Copywriter

Summary
You are a piping hot, bottomless cup of fresh ideas, bold concepts, and creative solutions to your client’s business problems. Your day-to-day involves generating ideas, developing concepts, and driving forward creative solutions. You stay in constant conversation with the world, keeping your eyes and ears open everywhere you go because inspiration can come from anywhere: a midday walk, Reddit forum, dinner menu, or your next Lyft. Your well‑organized thinking transfers seamlessly across various mediums and brand voices. You are brimming with emotional intelligence and a fearless collaborative spirit. You use your powers to connect people, ideas, and brands with storytelling that grabs attention and serves its audience.

Copywriter
Skills & Abilities

Sharp writing in a variety of brand voices

Ability to concept and generate a volume of ideas

Ability and willingness to stay on top of current trends and industry knowledge

Passion for the outdoors and/or automotive activities

Strong eye for detail

Ability to quickly absorb and process information

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Openness to receive and incorporate feedback into work

Good grasp on time management and prioritization; ability to manage work happening on multiple teams in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment

Collaborative spirit; ability to work well in a team and with a range of people

An aptitude to comfortably vary voice, style, and other characteristics demanded by the industry, client, or target audience

Interest in working with post production partners

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Slides

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Art Directors and teams to generate a volume of ideas and concepts

Research and understand client’s needs, brand, products, audience, and competition

Write original copy that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct for a wide range of materials (technical, short form, long form, headlines, etc.)

Stay engaged on projects from kick‑off to completion

Remain a student of the industry and culture, keeping your eyes, ears, and mind open to produce new ideas for clients and the agency

Build positive working relationships with all team members, vendors, and clients

About the Company
The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Position Summary
The Copywriter develops content and communication for advertising and marketing campaigns for the agency. Responsible for all aspects of agency copywriting projects, taking projects from original conception through completion, a single point of contact for those projects, participates in brainstorming sessions, and crafts compelling messages to convey a concept and support a design.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Creative Marketing Development

Create written communications that effectively communicate and sell the developed marketing concepts both internally and externally

Write copy for product‑related marketing and sales collateral, retail communication, email and online merchandising assets, and corporate documents

Develop and implement copy that supports Clients’ objectives

Brainstorming

Participate in brainstorming sessions to develop ideas into program executions

Project Management

Manage and organize multiple jobs and projects on a daily basis

Work within program/project budgets and identify cost‑savings and revenue‑building areas

Keep team members, supervisors, clients informed of all relevant issues as they arise

Customer / Client Relations

Build strong internal relationships with Field Marketing, Account Services, and the Production department teams

Participate in new business efforts

Minimum Qualifications
Education Level:

(Required):

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience:

English, journalism, marketing, mass communications or equivalent job‑related experience

1-3 years of experience in an ad agency or marketing firm, or within a corporate advertising department (strong portfolio or professional and/or speculative creative work required with examples of writing/thinking to demonstrate abilities)

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Strong written communication and verbal communication skills

Strong prioritization skills

Good interpersonal skills

Flexible and adaptable, able to change and alter according to changes in projects or business environment

Ability to complete multiple duties with accuracy shifting from one to another with frequent interruptions and competing deadlines

Team building Skills

Well‑organized, detail‑oriented, and able to handle a fast‑paced work environment

Knowledge in the marketing industry, stay on top of current trends and the latest pop‑culture news

Ability to exercise sound judgment

Ability to visualize and plan objectives and goals strategically

Environmental & Physical Requirements
Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Office / Sedentary Requirements
Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Statement
The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

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