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Comment recruter un(e) Content Marketer

Content marketers create the educational, entertaining, and trust-building content that attracts and converts your target audience. The best ones combine excellent writing with strategic thinking — understanding that content exists to drive business outcomes, not just traffic.

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Ce qu'il faut rechercher

  • Strong writing: clear, engaging, and adapted to your audience — not just grammatically correct
  • SEO fluency: keyword research, on-page optimization, and content strategy for search
  • Strategic thinking: ability to connect content topics to buyer journey stages and business goals
  • Content distribution instincts: great content that no one sees has no value
  • Analytical skills: tracks what content actually drives pipeline, not just pageviews
  • Versatility: long-form, short-form, social, email, video scripts — not a one-format specialist

Le processus de recrutement

  1. 1

    Portfolio review

    Read 3–5 pieces they've written in a professional context. Evaluate for clarity, depth, originality, and fit with your brand voice.

  2. 2

    Content brief exercise

    Give a topic and ask them to write a content brief (outline, angle, target keywords, CTA). Reveals strategic thinking before the writing begins.

  3. 3

    Short writing sample

    Ask for a 300-word intro to a blog post on a topic relevant to your industry. Look for hook, clarity, and voice.

  4. 4

    SEO and distribution interview

    Ask how they'd build an organic content strategy from scratch for your product. Look for keyword research process and distribution thinking.

Conseils d'entretien

  • Ask 'Show me a piece you're most proud of and explain why it worked' — tests self-awareness and strategic thinking
  • Ask how they measure whether content is actually driving business outcomes
  • Probe on repurposing: 'How do you get maximum distribution from a single piece of content?'
  • Ask them to critique a piece of your existing content — look for constructive, specific feedback

Signaux d'alerte

  • Portfolio is generic blog posts with no evidence of SEO intent or audience targeting
  • Can't explain what made a piece successful beyond pageviews
  • Treats content as a publishing exercise rather than a business development channel
  • Weak on distribution — publishes and hopes, rather than actively promoting
  • Unfamiliar with basic SEO concepts like search intent or internal linking
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