Essay

Maintaining One Brand Voice When Working with Multiple Writers

Erin Ollila · Skyword, The Content Standard Free Intermediate

This piece argues something useful and slightly against the grain: the goal is not to find people who already sound exactly like your brand (they do not exist) but to shape distinct voices toward a shared intent. That reframing is exactly right for the moment you go from founder-does-everything to a team of contributors who each write differently. Read it as a way of thinking about the handoff, not a checklist.

• Hire for a strong but moldable voice and coach it toward the brand, rather than searching for a perfect match who does not exist
• Guidelines land through examples and steady feedback on early work, not a document people read once and forget
• Edit against what the audience expects, not personal taste, so the brand intent survives many hands