Bari Khan

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Bari is a copywriter at DigitasLbi in San Francisco. His site is loaded with gaming projects for titles like Shadows of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Until Dawn, and Horizon: Hero Dawn – The Watchers. For the latter, Bari’s team brought the game to life by literally bringing Watchers to life at E3 (above). Fingers crossed he gets to borrow it for Halloween.

Portfolio: bariakhan.com

Content Marketers & Freelance Copywriter Wanted, Fivetran, Oakland

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Katie Chin, Head of Marketing at Fivetran in Oakland, is on the hunt for three content marketers and a freelance copywriter. From Fivetran:

Content Marketers Wanted: Fivetran, Oakland, CA

Fivetran is hiring three Content Marketers that will work together to develop a range of channels including our blog, landing pages, ad copy, social media and email campaigns. As a team, you will develop our company voice, edit each others work, and develop a system for project management.

About Fivetran:

Fivetran is a 50-person, pre-series, A data infrastructure startup with over 400 customers including WeWork, Infusionsoft, ClassPass, and other world-leading companies. Established out of Y-Combinator in 2013, we are now part of the growing ecosystem of cloud companies that give organizations control of their data without complex engineering.

The Role:

We’re looking for ambitious, proactive, and collaborative Content Marketers. The positions are based out of Oakland, CA.

The ideal candidate is part technical writer, blogger, product marketer, copywriter and campaign strategist. You must have a keen aptitude or willingness to learn how to communicate concepts related to analytics and databases.

You will work cross functionally with internal stakeholders including engineering, field marketing, partnerships, product, design, and sales. Your goal is to develop blog posts and collateral that communicates technical concepts clearly, enables our sales team, and drives successful marketing campaigns. The writing function is critical for our company’s ability to meet aggressive revenue goals by increasing brand awareness and demand for our data connectors. The position requires creativity, a mastery of the English language, and the ability to make a significant impact in a startup setting.

Responsibilities:

  • Write blog posts, customer case studies, and company announcements
  • Drive content strategy and messaging for lead generating campaigns and creative programing
  • Develop briefs for designers and developers that clearly define asset creation
  • Create landing pages and write ad copy for paid marketing
  • Maintain and develop successful marketplace listings
  • Research, develop, and maintain competitive battlecards
  • Update marketing website and sales materials when new connectors and features launch
  • Strategize and implement email marketing campaigns, working alongside marketing ops
  • Collaborate with partnerships team to develop training and co-selling collateral
  • Ask for and leverage support from fellow marketers, design, product, and leadership teams for content generation and messaging
  • Leverage analytics in Looker, Salesforce, and Pardot to understand the impact of your efforts, suggest improvements for future campaigns, and identify growth opportunities

Your Experience:

  • 4+ years of relevant experience developing content for marketing campaigns across a wide range of channels including blogs, landing pages, digital ads, social media, pitch decks and email marketing
  • 2+ years experience in B2B SaaS or tech, specific industry experience in data, cloud technology, or analytics a huge plus
  • Demonstrated ability to write clean copy quickly
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly, using a writing style appropriate for marketing to technical audiences
  • An understanding of personas, the customer journey, and SEO best practices to develop effective communication and ensure relevant content reaches the right audience
  • A passion for driving customer success through content marketing and evangelism
  • Experience marketing to audiences in varied stages of the sales funnel, but especially in the awareness and discovery stages
  • Ability to thrive while juggling multiple projects in a high-growth, startup environment
  • Proven accomplishments working cross-functionally with designers and sales people
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • The ability to produce creative solutions within tight deadlines

To apply:

Submit your resume and your cover letter with at least three writing samples. Applications without writing samples will not be considered.

Apply here

 

Freelance Copywriter Wanted: Modern B2B tech startup website

Fivetran is looking for a copywriter to refresh the messaging on our marketing website refresh.

