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Role: Tech Writer

We seek a creative writer and reporter who wants to bring their passion for bicycle equipment and technology to a worldwide audience. The ideal candidate lives and breathes bikes, loves tinkering, and can translate their zeal into writing, audio, and video. An underlying knowledge and interest in this beat is more important to us than degrees or formal qualifications. 

We are a member-funded media company. Your job will be to produce content so good and so compelling that people will pay for it – if that sounds like something you can do, keep reading. 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Produce world-class, in-depth reviews of the products our members and audience care most about
  • Stay on top of tech- and equipment-related news and trends 
  • Provide unique, high-quality coverage of significant events
  • Appear on podcasts and, occasionally, video
  • Represent Escape Collective at tech events worldwide

Experience and skills:

  • Broad background knowledge of bicycle tech, including road, mountain, gravel, cyclocross, and urban disciplines
  • Excellent mechanical aptitude and experience (shop experience preferred)
  • Comfortable expressing opinions and capable of backing them up with evidence
  • Strong writing skills with a distinctive voice
  • Excellent grasp of English grammar and usage and an ability to produce clean copy and hit deadlines
  • Proficient in still photography
  • Comfortable on video and podcasts
  • Experience using Adobe editing products (Photoshop, Lightroom)
  • Experience working in content management systems (CMS), particularly WordPress
  • Comfortable working with a global team across multiple time zones via tools like Slack
  • An infallible sense of personal integrity
  • Please note that while relevant experience is highly preferred, it’s also not required

Who we are

Escape Collective believes that cycling is the most beautiful sport on earth. We wake up each morning to showcase its riches to those who love it, and to instill newcomers with the same passion we hold.

We believe this is a sport for everyone, and seek to see that reflected in our workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and never require specific degrees or certifications for consideration.

Location

Fully remote with a preference for Colorado’s Front Range. Frequent travel is likely. 

Pay

Salary range of US $35,000 to $65,000 depending on experience. Individuals outside of Australia work as contractors and anybody US-based will receive a health care stipend. 

To apply

We have closed applications for this role as of March 22, 2024.


Role: Insert your useful skill here

Sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for until it smacks you in the face. This is your opportunity to do some smacking.

Do you have some skillset that doesn’t fit the roles above? Are you a master of the cycling-related haiku, or a creator of Roubaix-themed operatic arrangements? Do you take beautiful photos but only upside down? Do you just have a really good idea we should hear?

Drop that idea in a doc and upload it. Maybe upload some proof that you can execute on said idea as well.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Who knows

Experience and skills:

  • Run what ya brung

Who we are

Escape believes that cycling is the most beautiful sport on earth. We wake up each morning to showcase its riches to those who love it, and to infect newcomers with the same passion we hold.

We believe this is a sport for everyone, and seek to see that reflected in our workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and never require specific degrees or certifications for consideration.

Location

Remote with frequent travel to races and events.

To apply

Email your CV and two writing samples to [email protected]. Writing samples do not need to be previously published work, but they can be if you want. At least one should relate to the topics and beats covered by the position you’re applying for.