Top Writing Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads scientific and clinical manuscript development from drafting through journal submission, prepares conference abstracts, posters, and presentations, and manages publication timelines. Collaborates with scientists, clinicians, medical affairs, and commercial teams across therapeutic areas. Ensures compliance with GPP, ICMJE, and publication requirements, conducts literature searches, supports technical documentation, and translates complex research for technical and non-technical audiences.

Create and maintain technical documentation for APIs, SDKs, integrations, and platform concepts. Define metadata, taxonomy, and contextual guidelines for AI-assisted drafting; rigorously edit machine-generated content and code samples; manage documentation in a GitHub-based docs-as-code workflow; and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Support, Customer Success, Marketing, and Implementation teams to ensure accurate, user-centered documentation.

Writes and manages institutional and corporate grant proposals, letters of inquiry, funder reports, and reusable narrative assets. Synthesizes program, finance, and impact data into compelling funder-facing content, collaborates cross-functionally, manages submission workflows, and develops AI-enabled writing systems, templates, and repeatable processes to scale fundraising operations.

Create and maintain structured developer documentation for APIs, SDKs, and integrations. Design metadata schemas, ontologies, and context rules for AI-assisted content generation; review and fact-check generated documentation and code snippets; author API references and conceptual guides in Git- and Markdown-based docs-as-code workflows; and collaborate with product, engineering, support, and implementation teams to validate technical accuracy and merchant integration flows.

Develops and implements knowledge management strategies, processes, systems, and tools. Captures and organizes organizational knowledge, analyzes metrics, identifies process efficiencies, and supports automation. Collaborates with business leaders, subject matter experts, and IT teams to improve knowledge sharing and retention. Creates technical documentation, delivers training and workshops, manages initiatives, researches emerging technologies, and promotes adoption of knowledge management practices across managed services teams.

Negotiate SaaS licensing, partnership, data processing, supplier, and other commercial agreements. Develop contract templates and negotiation playbooks, improve sales contracting processes, create scalable legal operations, and advise and train go-to-market teams. Partner closely with sales, procurement, and internal stakeholders while addressing privacy, intellectual property, AI, and enterprise contracting issues.

Creates accurate, practical technical content for developers, including tutorials, how-to guides, code-led articles, and integration resources. Translates product capabilities and technical concepts into clear content, improves discoverability across search and AI channels, and collaborates with engineering, product, documentation, and subject-matter experts to verify technical accuracy. The role also supports broader marketing deliverables and adapts content for different audiences and buyer-journey stages.

Develops, edits, and maintains complex technical documentation for enterprise IT hardware and software. Produces installation, configuration, how-to, implementation, transition, system operations, testing, data flow, and end-user guides. Collaborates with technical teams, revises content for accuracy and clarity, and edits graphics, tables, and illustrations. Requires 5+ years of related experience and an active Secret clearance. This is a remote role with approximately 10% travel.

Writes and publishes multiple television feature articles weekly, developing original, well-researched angles aligned with trends, SEO opportunities, and audience interests. The role requires strong storytelling, fact-checking, editing, deadline management, CMS proficiency, and adherence to editorial standards. This is a paid, remote freelance position with a writing evaluation potentially required.

Write and publish multiple film feature articles weekly for MovieWeb. Develop original, well-researched stories, identify trends and SEO opportunities, fact-check content, meet multiple deadlines, and maintain editorial standards. The role requires strong entertainment journalism, storytelling, editing, CMS, and SEO skills in a fast-paced remote freelance environment.

Authors nonclinical PK/PD study reports, eCTD summaries, Investigator’s Brochure content, and integrated regulatory narratives. Collaborates with pharmacology and translational teams to interpret data, coordinate reviews, manage timelines, and ensure consistent messaging across drug development programs. Supports process improvements through authoring guidance, workflow optimization, and AI-enabled writing and quality-control solutions while serving as the scientific writing lead for assigned programs.

Freelance writers summarize recent machine learning research papers for The Batch, an AI newsletter reaching over two million professionals and students. Writers must understand machine learning technology, explain complex research clearly in an established format, and communicate effectively in English. The role is intended for graduate students and postdocs in machine learning, with negotiable freelance compensation.

