Junior Copywriter and Proofreader
Do you believe in the power of words? Are spelling errors and poor grammar your pet peeves? Are you a hard-working wordsmith who loves creative collaboration?
If so, our fast-paced, results-orientated, love-what-we-do agency is looking for you!
Job Title: Junior Copywriter and Proofreader
Type: Permanent 8:30am – 5pm (Monday – Friday, overtime may be required, in agency position, limited remote work allowed)
Job level: Junior/Mid
Location: Cape Town
To start: ASAP
Salary: Market related, based on experience
Key responsibilities include:
- Reporting to creative director
- Actively participate in creative brainstorm sessions
- Collaborate with creative team to interpret and execute briefs and reviews
- Copywrite high quality, engaging, relevant short and long form content for a range of marketing communication channels including website pages, social media, print campaigns, brochures, newsletters and other marketing collateral
- Check/proofread your copy prior to presentation and in designed execution
- Adhere to clients’ CI and brand guidelines
- Establish, manage and adhere to content guidelines
- Research and stay up to date on content trends
- Review and interpret content performance analytics for constant improvement
- Come up with fresh ideas and approaches to content; push the creative boundaries
- Proofread and check print-ready product brochure layouts against briefing documents, ensuring text and image information, pricing, and financial terms are correct.
- Proofread and check social media content as a part of the compliance workflow approval process on social media management systems.
- Edit Social Media copy using AI tool on Social Media platform system – SPROUT
Requirements:
- Digital copywriting experience across various communication platforms and preferably in an agency environment
- Proof-checking experience – agency environment experience is an advantage
- Excellent understanding of the digital environment especially social media platforms i.e. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok
- Basic understanding of SEO as it relates to website content
- Basic understanding of PPC advertising
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Experience in copywriting for retail clients advantageous
- Experience working on project management software such as Chase or Magnetic advantageous
- Relevant diploma or degree advantageous
Personal Skills/Attributes:
- Excellent conceptual abilities
- Strong writing skills (creative and grammatically correct)
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- An exceptional eye for detail
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent time management
- Ability to work at a fast pace within tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality work
- Brilliant collaboration skills
- Strong administration skills
- Team player
Please include your notice period/availability to start, current salary, desired salary, reason for wanting to leave your current position and reasons for leaving your previous positions, on your application.
We thank all applicants for their interest. If you do not hear anything back within two weeks after applying for this position, please consider your application unsuccessful.
