Staff Writer (Satire), the Exploit

The role

You will pitch and write satirical articles and create short news-desk videos about the security and tech industry. The role involves turning written stories into 30- to 90-second social videos.

What you will do

• Pitch and write 400- to 700-word articles in a deadpan newsroom voice
• Pitch headlines and work them through with the team
• Write, shoot, and edit short news-desk videos
• Turn best articles into video
• Pitch video-first stories
• Test new formats, characters and recurring bits
• Bring material from your day job

Required qualifications

• Real practitioner experience in cybersecurity (SOC, IR, red team, GRC, security engineering or similar), AppSec or product security, cloud security, or software engineering
• Not a marketer
• Funny on the page and on camera
• Tight writing
• Reliable
• Comfortable being named publicly with name, image, voice and likeness appearing in videos and paid ads

Nice to have

• You can shoot and edit your own short-form video
• You've written sketch, standup, satire, or a security newsletter people actually read
• You already post on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or LinkedIn

Benefits

• Get paid to roast your industry, its vendors and more
• Upside when a piece lands
• Small team with real feedback and a direct line to the team
• Keep your day job

Before you apply

• Submit 10 headlines about security, AI or software
• Submit two or three short video examples
• Submit one sentence on your background including role, location and worst thing seen in production

About the company

the Exploit is a satirical publication from Maze, an AI-native security company. It covers the security and tech industry through made-up news.