers to share on social media and elsewhere.