Junior Copywriter

Purpose

The Junior Copywriter partners with art director to conceive and design concepts and narratives for various social platforms, presentations, integrated campaigns, and more.

Responsibilities

Copywriting and Concepting

● Works in concert with an Art Director to develop and create great creative concepts and presentation approaches.

● Create exceptional advertising concepts and take responsibility for all copy involved.

● Write original copy and edit content for a range of marketing and communications materials.

● Understand the client’s business, brand, products, and their customers.

● Be adept at varying the voice, style, and other characteristics of messaging based on the industry, company, or target audience

● Stay updated on industry trends and marketing news.

● Present concepts with the Junior Art Director to the Associate Creative Director and Creative Director.

● Report to Associate Creative Director and/ Creative Director on project status.

● Incorporate feedback from Creative Directors, and clients with precision and a positive attitude

Quality Control

● Ensures the quality, craft and implementation of all work done on projects assigned.

● Delivers creative work that is on time, on target and on budget.

● Pays meticulous attention to detail

● Reviews work to ensure accuracy

● Becomes an expert in brand standards

Relationship Management

● Collaborates with writers, strategists, account management, and clients.

● Understands the Client’s business, brand, products and their customers.

● Always leads by example.

Competencies

Creative Stewardship. A high standard of creative work that is award-winning, applauded by the industry and appreciated by existing clients and new business prospects.

Relationship Management. A professional role model with positive influence who motivates colleagues. Ability to collaborate with all key stakeholders across all offices.

Cultural Leader. Help activate and foster the McKinney culture, and serve as a McKinney Brand Ambassador to the advertising industry.

Professional Skills & Knowledge

● Creativity. Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

● Project Management. Quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

● Presentation Skills. Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers and managers; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics; commands attention and can manage group processes during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something isn’t working.

Skills

● Experience with Google Suite (Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.)

● Working knowledge of digital, UX and UI design principals a plus

● Proofreading experience and familiarity with standard style guides

● Experience with content management systems

Experience

Ideal candidate should have up to 1 year of internship and/or work experience as a copywriter. A creative portfolio is required.

Salary Range

Our estimated range for this role is $60K - $75K

Compensation packages are based on the skill level and experience each candidate brings to their role. There may also be a more senior or junior position available that could be a better fit with your expertise. Each level has its own compensation range.

We pride ourselves on competitive salaries, and ensuring pay equity exists across our organization. We benchmark each position against existing employee competencies and 4As compensation data which includes geographic and agency size benchmarks. We also meet with department leaders 3x/year to ensure we are supporting employees in living into their full potential. Our promotions are not limited to a specific time per year. Promotions are tied to performance.

Right To Work In The US

You must be authorized to work in the US for any employer. At this time, we are not sponsoring or providing assistance with obtaining work authorization.

McKinney is a place where everyone can grow. Studies have shown that marginalized communities such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. However you identify, and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

We are in the office Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday on a hybrid schedule. We look forward to meeting you!