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Writer Recruiter

Substack

Writer Recruiter

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Substack is a place for independent writing. We let writers connect with their audience on their own terms and earn money doing it. We make it simple for writers to publish to an email list that they own, get discovered on the web, and charge for subscriptions.

    More than 50,000 people pay to subscribe to writers across the Substack network, and the top writers are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Substack's model depends on the success of writers using Substack – we only make money when they do.

    _“Substack makes it dead simple to start a newsletter and get paid for it.” _- Judd Legum, author of Popular Information

    _"Substack gives me a way to connect with my audience on my own terms.” _- Lyz Lenz, author of God Land and Men Yell At Me

    Make something that matters

    Great writing is valuable. By respecting the readers' time and intelligence, it earns their trust. It helps us make sense of, and change, the culture we live in. Building a better business model for writers means more great writing.

    It's also a big opportunity.

    We're a team of writers and builders from Kik, Instagram, GitHub, and some of the world's top publications. Our investors include Y-Combinator, founders of Twitch and Zynga, and most recently Andreessen Horowitz.

    Role

    We're looking for an ambitious relationship-builder who can help us identify and attract great writers to Substack and scale our writer recruitment process along the way. You will be among the first employees at the company. The ideal candidate has strong relationships with writers, podcasters and creatives, a nose for new media opportunities, and conviction that there is a bright future for publishing that is supported by direct payments from readers.

    This is a full-time position based in San Francisco, CA.

    You will:

    • Identify and build relationships with writers who can succeed with the Substack model
    • Work with the team to help writers develop and launch their Substack publications
    • Develop scalable strategies and repeatable processes that enable us to grow the number of new writers joining Substack.
    • Learn valuable insights from writers to help us serve them better — and you'll work with product and partnerships to inform our growth trajectory.

    This might be a good fit for you if:

    • You enjoy taking frequent calls and meetings with a wide variety of personalities.
    • You are empathetic to the particular needs of writers and the current condition of the media landscape.
    • You are a self-starter who is able to execute resourcefully, both independently and as part of a small but growing team.
    • You are comfortable starting from scratch, meaning ambiguity or lack of process don't get in the way of your ability to get things done.
    • You are highly organized with excellent project management skills, willing to juggle multiple fast-moving and high-priority projects at once.
    • You have one to four years of experience in roles that require working with creative people, particularly writers.

     

    Substack:

    • Get a sense of what's next for us by reading “The Future of Substack” on our blog.
    • Take a look at examples of Substack publications such as Popular Information by Judd Legum, Heated by Emily Atkin, and Sinocism by Bill Bishop.
    • More reading:
      • New York Times: The new social network that isn't new at all
      • BuzzFeed: Paid email newsletters are proving themselves as a meaningful revenue generator for writers
      • WSJ: Niche online publishers bank on subscriptions over advertising

    Applying

    If you're interested, please send us:

    • Your LinkedIn profile and any other materials that will help us get to know you better.
    • A brief note about what you think is really interesting about Substack.
    • The names of three writers who should have Substack publications.