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Slalom Consulting

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Boston, MA · On-site

... write stories, or back up the business process consultant on a short-term basis. * Configure and develop ServiceNow SPM solutions spanning strategic planning, demand and intake, project and portfolio ...

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Senior Product Analyst, PowerFAIDS

Draft high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria based on product requirements and ... Demonstratedskillsin writing, editing, and grammar. * Ability to complete complex tasks on short ...

Asuep

Digital News Student Worker

$20/hr

Your work will include writing short community stories and briefs; supporting our social media team with content creation, paid search and Google Ads; and helping publish stories across our websites.

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Senior Product Analyst, PowerFAIDS

User Story and Backlog Support (30%) * Draft high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria ... Demonstrated skills in writing, editing, and grammar. * Ability to complete complex tasks on short ...

Collegeboard

Senior Product Analyst, PowerFAIDS

Draft high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria based on product requirements and ... Demonstratedskillsin writing, editing, and grammar. * Ability to complete complex tasks on short ...

Sauna

Creative Director / Story Crafter

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120K - $220K/yr

Your Calendly writes the invite email itself, because it knows how the two of you know each other ... Submit your resume and answer a few short questions. 2. 15-minute intro call: Quick check to align ...

Mercy

... short story form. 4) Use written information provided on lists (such as an alphabetically-sequenced telephone book). 5) Recognize if bits of information, such as addresses or names, are similar or ...

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As of Sep 15, 2026, the average hourly pay for short story writing in the United States is $24.29, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.51 and $27.88 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is short story writing?

Short story writing is the craft of creating brief, self-contained works of fiction that typically focus on a single incident or character. These stories are usually shorter than novels, ranging from a few hundred to several thousand words, and aim to evoke a strong emotional response or convey a specific message in a compact form. Short story writers use concise language, vivid imagery, and well-developed characters to tell engaging narratives within a limited word count.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a short story writer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Short Story Writer, you need strong storytelling abilities, a solid grasp of grammar and style, and creativity, typically supported by a background in English, literature, or writing courses. Familiarity with word processing software, writing workshops, and publishing platforms is often beneficial. Exceptional imagination, self-discipline, and resilience to feedback are key soft skills that set successful writers apart. These skills and qualities are crucial for crafting compelling narratives, meeting deadlines, and continually improving in a competitive literary landscape.

What are some common challenges short story writers face when collaborating with editors or literary magazines?

Short story writers often encounter challenges such as adapting their unique voice to fit editorial guidelines, managing revisions based on feedback, and meeting tight publication deadlines. Collaboration with editors usually requires open communication and flexibility, as editors may suggest structural or thematic changes to better suit their audience. Writers should be prepared for constructive criticism and use it as a tool to refine their work, ultimately enhancing their storytelling and increasing their chances of publication.

What is the difference between Short Story Writing vs Novel Writing?

AspectShort Story WritingNovel Writing
CredentialsTypically none required, but writing courses helpfulOften requires more extensive writing experience or education
Work EnvironmentFreelance, publishing houses, online platformsPublishing houses, self-publishing, literary agents
Industry UsageLiterary magazines, anthologies, online publicationsBook publishers, literary markets
Search & Comparison IntentFocus on concise storytelling, quick publicationFocus on detailed development, longer process

Short story writing involves creating brief, impactful narratives often published in magazines or online. In contrast, novel writing requires developing extended plots and characters, typically for book publication. Both roles demand strong storytelling skills, but differ in scope, length, and publishing channels.

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Infographic showing various Short Story Writing job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 80% Full Time, 14% Part Time, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 95% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 4% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $50,519 per year, or $24.3 per hour.

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Boston, MA • On-site

Slalom Consulting
Business Management Consulting • 5 - 10K employees
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Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Re-posted 19 days ago

