Job Description
OpenLot.com.au is growing and we are looking for a Senior Content Writer with strong real estate, property portal, classifieds or marketplace experience.
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OpenLot is a consumer-led property platform helping Australians research housing estates, house and land packages, home designs, developers and builders. We support property developers and marketers with a digital marketing solution and reach a large audience of active home buyers across Australia.
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This is not a junior writing role. We are looking for someone who can research, write, structure and optimise high-quality property content that helps buyers make better decisions and strengthens OpenLot's organic search performance.
The role n
You will lead the creation of in-depth written content across the OpenLot platform, including research-led articles, suburb profiles, project reviews, development comparisons, market updates, quarterly reports, PR releases and written content adapted from video.
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You will work closely with our marketing, SEO, product, video and sales teams to build content that is useful, accurate, commercially valuable and optimised for long-term search performance.
Key responsibilities n
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Write in-depth real estate content, including suburb profiles, development reviews, community guides, comparison articles, market reports, home building journey and buyer education content.
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Research property topics, locations, projects, developers, communities and market trends with strong attention to accuracy and context.
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Use Ahrefs and other SEO tools to complete keyword research, topic analysis, competitor analysis and content gap reviews.
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Plan and structure content around search intent, buyer behaviour and SEO opportunity.
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Categorise, update, merge and improve existing articles to strengthen SEO performance across the website.
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Turn video content, interviews and internal insights into polished written articles.
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Write PR releases, campaign content and platform updates when required.
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Create quarterly content reports and property market summaries.
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Use AI tools to support research and workflow, while ensuring every published piece has original thinking, robust editorial judgment and a distinct human voice.
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Work with internal teams to identify content opportunities that support traffic growth, buyer engagement and commercial outcomes.
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What we are looking for n
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Strong experience writing in the real estate industry, property portals, classifieds, marketplaces or similar sectors such as cars, travel or high-intent consumer search platforms.
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Excellent English writing skills, with the ability to write clearly, accurately and confidently for Australian audiences.
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Demonstrated ability to produce long-form, research-led and SEO-informed content.
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Strong understanding of keyword research, search intent, on-page SEO and content optimisation.
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Hands-on experience using Ahrefs or similar SEO tools.
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Ability to compare developments, buildings, communities, suburbs and projects in a way that is useful, balanced and commercially smart.
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Strong editing skills, including the ability to improve, merge and restructure existing content.
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Strong research discipline and the ability to verify facts before publishing.
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A practical understanding of how content supports organic growth, brand authority and lead generation.
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Ability to work independently, manage priorities and deliver high-quality work without heavy supervision.
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Bachelor degree necessary.
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Previous experience in real estate portals preferred.
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Who this role is not for n
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This role is not for a junior copywriter.
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This role is not for someone who only writes light blog content or generic AI-assisted articles.
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This role is not for someone who cannot research deeply, structure content properly or understand SEO.
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We are looking for a senior content operator who can write, think, edit, research and improve the content engine behind a fast-growing property platform.
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Working arrangement n
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This is a full time senior content role with OpenLot.com.au.
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You will work with a fast-moving team building one of Australia's leading platforms for housing estate and new home discovery.
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If you have strong real estate or marketplace content experience and know how to create content that ranks, informs and converts, we would love to hear from you.
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If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, we'd love for you to hear from you.
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📌 Senior Content Writer (Full-Time) (Melbourne)
🏢 OpenLot.com.au
📍 Melbourne