Senior Copywriter, Marketing Studio Job at Gallagher in Rolling Meadows

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Base pay range

$64,500.00/yr - $126,000.00/yr

Introduction

Welcome to Gallagher – a global community of people who bring bold ideas, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We help clients navigate complexity with confidence by empowering businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll find a culture built on trust, driven by collaboration, and sustained by the belief that we’re better together. Whether you join us in a client‑facing role or as part of our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of something bigger.

Overview

As a Senior Copywriter for Gallagher, you’ll be at the forefront of helping represent our brand. We’re looking for someone who is an outstanding writer, as well as proficient at developing tone of voice, creative strategy, and collaborating. As a successful candidate, you’ll have mastered the art of writing in multiple styles for various channels. Your ideas are creative, strategic, and always on brand. Under the direction of a creative director and in collaboration with designers and marketers, the Senior Copywriter will help develop conceptual ideas and voice and tone, bringing it to life with language that speaks to the target audience. Our copywriters are expected to regularly relay their creative rationale for their creative work and present their work as part of the creative team.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Collaborate creatively with marketing and creative team in developing content strategy, creative concepts, and ideas behind the work.
• Develop promotional or short‑form copy in multiple styles for various channels based on provided outline or source content including headlines, promotional copy, scripts, web and social media copy.
• Develop voice and tone for materials specific to target audience and aligned to Gallagher brand.
• Understand user experience and concepts of usability, always putting the user/customer at the center of their thinking.
• Work with Project Managers to ensure work is delivered on deadline and to the clients and firm standards.
• Manage multiple projects and maintain workflow amid often tight, changing deadlines.
• May provide guidance to lower‑level staff, but has no formal supervisory responsibility.

About You – Required

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 5 years Copywriting experience.
• Proficiency in presenting and talking through creative work.
• Knowledge of digital, non‑digital and integrated media, with ability to edit content for the web and a willingness to learn how to help manage digital content.

Highly Preferred

• Insurance / financial industry or benefits consulting experience a plus.
• Knowledge of digital content and SEO strategy with ability to edit content for the web is a plus.
• Knowledge of graphic arts is a plus.

Behaviors

• Exceptional written and oral skills and be able to interface with all levels of management.
• Outstanding organizational and time‑management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and maintain workflow amid often tight, changing deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail.

Compensation And Benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to prior experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Minimum core benefits

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance.
• 401(k) and Roth options.
• Tax‑advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA).
• Educational expense reimbursement.
• Paid parental leave.

Other benefits include

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace).
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function).
• Training programs.
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing.
• Charitable matching gift program.
• And more…

We value inclusion and diversity. Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.