Job description

Description and Requirements
Job Description
Who You'll Work With:
As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.
Title: Enterprise - ServiceNow SPM Technical Consultant
What You'll Do:
As a ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management Technical Consultant, you will serve as the hands-on builder on ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) engagements and pre-sales activities across the strategic planning and portfolio delivery landscape, including Strategic Planning, Project and Portfolio Management, Demand Management, Agile and Test Management, Resource Management, Financial Planning, and Application Portfolio Management. You will own configuration, development, and integration work, translating requirements and user stories into working platform solutions. You will engage confidently with both business and technology stakeholders, demonstrating high technical proficiency, professional maturity, and executive presence. This is a techno-functional role, and you bring enough process and requirements depth to flex when an engagement calls for it, stepping in occasionally to gather requirements, write stories, or back up the business process consultant on a short-term basis.
  • Configure and develop ServiceNow SPM solutions spanning strategic planning, demand and intake, project and portfolio delivery, agile delivery, resource management, and financial planning
  • Build and extend platform functionality, including Flow Designer flows, subflows and actions, UI Builder and Workspace configuration, forms, business rules, client scripts, script includes, ACLs, and Performance Analytics content
  • Build SPM technical configuration, including portfolio and program hierarchies, demand intake and scoring models, project and task templates, agile board and test management setup, resource plans and capacity calculations, and financial cost models
  • Design and build integrations between ServiceNow and adjacent enterprise systems using REST and SOAP, IntegrationHub spokes, MID Server, transform maps, and scheduled data imports
  • Own technical design artifacts, including technical specifications, data models, integration designs, and configuration workbooks
  • Participate in discovery and design workshops to gather and analyze business requirements, and translate them into well-formed epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria when an engagement calls for it
  • Create, refine, and manage stories in the delivery backlog, estimating effort, grooming with the team, and keeping sprint commitments and dependencies visible
  • Ensure solutions align to leading practices and out-of-the-box capabilities, challenging customization requests with configuration-first alternatives
  • Apply platform delivery discipline across scoped applications, update set and pipeline hygiene, peer code review, unit testing, and the Automated Test Framework (ATF)
  • Support testing cycles, defect triage and remediation, deployment readiness, cutover, and post-go-live hypercare
  • Advise clients on technical debt, upgrade readiness, platform performance, and long-term maintainability of the build
  • Mentor teammates on configuration, scripting, integration patterns, and technical delivery best practices, and on requirements analysis and story writing
  • Respond to Requests for Information and Proposals (RFIs/RFPs) with authoritative ServiceNow technical content, build approaches, and estimation inputs
  • Contribute to practice development through reusable components, delivery accelerators, technical playbooks, thought leadership, and ServiceNow-focused client offerings

What You'll Bring:
You are a seasoned ServiceNow technical consultant who thrives in complex enterprise environments and has a track record of building and delivering transformational ServiceNow implementations. Your strength is configuration, development, and integration, complemented by enough process and requirements fluency to step into functional work when a project needs it.
  • 3+ years of ServiceNow configuration and development experience, with deep expertise in at least one of Strategic Portfolio Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Demand Management, Agile and Test Management, Resource Management, and Financial Planning
  • Strong hands-on skills across server-side and client-side scripting (JavaScript, GlideRecord, GlideAjax, script includes), Flow Designer, IntegrationHub, UI Builder, scoped applications, and platform security
  • Passion for leveraging the ServiceNow platform to streamline planning and delivery operations, improve planner, PMO, and delivery team experiences, and bring visibility and control to demand, investment, and delivery across the portfolio
  • Experience gathering and analyzing business requirements and writing well-formed user stories and acceptance criteria, enough to backstop a business process consultant on discovery and backlog work
  • Ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels of an organization, from PMO leads and platform teams to CIO, CFO, and C-suite executives, translating technical and business concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging ability, with the capacity to diagnose complex platform issues, manage client expectations, and deliver on tight schedules with high attention to detail
  • Experience delivering solutions across multiple ServiceNow products, including technical design, build, integration, testing, deployment, and hypercare
  • Enough process and functional fluency across demand intake, portfolio and project delivery, and resource and financial planning to facilitate a requirements or design session when needed; deep process specialization is not expected
  • Experience participating in practitioner workshops focused on solution design, technical architecture decisions, and backlog refinement

Qualifications:
  • At least 3 full-lifecycle ServiceNow implementations in a technical consultant, hands-on configuration and development, or technical lead capacity

Required Certifications:
  • Certified System Administrator (CSA)
  • CIS - Data Foundations (CIS-DF)
  • CIS - Strategic Portfolio Management (CIS-SPM)

Preferred Certifications:
  • ServiceNow Strategic Planning Delivery Accreditation
  • Certified Application Developer (CAD)
  • CIS - IT Service Management (CIS-ITSM)

Technical & Platform Expertise:
  • Strong technical knowledge of the ServiceNow platform (Strategic Planning, Project and Portfolio Management, Demand Management, Agile and Test Management, Resource Management, Financial Planning, Flow Designer, UI Builder, scoped applications, and Reporting/Performance Analytics)
  • Experience with Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio Management, and IT Service Management big plus
  • Working knowledge of hybrid waterfall and agile delivery models and the integration patterns that synchronize ServiceNow with external agile tooling and financial systems
  • Experience building integrations between ServiceNow and adjacent enterprise systems such as PPM and agile tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, Planview, Clarity), ERP and financial systems, HR systems for resource data, and enterprise reporting platforms
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs to business stakeholders
  • Working knowledge of requirements elicitation, backlog management, and agile ceremonies sufficient to support functional workstreams
  • Experience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, update set and application repository management, and the Automated Test Framework (ATF)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience preferred

About Us
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.
Compensation and Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges:
East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley:
Consultant: $126,000-$154,000
Senior Consultant: $154,000-$189,000
San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, Boston, Houston, New Jersey, New York City, Washington DC, Westchester:
Consultant: $115,000-$141,000
Senior Consultant: $141,000-$173,000
All other locations:
Consultant: $106,000-$129,000
Senior Consultant: $130,000-$159,000
In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
We will accept applicants until September 30th or until the position is filled.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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