A unique opportunity to work directly with Alex Osterwalder and the team behind two global bestsellers, Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design (1m+ copies in 30+ languages). With your proven content creation/writing skills you will help shape our blog and influence business practitioners around the world in this remote working opportunity.

The opportunity:

Why is this job opportunity particularly unique? 

You will:

• Become part of a company and team that is influencing the way strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship is done globally.
• Build visibility with (influential) business practitioners worldwide and change the way they work.
• Join an amazing content team with a proven track record and a global audience.
• Help shape our blog.
• Work remotely, autonomously, with flexible working hours, and enjoy team retreats in amazing places like the Swiss Alps.

What we are looking for:

We are very picky, because we want our teams to have fun working together, excel at what they do, and create world-class outputs.

You will:

• Aspire to use this opportunity to do your best and most influential content work ever.
• Are senior and have a proven (business) content track record to show.
• Are creative, curious, innovative, knowledgeable, but still get stuff done effectively.
• Love simplicity, brevity, and visual communication (almost) more than words.
• Love (practical) business concepts and innovative companies, and are knowledgeable about them.
• Have an allergy against meaningless buzzwords.
• Are not an a**hole (if you haven’t read it, have a look at Bob Sutton’s “No Asshole Rule").

Details:

Skills/Track Record:

• Native English speaker/writer.
• Outstanding (business) content creation skills.
• Provide track record (newspaper/magazine articles, blog, books, concepts).
• Exceptional conceptual thinking skills.
• Excellent ability to use visuals to simplify complex content. Provide examples.
• Outstanding ability to be concise and pedagogical in the simplest possible way without being simplistic.
• Extensive knowledge of the leading and latest business concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of the global economy, the business models of leading corporations, and the influence of ground breaking startups.
• Understanding of our and related concepts (Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Lean Startup,
• Disruptive Innovation).
  Worked in a content creation function (journalist, blogger, TV/video production, case writer, etc.).
• Good storyteller with a feel for what readers can relate to.

Attitude/Working Style:

• Aspires to make a difference, influence business practitioners, and get them to change the way they work.
• Understands that content needs to be simple, brief, practical, and relevant to make a difference with business people.
• Autonomous. Able to work remotely, but stay motivated and productive. Pro-active, entrepreneurial, and takes initiative. Well organized.
• Team player who sees criticism as an opportunity and collaborates well.
• Willing to adapt to a new visual style of content.

The Job:

• Create content as part of Strategyzer's Content Team.
• Directly collaborate with Alex Osterwalder, lead author of two global bestsellers Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design.
• Create content that helps turn (business) practitioners into users of business tools (like e.g. the Business Model Canvas).
• Create content on themes such as business models, value propositions, strategy, innovation, organizational culture.
• Inspire readers with content that (ideally) they can immediately apply (but goes beyond simple checklists).
• Main focus on the blog, with contributions to online courses, workshop materials, case studies, and books.
  100% full-time position.
• Remote work or in our Toronto office.
  Ideally, but not necessarily CET or EST time zone.
• Not a consulting position.

How to Apply

Does this sound interesting? Do you cover the requirements above?

Then:

• Tell us why you are the right person.
• Prototype a draft concept for a blogpost on blog.strategyzer.com. This is the first editorial step in our blogpost creation process. Here’s what the prototype should look like:
• it’s NOT an entire post
• it has a working title
• an intro that covers WHAT the blogpost is about
• a paragraph or bullet points explaining WHY we should do this post
• bullet points or a visual listing the main elements of the blogpost
• rough sketches/explanations of the illustrations or other visuals that could accompany the post
• every one of our posts follows these content guidelines and blogpost guidelines.
• Selected candidates will have the opportunity to draft a full blogpost and get paid for the work.
• Only full-time job applications please. No part-time and no consultants.
• Submit your application with the above prototype and subject line "Amazing New Content Person" to info@hoba.tech