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Publication or Company Wayfair / Joss & Main
Job Title Senior Copywriter, Joss & Main
Industry Internet/Online/New Media, Other Publishing, Sales/Advertising Sales
Salary
Benefits 401K/403B, Bonuses, Dental, Flexible Hours, Health, Stock/Options
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location Boston, MA
Job Requirements Joss & Main (http://www.jossandmain.com) is looking for an experienced Senior Copywriter to consistently articulate Joss & Main’s voice throughout our inspirational and engaging home-focused flash sale site.

A privately held division of Wayfair, the world’s largest online destination for the home, Joss & Main is a daily destination that brings design within reach of every consumer, offering curated events and coveted products at prices that can’t be found elsewhere. We help members who are proud of their homes bring their style to life, discovering just the right pieces to enrich every individual taste.

Our team of designers, buyers, merchandisers and technologists are revolutionizing sales for the home with our ability to draw from the world’s largest selection of goods. Our mission is to bring the most desirable and sought-after brands to the consumers who want them most, serving as a highly effective retail channel for the best names in furniture, décor, cookware, accents, textiles, personal accessories, service and more.

Responsibilities:

Develop compelling storylines, event names and subheads for our 48 weekly sales events (including branded sales, curators collections, style studies, and design reports)
Write exciting & refined editorial copy to support our brand partners or editorial themes and help consumers understand how to incorporate design trends into their home
Develop advertising copy for all off-site promotions (including print, digital, viral, with more to come)
Act as a key creative leader, guide & moral center for the Joss & Main brand voice through mentorship, editing and monthly copy crit with executive team and copywriting production team
Collaborate closely with design team, art directors, product team and marketing team to develop highly effective, useful and innovative site features and make our brand come to life
Work closely with art director and product team to concept select new site features
Extensively edit detailed event copy produced by production copy team; spot edit product copy
Develop & maintain our brand voice via updating & maintaining brand book, clippings book
Potentially contribute occasional longer form elements to Plume such as design features, blog postings, style guides, designer profiles, interviews, marketing campaigns, social media campaigns, etc.
Keep on top of industry trends and embrace a willingness to grow and learn daily
Note that this is an individual contributor role, reporting directly to the senior management of the Joss & Main brand, alongside our Art Director. The Copy Production team reports via the Event Production team, and works in close collaboration with this role as editor and voice-setter.

REQUIREMENTS:

An understanding of copy’s powerful role in direct marketing, and a passion for crafting sharp, effective language that drives and develops our business, with measurable results
3-4+ years ad agency or in-house agency experience preferred (we are open to other backgrounds)
A portfolio that shows an understanding of the importance of the big idea (concepts) and/or the ability to write spirited, accurate copy that is dense with meaningful content
Experience in a highly deadline-driven, multiple campaigns in the air, collaborative environment; newsrooms or campaigns with many weekly local iterations are good examples of these environments
Keen insights into human behavior: knowing what consumers find believable, interesting, attractive, provocative, compelling
An interest in the home space
Preferred education: advertising copywriting training and/or a BA in Liberal Arts / Humanities / English / Journalism
A strong work ethic

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

The ability and desire to communicate and reflect aesthetics and style through compelling copy
People skills that show good judgment and diplomacy working with others
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Grammar knowledge, spelling, punctuation and proofreading skills
Ability to prioritize and successfully multitask, setting and meeting deadlines
Perform well under pressure and tight deadlines without compromising attention to detail
Bring a sense of humor

***Please include three relevant writing samples as your 'cover letter' in this application process. Only candidates who provide samples will be considered for this position. Samples can be in several formats: A link to an online portfolio is ideal (please include URL on resume), but we will also accept blog entries, clips, or other concise written samples cut and pasted into the 'cover letter' box. Work related to advertising or ecommerce is preferred.
About Our Company About Joss & Main:

Joss & Main (http://www.jossandmain.com), a unique and innovative e-retailer for aspirational home goods and lifestyle products, is a privately held division of Wayfair LLC, the worlds largest online destination for the home. Within 18 months of launch we have scaled from zero to become one of the largest flash sale sites for the home, and are on track to reach a business of well over than $100m by the end of this year.

We are a daily destination that brings design within reach of every consumer, offering curated events and coveted products at prices that cant be found elsewhere. We help our members who are proud of their homes bring their style to life, discovering just the right pieces to enrich every individual taste. We have a highly editorial, highly curated, and very high involvement brand that resonates strongly and has rapidly created significant loyalty from its several million members. By delighting our members every day with the thrill of the find, we are setting new records for engagement and very rapidly scaling our revenue and profitability.

Our team of marketers, designers, buyers, merchandisers and technologists are revolutionizing sales for home goods with our ability to draw from the worlds largest selection of goods. Our mission is to bring the most desirable and sought-after brands to the consumers who want them most, serving as a highly effective retail channel for the best products & names in furniture, dcor, cookware, accents, textiles, personal accessories, services and more.
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