Who We Are

Prowess Consulting is a consulting firm that specializes in helping the largest enterprises in the technology industry define, manage, benchmark, and market their solutions and services. We take great pride in investing the time and effort to gain a deep understanding of our clients’ technologies, their customers, and the stories and strategies they need to tell to be successful in the market. Our team of technology and marketing experts is immersed in the technology trends that affect our clients’ businesses, so we can add value at every stage of engagement to help them succeed.

Who You Are

Prowess Consulting is looking for a writer-analyst to work on a per-deliverable, freelance basis. The ideal candidate will have experience writing business-to-business technical and product marketing content for knowledgeable readers in the technology industry. This role also requires strong analytical judgement that lets you work with complex spreadsheets, research findings, and other source materials to identify meaningful patterns and use those insights to support a compelling marketing story. Collaboration with team members in the Pacific time zone will be required.

To be considered for this role you must reside in the United States. NO third party agencies, please.

As part of your application, please send 3-4 writing samples that are the closest you have to our existing technical research reports, here: Research - Prowess Consulting  You can send these samples in a portfolio link or to [email protected]

The Role

• This role is 80% writing and 20% analysis of spreadsheets and other information. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY if your primary expertise is in areas such as databases, data engineering, or programming and analytics.
• Write technical research reports that use test data to support a marketing story. To do so, using primarily your own judgement, you will:
• Analyze complex spreadsheets, published benchmark data, research findings, and other information sources to identify insights.
• Extract relevant data points and translate them into clear, accurate, and compelling narratives for technical and marketing audiences.
• Collaborate with strategists, analysts, designers, and subject matter experts to turn data-driven insights into persuasive written and visual assets.
• Acquire expertise in high-tech subjects and supporting data and transfer that expertise to written deliverables and occasional supporting graphics.
• Work as a member of a cross-functional, multi-purpose team where success depends on every member.
• Deliver drafts on time according to a schedule you help to define.
• Work effectively in a constantly changing environment, prioritize multiple tasks, work under minimal/remote supervision and provide frequent status updates while juggling multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Experience writing or supporting B2B messaging and positioning

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex spreadsheets, reports, research data, or benchmark results and identify the most relevant findings for a target audience

• Strong analytical judgment, with the ability to distinguish meaningful data points from background noise and connect findings to a broader business or technical story

• Excellent math skills are required

• Advanced spreadsheet skills required

• Ability to create charts and visualizations in spreadsheets or other software required

• Experience using data to strengthen content

• Experience working with content about technology domains a strong plus.  Examples would include datacenter infrastructure, cloud service providers or software ecosystems

• Proven ability to quickly grasp new technologies, understand supporting data, and identify the insights that matter most to a target audience.

• Comfort working with ambiguity, incomplete source materials, and evolving client direction while maintaining accuracy and clarity

• Agency experience a plus

Additional Details

• The pay range for this role is $45 – 75 per hour as a 1099 contractor.

Prowess Consulting is an equal-opportunity employer, and diversity is a core value for us. We are a Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) in Washington, and we committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. At Prowess Consulting, we are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees.  For more information, please visit www.prowessconsulting.com.