Agency :
PivotRootsJob Description :
The entry level Copywriter is expected to exhibit outstanding writing and work collaboratively with the art direction and design team in achieving the highest possible standards for all materials. The role requires working knowledge of clients business challenges and the ability to lead copy to address specific marketing objectives.The Junior Copywriter must have a basic understanding creative departmental procedures, such as routing, print production protocols, usage rights of stock images for layout, etc. Daily responsibilities include working with a art director to generate and execute creative concepts from ideation through finished product.
- Work must adhere to clients marketing strategies and objectives, meeting deadlines within budget on client projects.
- Helps perform research (general lit searches as well as specific topic research) via internet and other resources.
- Assists art director partner in analyzing and interpreting data.
- Contributes innovative ideas appropriate to the clients marketing strategy
- Develops understanding of audience needs and targets designs and tone styles to appropriately meet them.
- Produce tone and style for copy on the assigned project that is complementary to the layout and art.
- Understands and implements agency/client review and routing systems; makes revisions to agency copies, identifies problems or inconsistencies, solves problems by reviewing with supervisor/account services.
- Participates with creative and brand team to develop multiple concepts/campaigns for assigned products/projects.
- Must be able to develop a range of creative executions for each project and be able to effectively collaborate with art director partner to ensure that words and image work together to support the concept.
- Logically organizes content material from a range of sources to create a compelling narrative/story flow.
- Ability to adapt concept to all mediums.
- Communicates with team members at all times regarding deadlines, revisions, quality control and new work.
- Makes sound, timely decisions regarding need to change work in progress and reports them to supervisor.
- Work with art director to support creative approaches to communicate Brand personality and tone for both the overall campaign and individual materials.
Contract Type :
PermanentHere at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
Skills Required
- Outstanding writing skills and strong command of tone and style
- Ability to collaborate effectively with art directors and design teams
- Understanding of clients' business challenges and marketing objectives
- Basic knowledge of creative department procedures (routing, print production protocols, stock image usage rights)
- Ability to develop and execute creative concepts from ideation through finished product
- Research skills, including internet and topic-specific research
- Ability to meet deadlines and work within budget constraints
- Ability to adapt copy to multiple mediums and ensure words and images work together
- Strong communication with team members and ability to handle revisions and quality control
- Ability to organize content into a compelling narrative and contribute campaign ideas
What We Do
Fearless. Fast. Smart. Focused. We are on a relentless quest to be Chicago's most creative company by reinvigorating iconic American brands through cultural relevance. We are passionate makers, digital disruptors, artists who don't color inside the lines. We work smarter. Push harder. Break things. Make things. And we're always looking forward.
Why Work With Us
Our agency gets out of bed in the morning to undertake what we call 'meaningful disruption' in an industry that is in need of serious transformation. We are not looking for the same, boring solutions that are chock-full of brand and marketing rhetoric but seek people that want to change the advertising game.
