Freelance Story Teller - Oxford Millin

We are a small firm that is hoping to start working with more small businesses in our area. To do so, we're starting a blog that highlights some of the local business owners. The idea is that me or somebody from my team would go out and have a chat/interview with these business owners and get their backstory, their company's story, etc. and compile a list of notes and salient talking points from the interview. We would then turn that interview into an article that gives the reader insights into how they started and are running the business, as well as some lessons that they've learned. What we need is a writer who can take these rough notes and prompts, and turn them into engaging stories. Our priority is to give the reader an intimate, captivating look at the business we're highlighting, rather than a Buzzfeed-style "5 ways this business used facebook to sell more hand soap" (not sure about your views on the matter, but I think the internet has enough of those tenuous ramblings). We'd really like to have each finished article look something like these: 1. http://ift.tt/1WNxGwM 2. http://ift.tt/1n9xITo We'd like our articles to be around 2,000 - 2,500 words (a little shorter than the examples above) and our budget is $100 per article. The plan is to post 1-2 articles per week in the beginning, and increase the frequency as we can iron out the process (obviously, you're free to take as much work as you would like and we can outsource the excess workload). Why should you apply for the job? 1. Potential to make a couple hundred dollars per week. The budget is $100/article, and we can commit to 1-2 articles per week to start. As we can prove that the project is worth continuing, I would like to increase the number of jobs per week, so you can take on as much work as you want. 2. Flexible turnaround time To get the blog off the ground, we'd like to have the first couple articles with 1 week turnarounds. But once we find a writer, we can start scheduling more interviews and create a queue of article prompts to give you several weeks to write the articles. 3. Ongoing work Our company has been around for 30 years and we're committed to this project for at least a year. If we both agree that the relationship is a good fit, this can be a long-term gig. 4. Meet other potential clients Me and my team will be personally holding the interviews and meeting with the business owners. But if you are looking to expand your client list, I would be more that happy to figure out how we can facilitate opportunities for you to interact with the interviewees!

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