  • Key deliverable: Improve consistency and tone of our current content inventory
  • Start date: Immediately
  • Estimated hours/timeline: 1-2 week full time, 2-3 weeks part-time
  • Compensation: Project-based, please give us an estimate

Project goals:

Fivetran is giving our website a facelift and we need your help to make it’s messaging sing. Currently, we have the majority of the strategy and initial copywriting completed. The sitemap is ready along with a content inventory that could use some polish. Now, we need your help to:

  • Create consistency in our tone
  • Polish the website content inventory
  • Improve our headlines/CTAs so that they’re more captivating

The challenge:

Our product is technical and seemingly complex. Our audience is whip-smart and has a short attention span. We need a professional to come in and help us distill our core message into straightforward and engaging copy.

Must Haves:

  • Experience with modern B2B technology companies/startups
  • Ability to quickly understand our technology
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely
  • A writing style appropriate for marketing to modern technical audiences
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • The ability to produce creative solutions within tight deadlines
  • A collaborative and proactive working style

To apply:

Email katie@fivetran.com with the subject line ‘Freelancer, MCW job post’. Please include samples of your work.

Hampus Elfström

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Hampus is a junior copywriter at Uncle Grey in Copenhagen, Denmark, after graduating from Miami Ad School and interning at agencies in San Francisco and NYC. All kinds of super cool ideas on his site, including The Book By Strangers (so smart), Dumb Laws Of America (so dumb), and Girl Scouts “The Original Hustlers” (above). Dig it.

Portfolio: hampuselfstrom.com

Copywriter Wanted: EnviroMedia, Austin, TX

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EnviroMedia in Austin, Texas, is on the hunt for a mid-level copywriter. A little on EnviroMedia from their site: “EnviroMedia is committed to a future where good is expected. Where credibility matters more than credit, betterment more than better. We provide solutions for the world’s most innovative agents of change — by asking questions and finding answers, following some rules and creating others, and making better happen.”

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Art Directors and other Creative Team members to develop concepts and execute campaigns
  • Steward brand development
  • Create engaging/compelling content for print, mobile, web, TV, and social media
  • Work independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment
  • Manage and prioritize multiple tasks effectively to meet goals and deadlines
  • Edit and proof to ensure quality control

Required Skills and Abilities

  • 5 years of experience in an Agency or a related environment
  • Exceptional creative portfolio
  • Experience working on integrated campaigns across all media platforms
  • A dynamic presenter who can clearly articulate and present creative ideas in a compelling and persuasive manner to clients and colleagues

Benefits

We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive salary and, for full-time employees, an extensive benefits package that provides medical, dental, and vision. EnviroMedia benefits also include STD, LTD, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees. EnviroMedia’s a place where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative atmosphere where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and cover letter to: careers@enviromedia.com

Please list “Copywriter” in the title line of your email.

EnviroMedia is an equal opportunity employer.

University of Texas at Austin Week

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Big ups to Katie Samuelson and the one and only Chad Rea, amazing Austin writer/CD (and good friend to MC), who helped MC put together University of Texas at Austin Week. So many amazing creatives get their start at UT, one of the few traditional universities with a legit advertising program (along with VCU and Oregon). Can’t wait to see where this year’s grads land!

 

Copywriters

Brennen Cooke: brennencooke.com

Carolyn Hinojosa: carlynhinojosa.myportfolio.com

Charlotte Lichtenheld: charlottelichtenheld.com/work

Joy Kim: joykim.work

Kaie Samuelson: katiesamuelsen.com

Lexi Acevedo: alexisacevedo.squarespace.com

Marisa Valente: marisavalente.com

 

Art Directors

Angela Dai: angeladai.com

Bolero Munkhbold: boloramunkhbold.com

Chelsea Tijerina: chelseasheadspace.com

Drew Butler: drewbcreative.com

Jake Leber: jakeleber.myportfolio.com

Madeline Cuba: madelinecuba.com

Madii Poirot: madelinepoirot.com

 

University of Texas at Austin Week: Charlotte Lichtenheld

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Charlotte is a new copywriter and a recent grad of the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Creative program. The first two campaigns in her portfolio (at the time of this post) are exactly what you want from a student book: a stupid simple strategic hook and outrageous execution. “Families That Murder Together, Stay Together” for Clue, and “Premium Nip for Premium Pets” for Yeowww! Catnip. Ridiculous.

