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.

Leads end-to-end technical documentation for Cisco Hypershield, Isovalent technologies, and enterprise networking and security solutions. Creates concepts, tutorials, operational documentation, technical references, training materials, and user guides. Partners with engineers, architects, product managers, and subject-matter experts to explain complex technologies clearly, validates content in technical environments, identifies documentation gaps, and advances information architecture and developer-content standards.

Own WRITER’s end-to-end email and lifecycle marketing program, including audience segmentation, personalized nurture journeys, triggered campaigns, experimentation, reporting, and optimization in HubSpot. Partner with demand generation, ABM, content, product marketing, and sales to support enterprise buying journeys and pipeline growth. Establish measurement frameworks linking lifecycle activity to engagement, pipeline, and revenue, while exploring AI-driven personalization and audience strategy.

Leads AI transformation initiatives for Fortune 50–100 customers, partnering with executives to define AI adoption strategies, realize measurable ROI, and quantify P&L impact. Manages strategic customer portfolios, cross-functional programs, escalations, and executive relationships. Identifies expansion opportunities with sales and develops repeatable transformation frameworks, decks, and communications. Requires extensive strategic account management or transformation consulting experience, strong change-management expertise, executive communication skills, and a background in management consulting or strategy advisory.

Leads AI transformation initiatives for Fortune 50–100 customers, partnering with executives to define adoption strategies, deliver measurable ROI and P&L impact, and guide organizations toward AI-first operating models. Manages customer portfolios, executive relationships, cross-functional programs, escalations, risk mitigation, and expansion opportunities. Develops transformation frameworks, communications, and best practices while influencing the company’s product roadmap.

Develop fundraising materials for foundation and corporate donors, including concept notes, proposals, budgets, grant reports, and donor communications. The role synthesizes technical, financial, and programmatic information; coordinates contributions across international and internal teams; manages submission timelines; supports financial documentation; and provides copy editing. It requires strong nonprofit development writing experience, excellent organization, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and Salesforce.

Own and evolve WRITER’s design system across design and engineering. Build production-quality React components, primitives, interactions, and AI-agent-ready UI patterns; maintain synchronized Figma, documentation, and Storybook libraries; improve accessibility and frontend craft; drive design-system adoption; and shape design-to-code workflows across the organization.

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.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, help center articles, release communications, in-app guidance, UX copy, and content standards for a SaaS platform. Audit brand voice and content, create documentation and UX writing guidelines, build content roadmaps, establish content operations, and use analytics to improve performance. Collaborate remotely with product, design, and engineering teams while independently delivering milestone-based work.

Pitch and produce features, interviews, cultural commentary, and news focused on Ghanaian scenes. Scout emerging artists, attend studio/gallery events, create social-ready assets, represent the publication at events, and contribute to special projects and editorial planning.

Create original, SEO-optimized content (blog posts, website copy, product descriptions, social media) aligned with marketing goals. Collaborate with design, SEO, and marketing teams, edit and update content, maintain brand voice, meet deadlines, and improve content performance.

Leads the creation, editing, maintenance, and approval of user guides, release notes, and technical documentation for regulated software products. Collaborates with engineering, product, project, and subject matter experts to simplify complex functionality. Establishes documentation standards, publishing processes, content structures, and continuous-improvement frameworks while managing cross-functional initiatives, schedules, quality, consistency, and stakeholder approvals.

Write multiple fast, accurate stories daily about trending topics, breaking news, viral moments, celebrities, sports, politics, retail, finance, and pop culture. Identify engaging angles, optimize content for SEO and audience discovery, self-publish on deadline, verify viral claims and social media content, and monitor audience metrics. The role requires independent prioritization, strong news judgment, AP-style writing, and occasional night or weekend flexibility.

Develop and maintain end-user documentation, online help, release communications, installation guides, videos, and in-product content. Collaborate with product, engineering, and UX teams on user-facing materials and software releases. Lead peer reviews, resolve documentation issues, improve writing standards and processes, research emerging content and AI technologies, meet release deadlines, and mentor junior writers.

Write and edit compelling English voice scripts for diverse projects; collaborate with stakeholders, adapt tone for audiences and platforms, and manage multiple projects independently on a contract, remote basis.

Write technically accurate case studies, articles, product explainers, launch materials, and social content for AI engineers, researchers, and technical leaders. Interview customers, partners, and internal experts; learn HUD’s platform and workflows; explain technical products and research clearly; support founder communications; manage content from ideation through publication; and improve content using reader and go-to-market feedback.

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.

Remote unpaid 5–6 month internship producing blog, website, newsletter, and social media content. Researches topics, drafts marketing copy and product descriptions, edits and proofreads for consistency, collaborates on content ideas, and tracks trends to improve engagement while gaining mentorship and portfolio pieces.

Writes, edits, and completes clinical trial protocols and related regulatory documents for investigator-initiated and early-phase studies. Collaborates with principal investigators, the Clinical Trials Office, external sponsors, and grant administrators to prepare submissions, ensure regulatory compliance, and support clinical research proposals. Manages multiple concurrent projects and deadlines while providing scientific editing support.

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.

Lead the strategy and execution of customer onboarding and Getting Started content for Elastic products. Create cohesive, user-focused journeys that guide customers from initial setup through successful deployment and feature adoption. Partner with Product, Field, and Documentation teams to align content with product roadmaps and customer needs. Use user research, support feedback, analytics, and telemetry to identify friction, improve time-to-value, and support trial-to-paid conversion.

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.