Write and publish original articles on global holidays, festivals, and recipes; research topics, ensure editorial quality, SEO and factual accuracy; flag low-quality or AI-generated content; format and publish using Strapi; collaborate with design on linking and layouts; participate in content reviews and updates.

Volunteer grant writer to research and track philanthropic opportunities, assist with grant applications and letters of inquiry, document outreach and applications, and collaborate with fundraising to align with financial goals. Flexible remote role, ~3–5 hours/week.

Research and write clear, neutral articles about U.S. election policy and administration. Monitor breaking news, update existing coverage, develop new articles, contribute to election legislation tracking and newsletters, and maintain accurate, well-organized documentation. The role requires extensive research using legal, governmental, political, and media sources, collaboration with editors and colleagues, professional outreach, and adherence to Ballotpedia’s writing and neutrality standards.

Write customer case studies and research-driven content about business trends, using interviews, original research, data analysis, charts, editorial judgment, SEO, and AI tools. The role requires exceptional long-form writing, strong business and software understanding, and the ability to independently uncover compelling insights. Hercules strongly prefers San Francisco office work but may consider exceptional remote candidates working US time zones and traveling to the office regularly.

Write and publish technically rigorous engineering blog content by researching systems, interviewing engineers, reading code and technical papers, and explaining architecture, tradeoffs, experiments, and results. Discover new stories, co-write and edit articles, and support content with diagrams, code examples, and data. The role requires exceptional technical writing, engineering fluency, strong research and interviewing skills, editorial judgment, and effective use of AI tools.

Lead AI transformation initiatives for Fortune 50–100 customers, partnering with C-suite executives to define adoption strategies, deliver measurable ROI and P&L impact, and drive enterprise-wide operating model changes. Manage strategic customer portfolios, complex cross-functional programs, escalations, risk mitigation, and expansion opportunities. Develop transformation frameworks, value-realization analyses, executive communications, and repeatable best practices while influencing the product roadmap.

Manage strategic Fortune 50–100 customer accounts as an AI transformation partner. Lead executive relationships, AI adoption vision, change management, ROI and value realization initiatives, P&L impact analysis, and cross-functional transformation programs. Manage escalations, risks, customer teams, and program updates while identifying expansion opportunities with Sales. Develop repeatable frameworks, communications, and best practices to scale enterprise AI transformation.

Writes, edits, and publishes executive summaries, leadership reports, and business activity updates. Partners with organizational leaders to communicate team narratives, reviews and summarizes customer feedback, maintains reports for the company President, and coordinates with other writers to ensure high-quality content. Requires strong writing, communication, organization, attention to detail, and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Write technical marketing content—including blog posts, guides, tutorials, explainers, video outlines, forum articles, and social copy—for developers, creators, marketers, and AI-native builders. Translate complex video AI concepts into accessible materials, optimize content for SEO, collaborate with product and engineering teams, support external publishing, and monitor competitor messaging. Travel up to 10% annually for conferences, meetings, and business events.

Own demand-generation campaign content from anchor assets through landing pages, nurture emails, ads, events, social, video, case studies, SEO, and AEO. Partner with Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Sales, and Events to create audience-specific messaging for technical B2B buyers in regulated markets. Manage editorial publishing, maintain proof libraries, measure conversion and pipeline impact, and develop campaign video content in a remote, fast-growing startup environment.

Develops and maintains user manuals, technical specifications, online help, training materials, reports, and process documentation for mission-critical software systems. Translates complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences, manages documentation through publication, edits content for accuracy and consistency, supports usability testing, and communicates updates to stakeholders. Collaborates with engineers, product teams, and subject matter experts in secure, regulated environments.

Lead content strategy for a secure USSF web and mobile platform. Develop content models, editorial standards, governance frameworks, publishing workflows, and contributor enablement materials. Collaborate with design, product, engineering, and communications teams on UX writing, accessibility, user research, content audits, and analytics-driven optimization. Guide distributed contributors and advocate for clear, consistent, user-centered content across Department of Defense audiences.

Drive net-new enterprise revenue for WRITER’s AI agent platform by managing the full sales cycle, prospecting strategic accounts, leading executive discussions, negotiating deals, and maintaining accurate pipeline forecasts. The role requires consultative SaaS selling, strategic account ownership, cross-functional collaboration, product expertise, and support for successful customer deployments.