Updated August 13, 2026

33 open positions

Writing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 33+ writing jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 9 new this week. Hiring companies include M Booth, Rice University, and BerlinRosen.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Public Relations (National) Strategist

1mo

Mixte

RemoteUSA

89 · Excellent4 day week100% pay$85k

Corporate Affairs, Manager - Obesity and Related Conditions

Amgen

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$102k – $138k

Digital Marketing Intern

22d

rtCamp

RemoteWorldwide

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Creator Success Coordinator

15d

LTK

RemoteUSA

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Senior Instructional Designer

21d

Fivetran

RemoteUSA or Canada

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$161k – $202k

Media Relations Coordinator

D'Youville University

OnsiteBuffalo, USA

77 · Great4 day week100% pay$40k – $45k

Distressed Reporter

9fin

HybridNew York, USA

70 · Great5 day weekVery Flexible$66k – $90k

Account Executive, Crisis & Reputation Management

BerlinRosen

HybridNew York, USA

69 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$70k – $80k

Bid Writer

Alder Hey Children's Charity

HybridLiverpool, UK

80 · Great4 day week100% pay£35k – £40k

Senior Account Executive

4mo

Corporate Ink

HybridBoston, USA

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Training Grant Manager - Bursky Public Health

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week$66k – $113k

Public Relations Manager

Taboola

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$100k – $116k

Marketing and Communication Specialist

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$49k – $58k

Bids & Proposals Manager

10d

Grant Thornton

HybridMelbourne +2 more

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Development Coordinator

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Editor & Writer

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$86k – $90k

Bid Co-Ordinator

1mo

HLM Architects

HybridLondon +7 more

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Horticultural Content Creator

1mo

Immediate Media Co

HybridLondon, UK

70 · GreatHalf day fridays£34k

Public Affairs Fellow

27d

Avoq

HybridWashington, USA

69 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$39k

Senior Account Executive, Impact

4mo

BerlinRosen

HybridNew York or Washington

69 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$80k – $83k

Senior PR & Communications Manager

Mixpanel

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Director of Communications

3mo

Duolingo

HybridNew York, USA

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$163k – $245k

Fabrication B (Shift 1 & 3) Ceramics Powder Operator

29d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Internal Communications Strategist

3mo

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridEl Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$67k – $127k

Senior Media Relations Strategist, Lifestyle

1mo

M Booth

HybridNew York, USA

61 · Good4 day week during Summer$81k – $100k

Media Relations Strategist

1mo

M Booth

HybridNew York City, USA

61 · Good4 day week during Summer$66k – $80k

Assistant Account Executive, Lifestyle

1mo

M Booth

HybridNew York, USA

61 · Good4 day week during Summer$49k – $55k

Senior Manager of Internal Communications

15d

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$194k – $231k

Internal Communications Partner

15d

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$155k – $194k

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Rail

2mo

Esri

HybridDenver or Louisville

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$96k – $153k

Narratives & Communications Lead

3mo

Basis

OnsiteNew York, USA

56 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$100k – $300k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Writing on this page include M Booth, Rice University, and BerlinRosen. Writing roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Writing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Writing roles span the full seniority range — we list 33 open roles requiring Writing across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Writing hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Writing roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Writing candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Writing on current listings.

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