Novelty Media is looking for a driven, enthusiastic, and highly-ambitious Copywriter!
Are you a natural communicator with a passion for language? Do you thrive writing editorial, ad-writing, and/or paid media copy? Does it energize you to watch words on paper thrive in a digital medium and translate to real impact on a company’s bottom line? Would you like to create and edit highly engaging, informative, and ultra-shareable content reaching over 20 million unique viewers? If your answer is yes, we would love to meet you!
The ideal candidate will have experience writing copy for the advertising/digital media space, with a solid foundation developing long & short headlines, subheds & tezes, as well as content designed for social media. We are looking for an engaging communicator with a paid media background - if you are an experienced, flexible writer the Copywriter position is for you!
Why work for Novelty?
- Work with motivated, fun, and smart colleagues
- Professional growth in our fast-paced and growing start-up
- Employer Contribution to Health benefits
- Free gym (s) on premises
- Great views from our office across the street from UTC Mall in La Jolla
Who are we?
Novelty Media is a digital media publishing company with several high end online magazines. We specialize in highly engaging, ultra-shareable content reaching over 70 million Americans.
Responsibilities
- Read long-form stories and identify multiple headline options, create ad copy for long-form stories
- Proofread ad copy for grammatical, story and style accuracy
- Work with the content team to identify key story points
- Work with the graphic designer to select imagery for ads that align with the story copy and headline copy
- Work with the paid media team to create headlines for ad copy
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional advertising/digital copywriting experience
- Social media copy experience, excellent proofreading skills
- Understanding of AP style, ability to write multiple long & short headlines, as well as subheds & tezes.
- Must have a portfolio with samples of at least some of the following marketing types: websites & web pages
- Must be able to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment
Education
- Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Business Writing, Advertising or related discipline
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