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Freelance Midweight Copywriter

Remuneration:market-related 
Location:Johannesburg, Sandton
Job level:Mid
Type:Contract
Reference:#FreelanceCopywriterG
Company:TBWA South Africa


Role profile

Job title:

Freelance midweight copywriter

Key purpose:
  • We are seeking a talented freelance copywriter with a strong background in telecommunications brands to join our team. As a copywriter, you will be responsible for crafting compelling and engaging content across various channels to promote out telecommunications products and services. The idela candidate will have a passion for storytelling, a keen understanding of the telecommunications industry, and the ability to tailor messaging to resonate with our target audience.
1) Creative
  • To take accountability in ensuring all their creative output consistently meets the highest quality standards.
  • To present creative work internally and externally in a clear, professional and impactful manner.
  • To produce and craft original and great concepts and copy proactively and in response to creative briefs of existing clients or potential clients.
  • Work with strategy and account management to understand the clients’ brand and manage projects in a way that will support the delivery of iconic work for the brand.
  • Work collaboratively within the creative department and with other departments in the agency.
  • Stay aware of current trends, popular culture, ideas, work in order to confidently stay ahead of the curve and stay relevant and contemporary.
  • Consistently develop and refine their craft in a way that demonstrates a real passion for the work they do.
  • To contribute to the shop window (local and international awards).
2) Business management
  • Accurate recording of work time.
  • Actively participate in new business pitches and business development when required.
  • Responsibility to spread positive sentiment and not to add fuel any negative sentiments in a way that is destructive to agency’s reputation both internally and externally.
3) People/collaboration
  • To anticipate and reflect the changing needs of agency and its’ clients through on the job development, active participation in the creative department (e.g. Disruption, training, and other company initiatives)
  • Provide feedback to your creative director regarding improvements that could be made to the creative department.
  • Has actively supported and involved team members at the appropriate time to resolve issues.
  • Looks for collaborative ways to make the agency a great place to work.
Knowledge and experience required:
  • 3-5 years as a copywriter in a leading creative agency/company that has generated or can generate and produce world-class ideas and copy for agency and their clients or potential clients.
Skills and educational requirements:
  • World-class copywriting ability.
  • Technical writing proficiency.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Strategically minded.
  • Diverse writing style. (profound, comedy, epic, poetic)
  • Technical understanding of tv and content production, edits, sound, music, voice and direction.
Optional extras:
  • Influencer, opinion leader, blog site, editorial experience, poetry, After Effects, 3D rendering, illustration, editing, design, songwriter, sound production, artist.
Behavioral attributes:
  • Inspirational, ambitious, determined, courageous, collaborative, creatively expressive, something to prove, chip on their shoulder, adaptable, can and does embrace change.
And above all, accountable for the accounts and work he/she/they contributes towards.

Posted on 04 Apr 15:02, Closing date 3 May

See also: Copywriter
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