Remote Ghostwriter

What This Job Actually Is

Someone spends forty-five minutes on a call trying to explain an idea they've never quite managed to put into words. Your job is turning that into something they'd actually put their name on. We’re hiring a Remote Ghostwriter who takes someone else’s voice seriously enough to sound like them on the page — not like a writer imitating them from a distance.

What this job actually is:
You'll work with experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who have something worth saying but need help getting it onto paper the right way. That means sitting with someone's words long enough to understand not just what they mean, but how they'd naturally say it. This role is built on listening, not just hitting a deadline.

How the Work Unfolds

Most projects start with a conversation, sometimes one interview, sometimes several depending on how deep the piece needs to go. You'll ask questions that get past the rehearsed answer and toward the story actually underneath it. From there, the writing takes shape — a blog post, an eBook chapter, a keynote script, an op‑ed. The format shifts, but the goal stays the same: the finished piece needs to read as the client wrote it, even though they didn’t touch a keyboard.

What

You’ll Handle

• Turn client interviews and source material into finished written content
• Produce work across formats — blog posts, articles, eBooks, keynote scripts, editorial pieces
• Keep voice and tone consistent across everything written for a given client
• Run one‑on‑one interviews that pull out real stories, not just surface‑level answers
• Research each project’s subject and audience so the content stays accurate and relevant
• Revise drafts based on feedback without flattening the client’s actual voice
• Proofread carefully so nothing ships below a professional standard

What Gets You In the Door

• You’ll need a Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.
• For this role, we’re asking for a minimum of 3 years of professional writing experience, ideally with a background in journalism, creative writing, or editorial work.
• Real range matters — the ability to shift tone and structure based on whose voice you’re writing in, not just tweak your own style slightly.
• Emotional intelligence counts for a lot here too, especially when someone’s sharing something personal or hard to talk about.
• Your grammar and narrative instincts need to be sharp enough that editing becomes about nuance, not fixing basic mistakes.

What Sets People Apart

• Genuine curiosity about how people think, not just what they say out loud
• Enough self‑discipline to hit deadlines without someone checking in
• Can take feedback without losing your own creative judgment
• Respect for clients across a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences

Tools

Drafting happens in Google Docs or Microsoft Word, with Grammarly and Hemingway helping sharpen clarity along the way.

Interviews are held over Zoom or Google Meet, and project tracking is in Notion or Trello.

You’ll also get access to internal style guides and client briefing documents to maintain consistent voice alignment across projects.

Pay and What’s Attached to It

• The salary here is $75,968 a year.
• Fully remote, with a schedule built around when you actually write best
• Ongoing training, writing workshops, and mentorship to sharpen your craft
• Contact with a broad mix of industries and perspectives through the clients you work with
• Real room to lead projects or mentor other writers as you grow

The Strong Ghostwriters Do Well Here

The strongest ghostwriters treat every client’s story as worth getting right, even when the subject matter isn’t personally interesting to them. They ask better questions than the client expects, and they know when to push for more depth…