About the Job:
GoingVC was founded in 2016 with the goal of providing individuals with a more concrete pathway into venture capital and has continued to grow into a vibrant organization built around the mission of making venture capital education, investing, networks, and talent more accessible to those with the desire to succeed.
GoingVC is hiring a part-time, remote Content Writer to join its rapidly expanding community.
The individual hired for the role will be primarily tasked with:
Aid in the development of GoingVC’s Content & Strategy - GoingVC has built out a robust offering of content including email newsletters, blog posts, a research library, social media accounts, and other related communications. As a content writer, you will assist the marketing team in producing both short-form and long-form written content covering topics focused on all of GoingVC’s offerings and more generally topics across venture capital and angel investing.
Specific Responsibilities Will Include:
- Writing / creating content for our blog, newsletter, and research library (comprehensive white papers, models, and guides)
- Helping plan our content calendar and executing on these plans
- Working with various members of the GoingVC team and GoingVC partners to produce high quality content
Who We’re Looking For
Successful candidates for the part-time Content Writer position should be able to check many of the following boxes:
- You are an exceptional content writer - and can prove this with blog posts, published articles, white papers, etc.
- You have a background in finance or a strong understanding of venture capital, angel investing, and startups
- You do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it
- You are very detail-oriented
- You are social media savvy
- You’re comfortable working independently and remotely - and know what this feels like
- You have an entrepreneurial mentality and aren’t afraid to challenge varying ideas and opinions with your own
- You’re a clear, crisp communicator and value brevity in your conversations
- You are able to adapt on the fly and handle unforeseen developments with ease
- You are extremely polite and responsive - (this is super important, as you will be representing GoingVC in many different correspondences with VC investors and other professionals)
- You’re familiar with business productivity tools such as Trello, Slack, and Google Drive
Why Work With Us?
Please note that at GoingVC, we are a mission-driven company. As such, we recognize that to have the best experience possible working with GoingVC, there needs to be a strong level of personal alignment and intrinsic motivation related to working with GoingVC. As part of the GoingVC team, you’ll have opportunities to:
- Become a member of GoingVC’s supportive 700+ member community of folks from all over the world with a wide range of backgrounds, all looking to improve the VC industry
- Gain access to GVC’s extensive network of VC investors and industry professionals, and have opportunities to interact with them regularly
- Gain access to all of GoingVC’s educational programming materials, resources, and events
- Interact with and help lead all of the GoingVC team on a weekly basis
- Have a hand in many aspects of GoingVC’s business, and grow your experience in a variety of disciplines
- Be a key driver of an early-stage startup’s growth and innovation, and make decisions that will be integral to GoingVC’s long-term development
- Gain invaluable experience as an early employee at an early-stage startup
...And much more
What We Do
GoingVC is built around the idea of making venture capital education, investing, networks, and talent more accessible to those with the desire to succeed.
GoingVC’s flagship program has trained several hundreds of members and alumni globally in the business of VC, and its angel education program provides access to vetted angel investment opportunities, tools, and frameworks to help them become more effective investors.
GoingVC also funds early-stage startups through GoingVC Partners, which has invested in companies backed by leading venture capital firms including Insight Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, and many more