NCO Freelance Email & Social Media Writer

About Us

From its beginnings in 1995, the Naples Community Orchestra has become a place where professional, community, and student musicians perform together—and where audiences, volunteers, and supporters all help bring the music to life. What has endured throughout its existence is the commitment of musicians, audiences, and supporters who believe live orchestral music belongs in the life of the community.

Position Profile

The Writer will draft emails, blog posts and Facebook/Instagram posts that promote NCO’s concerts and tell the stories behind the music. Our audience is the typical classical music lover: highly educated, well read, and sophisticated. Our audience is a combination of local Naples residents and “snowbirds” that come to Naples for the winter from metropolitan areas across the US, particularly the Northeast and Midwest.

Our audience is intellectually curious, likes to learn new things about classical music, and enjoys a surprising anecdote. We are looking for a writer who can help us develop content ideas for our emails, blog and social media posts to drive ticket sales. Our typical email has ranged from 1,600 words to 2,200 words. The call to action for our marketing efforts is to sell tickets on our website (primary goal) or to entice interested parties to signup to our email list (secondary goal). Our emails historically have driven ticket sales, so getting quality new email subscribers is helpful.

We will collaborate with the candidate to provide ideas and topics, but we are looking for fresh ideas in addition to our own. In addition to the copy, we are looking for graphics that support the story so that the finished product is visually appealing as well as interesting and informative. The role begins with a two-month trial, with the opportunity to expand during our concert season.

Sample emails: Are available upon request.

Schedule and Compensation

• Type: Freelance contract, fully remote.
• Trial period: Immediately thru January 2027.
• Volume: 2 emails with graphics, 1 blog post with graphics and 8 social media posts with graphics per month. We would also like the ability to increase the number of deliverables as the trial progresses.
• Pay: Per piece. Please quote your rate per email/blog and per social post and graphic.

Primary Responsibilities

• Write two emails and one blog post per month: story-driven email about the music for our upcoming Season / Concerts.
• Write about two social media posts per week, matched to the graphic NCO provides.
• Revise drafts based on feedback and deliver on agreed deadlines.

Desired Qualifications and Competencies

• Warm, smart, conversational writing with a sense of humor.
• Comfort writing about classical music, or the ability to learn quickly from a brief.
• Specific, vivid detail instead of clichés such as “unforgettable” or “breathtaking.”
• Experience with email marketing and Facebook/Instagram; arts or nonprofit experience a plus.
• Reliable, responsive, and able to take direction and feedback.

To Apply

Please send the following via email to

• Two or three writing samples, ideally classical music, arts and/or nonprofit.
• Your rate per email/blog and per social post.
• A sample Facebook post (under 100 words) for our January 30, 2027 concert, Eternal Rome, featuring Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

Please use “Pines of Rome” as the first words of your message so we know you’ve read this posting.

The position is open until filled.

Pay: $750.00 - $1,500.00 per month

Work Location: Remote