If you or someone you know is an amazing writer with a housing and residence life background, who is also looking for a professional development opportunity (while getting paid for it), take a look at our Freelance Content Contributor position. We’ve offered these positions for a number of years now, and they’ve been really successful in creating great content to help housing and residence life staff improve their practice, and in providing a professional development and networking opportunity for the writers themselves. We hire these positions under a cohort model, where writers have the opportunity to connect with other professionals in community and explore ideas.
We’re hiring for a multiple of these positions in two cohorts (one focused on developing content for grads/professionals and one focused on student staff audiences). Applications close on January 31, 2026. “Interviews” will be rolling through February with an expected start date of March. See below for the position description.
To apply, fill out the quick Google Form at the link below. In order to assess your writing, we ask that you write a sample blog post. Depending on which team you want to apply for, we are asking different prompts. If you want to be considered for both, please write one for both (and include both posts in your form submission).
If applying to write for professional/grad audiences…
Respond to the prompt… “How is the rising generation of college students changing residence life practice?”
If applying to write for student staff audiences…
You have a choice (but chose only one). You can write a post that provides:
- 1 Tip for New RAs… OR
- 1 Tip for Returning RAs…
We’ve previously had some writers contribute to this. To see their examples, see below.
*A NOTE ABOUT AI: AI tools like ChatGPT can be a great brainstorming tool, but they produce overly-generic and impersonal blog posts. (Trust us, we can tell!) That’s not what we’re looking for. If it was, we wouldn’t be hiring bloggers. 🙂 Use your professional knowledge and personal experience to inform and enlighten your post! If your post reads as AI, we may reject and not publish the post.
Since we receive so many great sample posts, we’d hate to have that effort and work go to waste. If you’d like (totally optional and does not impact your candidacy in any way) you can opt in to having your sample blog post(s) potentially published (even if you’re not ultimately hired). After reviewing your post, if we decide to publish it (and in 95% of cases we do) you will receive a $100 gift card from giftcards.com that you can exchange for a gift card of your choice. Additionally, you will also receive a personalized caricature from a commissioned artist which we’ll use in the posting and provide to you to use however you wish. (Roompact reserves the right to reject any blog post submissions for publication, and therefore the gift card and caricature, for any reason.)*
Your post should be at least one page, single-spaced, in 10-12 point font with standard 1 inch margins.
Position Description: Freelance Content Contributor
Thank you for your interest in our position! Specifically, we’re seeking people who are passionate about housing and residence life and want to write about it on a regular basis. Our goal is to constantly be producing content that can aid residence life and housing professionals in their work. We are looking for diverse perspectives and content matter experts to provide new voices to the field. We also want to create a paid professional development opportunity for professionals to help them achieve their own goals.
This position operates in a cohort model. Writing cohorts will meet monthly to review each other’s work, provide advice and critique, and help each other brainstorm new writing ideas. At the start of your year, we’ll have an orientation session to orient you to Roompact and the position. Contributors will also be a guest of our ResEdChat podcast.
We’re looking for folks who can make a 1-year commitment (13 months) to this position. These individuals will be divided into two teams (one team focused on writing for graduate student and professional staff audiences, and one team focused on writing for student staff audiences). It will run from March 2026 through (including) March 2027. It will require approximately 3-4 hours a month, brainstorming, writing, and editing new material for the Roompact blog. While not a full time role, it may be a great opportunity to engage in a passion of yours and make some extra money while doing it. We’ve calculated a “salary” of $125 per month/blog post, for a total of $1,625 across the 13 months. It would not come with additional benefits.
View our content focused on graduate student/professional staff audiences.
View our content focused on student staff audiences.
Position Description
About the Role
As a freelance content contributor with Roompact, you will…
- Work remotely and submit unique, relevant, and engaging content monthly.
- Meet monthly with Roompact’s Campus Experience Director, Paul Brown, and other Content Contributors to brainstorm content, coordinate submissions, and comment on and improve each others’ ideas and writing.
- Explore and assess the latest trends in residence education and student affairs and include these in your 1-2 page single-spaced written works.
- Use best writing practices that align with Roompact standards and values.
Qualifications
- Familiarity with higher education and student affairs practices, particularly in residence education.
- Completing or completed Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs (or equivalent) and/or currently working in a higher education setting
- Strong writing skills appropriate for a blog.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Bonus: Knowledge and awareness of Roompact software, brand, and image
About Roompact
Roompact is a small family owned business that develops software and services for residence life and education departments. Our focus is on improving student engagement and learning, assessment, and helping staff be more efficient in their work. Roompact strives to be an ethical and socially-conscious company and is a certified B-Corp. If you want to learn more about us, check out our website at www.roompact.com.
Come As You Are and Thrive
Roompact believes that being inclusive, working collaboratively, and recognizing the inherent value of every team member is essential. Diversity makes us stronger and better at the work we do. Roompact is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Roompact also strives to go beyond what the law requires, and create a socially just and socially responsible work environment for the benefit of all.
Meet Our Past Bloggers
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