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Content Style Guide · Gaming

Manager · Content Lead · Hybrid · San Mateo

$163–$193/ hour About $1,070–$2,150 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Series B gaming platform · 201–500 employeesCL-10951 · based in San Mateo
Where
Hybrid · San Mateo
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 9 h in total
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Manager · 7-12 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async

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About this task

This Series B gaming platform (201–500 employees) is looking for a manager Content Lead for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Voice, structure, formatting and fact-check rules in one document.

The company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. It is a games studio with release dates that move the whole calendar.

The team sits in San Mateo. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.

What you deliver

  • Write a 12-page style guide with examples of good and bad paragraphs.
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope
  • The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included

How the work runs

  • Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared
  • Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback
  • Last day: final version and handover note

Duration: 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.

Tools

NotionGoogle Docs

Who fits

  • 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Content Lead, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Notion and Google Docs
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • Used to short written handovers
  • Has worked with a distributed team across time zones

Not included

  • On-call availability outside the agreed window
  • Travel or work at a fixed location
  • Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexManager Content Lead
Experience
7-12 years in marketing & content
Tools
Notion, Google Docs
Offers
9 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
$178 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $178 an hour, is below the median manager Content Lead rate in California ($180). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Content Lead jobs in United States · Content Lead rates in California · Marketing & Content jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-10951 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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