Senior Copywriter
Classification
Exempt
Reports to
Creative Director
JOB DESCRIPTION
Summary/Objective
As a seasoned marketing professional with 5-7 years of experience, this role will be responsible for leading creative content initiatives, shaping brand voice, and producing high-concept, strategic, and persuasive copy across multiple channels. Reporting to the Creative Director this is a senior member of the Creative team that will mentor junior staff and require minimal supervision.
Essential Functions
- Connecting the Verizon and Cellular Sales brands with language and tone that tells our story
- Writing world-class work for social, email, website, digital advertising, merchandising, radio, and much more
- Collaborating with the Creative Director, designers, copywriters, developers, videographers and photographers, editors, and Marketing counterparts: all in-house
- Presenting concepts to Creative and Marketing leadership with confidence
- Mentor other writers by editing and fact-checking their work while actively working on your own
- Collaborating with our SEO specialist to implement SEO best practice
- Prioritizing projects and workload to meet business needs and deadlines
Competencies
- Attention to Detail: Taking responsibility for a thorough and detailed method of working.
- Oral Communication: Shaping and expressing ideas and information in an effective manner.
- Accountability: Accepting responsibility that results in anticipation/prevention of problem areas from actions, and problem solving inside and outside the department/organization.
- Leadership: Achieving results through people by successful objective setting, performance review, motivation, delegation, team-building, commitment gains, and empowerment.
- Written Communication: Expressing ideas and opinions clearly in properly structured, well-organized, and grammatically correct reports or documents; utilizing language and terminology.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
Must be able to sit for long periods. Must have reliable transportation
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Travel
0-10%
Required Education and Experience
- 4-year degree
- BA in English, Journalism, or Creative Writing preferred
- 5-7 years of experience at an agency or in-house team
Preferred Experience
- Experience with technology brands, B2B or Recruitment Marketing preferred
- An ability to lead Creative concept initiatives, shape brand voice, and produce persuasive and strategic copy across multiple channels
- Ability to proofread content for grammatical accuracy and maintain style consistency across pieces
- Public speaking skills to present work clearly and confidently
- A positive, outgoing attitude with a strong ability to collaborate effectively with others
Additional Eligibility Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
- Must submit a portfolio (link) of your work to be considered for this position.
AAP/EEO Statement
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Salary Grade/Level/Family/Range
$85,000 - $95,000 annually depending on experience and skill level.
