Marketing Journalist

DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with agencies, is seeking a Marketing Journalist to break original stories across the AdTech, MarTech, and branding spaces.

This role is ideal for an experienced journalist who thrives on sourcing exclusive insights, translating trends into traffic, and publishing high-impact editorial content that informs decision-makers.

Our platform offers four key values to users:

• Agency Rankings: Brands can view qualified agencies based on their expertise, location, clients, and various other factors.
• Awards: Agencies and brands can enter their finest work and compete for the best web logo, app, print, packaging, and video design awards.
• Marketplace: Businesses can post their projects at no cost and receive proposals from verified agencies.
• Spotlight: Agencies and brands can feature their expertise and achievements via news, interviews, and trends articles to get noticed and recognized as an industry leader.

The person in this role will be responsible for publishing timely stories and industry insights, launching original editorial formats, and partnering with executives to build co-branded content and strategic visibility.

We offer GROWTH, job stability, and a work culture that enables our teammates to excel in their careers.

This is for a full-time, remote-work-at-home position.

DesignRush is seeking to make IMMEDIATE hires.

Goals

• Publish 1–2 original, SEO-optimized stories per day targeting senior marketing professionals
• Reach 10,000+ unique monthly search views within 3 months via high-performing topics
• Launch a weekly column (e.g., "CMO Moves", "AdTech Weekly") to grow loyal readership
• Secure 3–5 editorial partnerships per month with U.S. agency and brand leaders
• Publish 1+ monthly exclusive feature (e.g., salary benchmarks, campaign reports) that earns links and builds authority

Responsibilities

• Pitch, write, and publish daily news stories, explainers, and features in the Marketing and AdTech space
• Identify story leads from trend monitoring, executive moves, and campaign announcements
• Interview brand and agency leaders to co-create high-impact editorial features
• Use SEO tools and editorial best practices to drive organic traffic
• Upload and optimize content via CMS with proper formatting and metadata
• Use AI tools and agents to improve reporting speed, research, and workflow
• Develop recurring formats or series that boost returning readership
• Track performance and report on key traffic and engagement metrics

Requirements

• 5+ years in digital journalism, ideally for B2B, marketing, or tech publications
• Strong understanding of the AdTech and MarTech landscape
• Proven ability to generate high-traffic content independently and consistently
• Fluent English, with excellent writing, sourcing, and editing skills
• SEO knowledge and experience with tools like Ahrefs and Google Analytics
• Familiarity with AI tools for research, ideation, and workflow automation
• Able to work between 4:00 AM and 1:00 PM EST

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience covering CMO news, campaign launches, or brand strategy
• Existing contacts or experience working with agencies or marketing leaders
• Ability to conceptualize and lead data-backed editorial projects
• Portfolio of high-performing articles (traffic, engagement, backlinks)

Recruitment Steps

1. Apply via LinkedIn
2. Receive a short questionnaire
3. Send back answers + CV
4. Recruiter Interview
5. Technical Test
6. Have an interview with our Hiring Manager and our General Manager
7. Get feedback

Please submit your CV and all correspondence in English.

Note: AI is welcome to assist your process, but your judgment, storytelling, and analysis must be original. Submissions that appear fully AI-generated will be disqualified.