Portfolio: charlottelichtenheld.com

Blake Morris

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Blake is a copywriter at Saatchi in NYC. Since his last post on MC just about two years ago (03.21.16), after graduating from Creative Circus, he’s been busy. All kinds of killer projects for Tide on his site, including some of the best spots (if not the best) from the last Super Bowl, plus videos with Terry Bradshaw and Gronk. That’s a good first two years!

Portfolio: blakemorris16.com

VCU Brandcenter Week – Class of 2018

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Big ups to VCU Brandcenter Director of Student Affairs and Industry Outreach, Ashley Sommardahl, for once again helping MC host VCU Brandcenter Week. And big, big ups to all of the VCU grads who will be running the ad biz soon enough. Do great work. Be kind to each other. Make the world a better place.

You can check out the portfolios of the entire VCU Brandcenter 2018 class, including copywriters, art directors, creative brand management, experience design, and strategy, on the VCU Brandcenter site here. Can’t wait to see where they land!

VCU Brandcenter Week – Brianna Gross

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Brianna is a new copywriter and a recent VCU grad. One of the great things about student campaigns is that you get to take an idea and run with it. And run and run and run and run with it. Who’s going to stop you? Nobody. In the case of Brianna’s “Pull This” campaign for Kraft String Cheese, she went from print to OOH to digital to in-store to vending machine to a String Cheese Festival in Pullman, WA, headlined by the String Cheese Incident. Because why the heck not.

Portfolio: briannagross.com

Shevek Anandan

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Shevek is junior copywriter at McCann in NYC and a graduate of Creative Circus. All kinds of killer projects in his portfolio and lots of great writing throughout. At the top of his site’s homepage is the line, “Here’s the work, and here’s the pudding if you’re short on time and just want the proof.” Click “here’s the pudding” and you go to another page that breaks out his work into Headlines, Commercials, Case Studies, Integrated Campaigns. Click on Headlines and you’re greeted with (in addition to some great lines), “Currently at a 200:1 embarrassing-scribble to solid-line ratio, but every 1 feels so damn good.” Amen.

Portfolio: shevekanandan.com

Spencer Knowles

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Spencer is a copywriter in Portland, Oregon who recently graduated from Brainco’s online program. His portfolio is a mix of spec and produced work that is both national and so very Portland (in such a good way). Clients (real and spec) include The Washington Post, Tetra Cannabis, Liquid Plumbr, Lipton Tea, 12oz Prophet, and the Portland Trimet (above). Looking forward to seeing what Spencer adds next!

Portfolio: spencerwknowles.com

Greg Kissler

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Greg is a senior copywriter at Ogilvy NY. Since his last post on MC (back on 08.04.14, when he was a jr copywriter at Merkley+Partners), he’s been busy. All kinds of awesome projects for IBM on his site, including IBM Mobile, IBM Cloud (above), IBM Watson, and IBM Marketing. Plus a couple of projects for Mercedes-Benz. Plus some killer photography. Dig it.

Portfolio: gkissler.com

Carter Pagel

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Carter is a copywriter/director/CD at Sanders/Wingo in Austin. At the time of this post, he’s got 14 killer projects up on his site for clients like DirecTV, Bud Light, Burger King, State Farm, Intel, and AT&T (above). Don’t miss his Passion Projects page, which include a couple of unbelievable agency holiday cards. So true they’re terrifying.

Portfolio: carterpagel.com

Dominique Curtis

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Dominique is a senior copywriter at R/GA in Austin. Since her last post on MC back on 09.29.16, Dominique has made her awesome (and hilarious) site even more awesome (and hilarious). Don’t miss her musical featuring Drew Barrymore for Crocs, “Come As You Are.” Seriously, Crocs. Also, be sure to check out Nyan Cat Man on her Personal Projects page. So dumb. So genius!

