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Senior Digital Copywriter
| Remuneration: | market-related |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Job level: | Senior |
| Job policy: | Employment Equity position |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #SDCJPMay22 |
| Company: | ninety9cents |
We have an opportunity for a s enior digital copywriter who is passionate about conceptual thinking and eager to make an impact within our agency. You’ll be working with our digital team and will play a key role as the partner with our creative director on a wide range of projects.
We’re looking for someone who is adept at conceptualising and implementing innovative digital led campaigns. The ideal candidate is confident as an individual contributor, embraces collaboration to deliver the best creative solutions, and is productive with a minimal amount of direction. This person must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and be willing to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Summary of main duties:
- Translate the brief and the strategic requirements into a compelling creative solution
- Presentation of work to the Creative Group Head and/or Creative Director
- Together with an Art Director, generate effective, innovative and compelling creative concepts for individual ads or campaigns based on sound strategies
- Pro-actively identify creative digital trends and opportunities
- Direct and produce effective, impactful and compelling advertising that reflects insight into the task, the brand and the target market
- Take ownership of your tasks and actively manage the creative process to progress towards deadline
- Five+ years’ Digital Copywriting experience within an agency
- Strong conceptual ability
- Advanced brand copywriting
- Attention to detail
- A portfolio that reflects creative copywriting proficiencies
- Understanding of advertising as a selling tool
- Capability to take on campaigns with multi-element tasks which require a concept and a thought-through process
- Accept guidance and respond well to criticism
- Resilient – can accept setbacks
- Finely honed copywriting skills and latest techniques
- Have a great sense of humour
- Have an understanding of writing for SEO and keywords
- Must demonstrate creative insight and brilliance for client solutions across all media platforms
- Create copy across multiple channels
- Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
- Lead brainstorm and conceptualization sessions
- Lead the craft and design of an idea
- Detail-obsessed big thinker, passionate and hard-working, self-motivated team player with the ability to grasp a client's strategy and brand, and deliver beautiful, insightful, polished work
- Ideally a degree/diploma in copywriting or journalism
- Be proficient in PowerPoint/Keynote, MS Word
Interested candidates must please submit a concise CV and salary expectation. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within three weeks after submitting your application, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We remain committed to the principles of employment equity.
Posted on 03 May 15:33, Closing date 1 Jun
