Professional Writer

Employment Opportunity with Kirkpatrick Price

Do you like the sound of working with an industry-leading information security firm with a strong sense of family? Do you like the idea of helping good people protect their data from the bad guys? Here at Kirkpatrick Price, we help our clients protect their data from adversaries who would love to breach that data. We find vulnerabilities our clients are not aware of and empower them to secure their data, so they can sleep well at night.

With over 1,100 clients around the world, and several hundred projects per year, our writing department is growing. The Professional Writer position writes, edits, and publishes information security audit reports and other relevant information security-related documents. The reports span a variety of different information security frameworks and are customized to describe in detail the results of audits unique to each client.

This role is designed for a recent college graduate with a degree in English or technical writing, or candidates with 1-3 years of professional writing experience. Competitive candidates will possess an affinity for technical subject matter, atypical attention to detail and editing skill, and love the opportunity to truly serve our clients.

Though Kirkpatrick Price is spread across the country, this position will work with our writing team in our offices located in Nashville, Tennessee or Bowling Green, Kentucky, with opportunity to work from home occasionally. Competitive candidates will therefore reside in the area of Nashville or Bowling Green.

Competitive applicants will also be comfortable with a firm that really values its team, and the best candidates will enjoy working with a zany team who loves their work. We’re not corporate. We’re a family. Check us out online. You’ll be impressed with what you see.

• Kirkpatrick Price seeks individuals with extreme levels of integrity. The top 1% of wealth holders in America rate integrity as the #1 factor that explains economic success.
• Stewardship. We strive to serve. We value serving others and collaborating with a like-minded team.
• Passion. Our writing team is passionate about producing industry-leading, benchmark-quality information security audit reports.
• Display unparalleled professionalism at all times, in conduct and appearance. Iron your shirt!

• Undergraduate degree in English earned within the next six months or past 36 months
• Writing experience that demonstrates the ability to convey clearly a variety of information security assessments
• Deft with Microsoft Word

• Strong interpersonal communication skill. The ability to listen, perceive, understand, and engage in a manner that is appreciated by clients and colleagues alike.
• No technosaurs. You don’t have to be able to design lunar modules in a foreign language, but you do need to be comfortable in the tech space.
• Knowledge of information technology and information security is advantageous.

If you believe you are competitive for this role, and desire the opportunity to step into the field of cybersecurity writing, we look forward to hearing from you.