Portfolio: dominiquecreates.com

Al Merry

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Al is a freelance copywriter/CD in NYC, previously at Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam, NYC, and London, BBH before that. Holy smokes what a portfolio. There are so many amazing Nike projects on Al’s site, it’s almost a crime not to feature one of them. However, the above spot for Gap just killed MC when it came out, so it’s the one. But please, grab a beverage of your choice and a comfy chair, and take your time with Al’s site. It’s awesome.

Portfolio: alastairmerry.com

Brendan Quinn

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Brendan is a freelance copywriter/CD in Philadelphia, after more than a decade at 160over90. As the 8th employee at the shop (and their first full-time writer), he help grow 160over90 from small boutique agency to a national powerhouse—and his portfolio is full of killer projects to prove it: Nike, Philadelphia Eagles, Arnold Bread (above), Iron Hill Brewery, Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy, De’Longhi, and more. Dig it.

Portfolio: helloquinn.com

Nechama Muchnik

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Nechama is a copywriter in NYC. All kinds of super smart ideas on her site including Unsick Day for America’s Health (above), Find Your Formula for Streeteasy, Before It’s Normal It’s Art for MoMA (MC’s daughter is getting those socks), and a genius idea that’s going to make 99% of copywriters seeing it think to themselves, “How did I not think of that???” Biters by Oral-B, pens that improve your oral hygiene while you chew ’em. Brilliant.

Portfolio: nmuchnik.com

Copywriters Wanted: Barkley, Kansas City

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Ashley Aagaard, VP/Talent Acquisition at Barkley in Kansas City, is on the hunt for copywriters. From Barkely:

Barkley is hiring writers. More than one. 

Here’s the deal, we’ve got a talented art director who needs a writer-partner. To get this job you should have a few years’ experience and some smart work. You’ll be working on TV (yes, for real TV), social campaigns and other advertising things, so showing off your TV, social and other things in your book would help you land the position. In addition to coming up with great ideas, we also like our writers to be able to write clever headlines and sharp copy, so you’ll want some of that on your site too.

About Us:

A few things you should know before you join us.

We’re passionate people. Passionate about work. Passionate about life. We can’t help it. It’s just the way we are.

Maybe it’s because we’re independent and employee-owned. Maybe it’s because we hire outstanding people and then get out of their way.

Or maybe it’s because we believe in the power of a great idea, and that great ideas can come from anyone.

Responsibilities:

  • Gain a thorough understanding of the client’s business and industry.
  • Develop creative strategies and ideas that are innovative and that sell.
  • Concept and execute advertising consistent with the agreed-upon strategy.
  • Develop original visual concepts.
  • Seek out and work with outside suppliers (photographers, illustrators, etc.) and work closely with broadcast and print productions to accurately estimate and produce work.
  • Under the direction of the Creative Director, see all work through completion on time and on budget.
  • Work productively and harmoniously as a teammate with Art Directors and producers who share responsibility on a given product.
  • Present creative materials to clients, as needed.
  • Review proofs, rough cuts, etc. for accuracy before final production.

Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to think creatively and provide marketable solutions in conceiving, developing, and producing tactics.
  • Bachelor’s degree or industry equivalent years of experience required
  • Up to 4 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

If all of this sounds good please apply here:

https://jobs.lever.co/barkleyus/72575968-fec9-41dc-b3c3-f6faad0bbde9

and don’t forget to submit a link to your work….

Tim Ryan

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Tim is a freelance art director/copywriter/CD-in-one based in Maryland. He’s got a new site showcasing years of work across just about every product category there is, from The Washington Post to the Library of Congress, Mercedes to the World War 1 Centennial Commission (above). Before advertising, he was a trucker who drove everything from Macks to Autocars, Internationals to Freightliners. MC has only driven a big truck once, a 26-foot Penske, got it stuck in a Wendy’s drive-thru in Nebraska. Tip o’ the hat, Tim.

Portfolio: timryancreative.com