Business Development Writer

Location:

• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Business context

RealDecoy is a web development company: we architect, plan and build web sites; we design and implement or integrate any application that a client may want to run on their web site; we take on a wide range of web projects. Our clients range from small agencies to large multinational corporations. We excel at what we do, we work to the very highest standards and all of our staff take great pride in their work.

We are 10 years old and have evolved organically and currently have 70 staff. We have experienced considerable success and are growing. As a result, we have started an internal reorganization and are now looking to create and formalize a writer position, whose primary role will be to produce proposals for prospective clients and to maintain the company's website.

Your challenge

These writing activities are currently being undertaken by the VP Sales. As the new and first dedicated writer, you will work closely with the VP Sales to define the role and all of its associated procedures; you will have to learn quickly ensuring that you maintain the high quality. Both the proposal documents and the company website are critical to the image of the company and are used by clients as part of their decision to buy our services.

This is a position for someone who is highly articulate, with strong people skills, a broad awareness of web technology and who may want to develop their career in marketing and public relations or web content strategy. We are committed to providing career paths for our people and there may be opportunity to move into numerous areas within Real Decoy.

People and learning culture

We have a very strong people and learning culture, and so:

• You will be proactive in becoming part of the team and understand that our collective knowledge is our most valuable asset and that our people are key to making best use of this knowledge; you will be a champion of collaborative working.
• You will understand how your role is important to the success of the company as a whole and ensure that you have all you need to succeed.
• You will ask others so that you can learn from them, share what you know and encourage others to ask you so that they can learn.
• Through your active participation in discussion and idea generation, you will contribute to the creation of an outstanding organization that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement and high performance.

Your general responsibilities

• Production of Proposals – often under tight deadlines.
• Development of marketing content for both online and offline purposes.

As the ideal candidate you will probably

• Build positive working relationships with those around you through your energy, enthusiasm and passion for people.
• Be highly articulate both in your written and spoken communication; you will be able to express yourself eloquently and succinctly.
• Be able to respond to very tight deadlines, and yet be able to keep busy and productive when the pressure is off.
• Understand how to prioritize and have the initiative to respond to urgent tasks with little or no direction.
• Be willing and able to talk to people with a range of expertise especially to simplify technical explanations yet capture the critical aspects.
• Learn the business of the company end to end.
• Have a strong understanding of the issues in writing for different mediums and purposes (writing for the web, business writing, marketing copy and social media).
• Have knowledge of business principles and preferably the software/high tech world.
• Have demonstrated ability for leadership, inspiring others to achieve their projects.
• Fluency in French would be a bonus.

Application:

If, after reading the above, you feel inspired and you fully believe that you can make a significant contribution to our future success, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by e-mail to careers@realdecoy.com (No telephone calls please).

E-mail Subject heading should be: Writer Application – [Your Name]

As part of your application, please attach:

• A full chronological resume (no functional resumes please)
• A cover letter which briefly (eloquently and succinctly) addresses:
  • The four points listed in the 'Your contribution to our People culture' section of this Candidate Information Brief.
  • Explains why you may be an Ideal Candidate.

We will confirm receipt of all applications, further than that, we will only contact those people that we select for interview.

Thank you for your consideration.

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