Shorthand careers

Special is the new normal. But complicated web design tools, clunky CMSs and indecipherable code stand in the way of writers, editors and digital producers — which means web designers and developers are required for almost every high-end feature story.

The process is painfully slow, expensive and frustrating.

For most professional writers, editors, digital producers, and other content creators involved in producing feature journalism and brand journalism, the idea of creating and publishing high-end immersive stories without leaning on teams of developers and web designers is a far-off fantasy.

But things are very different for those teams who have found Shorthand, which makes production of "specials", interactives, and premium sponsored stories beautifully simple:

1. Add your content (Shorthand adds magic)
2. Click to publish your stunning story
3. There is no step 3

Shorthand already accounts for a disproportionate amount of engagement on the web. In 2019, more of the 100 most engaging stories as measured by Chartbeat were built with Shorthand than any other dedicated feature storytelling tool.

Shorthand is trusted by some of the world's largest media and brand publishers — including BBC, Fairfax, Dow Jones, Honda UK, FT, Complex Media, Cambridge University, Manchester City FC, and hundreds of others.

Here's just one success story:

“The immersive story was a major success. Strong on-site traffic sent it to 25,000 page views, doubling what the client was promised and 12 times more than a typical sponsored article receives. In fact, on the day the article launched, it was one of the seven most popular stories on all of Adweek (something we don’t see for a sponsored post). Most importantly, time on page was through the roof. The average person spent over two minutes with the article. That is four times our sponsored content benchmark. Add to that the fact that social traffic to the piece was high, and it was picked up by multiple other sites.”