Position: Freelance Writers

We're looking to build long term partnerships with talented freelance writers who can bring expertise or original point of view to our Magazine, on topics related to our products, adventure, water sports and well being. This is an open role with positions for several candidates.

Location: Remote, you can be based anywhere in the world

Hours: Freelance, no set contract. We’d initially commission 1 story with scope for an ongoing freelance relationship with regular commissions.

Pay: £60-£80 per 1000 words, depending on experience

About the Vivida Magazine:

The Vivida Magazine is an online hub of knowledge and inspiration on topics ranging from Vivida gear, watersports, flow-sports, wellness, fitness, nature and travel. The readers, the Vivida community, are adventurous in spirit, curious, sustainably-conscious and active/outdoorsy.

About you:

We’re looking for knowledgable kiteboarders, kitesurfers, surfers, wild swimmers and wellness experts to share their knowledge with Vivida’s community by writing for our Magazine on a freelance basis. You might be a trained yogi, an experienced & well-adventured surfer or kiter, keen nature enthusiast or someone who just enjoys taking to the water at weekends and wants to flex their writing skills.

Your Experience:

We’re not necessarily looking for expert/highly experienced copywriters, but you do need to have perfect spelling and grammar, and demonstrate that you’ll be able to write to our house style. You’ll also need to be comfortable with edits being made to your work and receiving constructive feedback if your writing doesn’t gel with our house style.

What you would do:

To start with, we'd commision you to write one story of around 1000 words, with scope for regular or ad hoc commissions on a freelance basis, as best suits both us and you. Ideally you’d have regular ideas for stories that you would pitch to us, while also being on board for taking commissions from us that align with your interests and experiences as we need them.

Topics could include:

• How to get into kitesurfing
• Your experience of cold water immersion
• Surfing tips to take you to the next level
• How to have a better night’s sleep

Have a read of our Magazine for inspiration.

Opportunity for regular commissions:

We’re particularly keen to start a written series of the best surf, kitesurf and wild swimming spots in regions around the world. We would be open to hiring somebody to head up the entire series and commission extra contributors to the series as needed.

When you apply:

• Read our Tone of Voice guidelines here.
• Submit a brief pitch for your first story (a short paragraph), including the topic, an outline of the angle you would take and why you’re the best person to write it.
• Submit an example piece of writing in our house style on what water means to you personally (at most 500 words).
• Tell us a bit about you, your experiences with water sports or flow sports and any connection you have to Vivida (short paragraph).
• Submit a portfolio (if you have one, no stress if you don’t).

Please note: This is an open job role that we will continue advertising. There is no dealine for submissions. We will be in touch if we believe you could be suitable for working with us, but unfortunately we can’t respond to every applicant as we’re a very small team.