Staff Writer, Satire
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Satirical cybersecurity writer creating deadpan articles and short news videos for Maze’s Exploit publication. Drawing on real security-industry experience to produce five articles and five videos monthly.
Responsibilities:
- Pitch and write 400- to 700-word satirical articles in the deadpan voice of a real newsroom
- Pitch headlines and develop them with the team
- Write, and ideally shoot and edit, short news-desk videos
- Convert articles into 30- to 90-second social news videos
- Pitch video-first stories
- Test new formats, characters, and recurring bits
- Draw material from cybersecurity and technology work experiences
- Deliver 5 articles and 5 videos monthly
- Publish work under the creator’s real name and likeness
- Work as a contractor with Maze for The Exploit, a satirical cybersecurity and technology publication
Requirements:
- Real practitioner experience in cybersecurity (SOC, IR, red team, GRC, security engineering or similar), AppSec, product security, cloud security, or software engineering
- Not a marketer; the role is not for content or marketing professionals
- Funny on the page and on camera
- Tight writing and ability to edit out weak material
- Ability to avoid punching down in satire
- Reliability to deliver 5 articles and 5 videos per month without chasing
- Comfortable being named publicly; byline, name, image, voice, and likeness will appear in published and promoted videos and paid ads
- Ability to work after hours if needed
- Video shooting and editing experience preferred
- Experience writing sketch, standup, satire, or a widely read security newsletter preferred
- Existing presence on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or LinkedIn preferred
- Submit 10 original security, AI, or software headlines
- Submit 2 or 3 short video examples, or record a 30-second story if inexperienced
- Submit one sentence describing role, prior workplace, and worst production incident
Benefits:
- Upside when a piece lands: 3% of ad spend on promoted content for as long as the ads run
- Flexible remote work
- Ability to keep your day job
- Direct feedback and access to a small team
- Additional content or videos agreed project by project
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