Middleweight Creative team - Copywriter
Middleweight Creative team - Copywriter
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Role x You:
We are looking for a creative team to play a key role in delivering disruptive awardwinning culturedriven creative ideas.
As a copywriter working with your art director you will bring strong concepting and storytelling skills to the table. You will be a team looking for a place in a creative department that is different to any of your traditional agency worlds. At VIRTUE we believe radical thinking disrupts culture and we create work that uses innovative new ways to meet communities in their world. And thats exactly what were after. Bold impactful and fresh thinking that identifies an authentic exciting space that a brand can play in culture. Someone who has genius ideas and the passion and knowledge to turn them into concepts get them sold and make them a reality.
In the short term
You would be expected to tackle every brief with smart creative thinking. Take risks in the process but always ladder back up to the strategic and cultural POV. Craft copy as required build a rapport within the team and work towards understanding the nuances of the brands on our roster. Be a proactive thinker constantly on the lookout for ways brands (existing or prospective) could shake things up with a simple idea.
After 6 months in this role
You would be conversant with client expectations on our roster of brands be able to take initiative and lead on certain smaller projects and be able to contribute usefully to ideation requirements. Be agile understand the need to pivot and know how to offer alternate solutions when needed. Continue to seek out exciting moments in culture for brands and collaborate with all members of the team to deliver awardwinning work.
Responsibilities:
Ideation development and implementation of culturallyrelevant creative concepts across all media channels. And beat us to identifying new playgrounds to explore.
Develop creative concepts and 360 campaigns in collaboration with the Creative Leads to ensuring high quality onbrief and impactful work with storytelling at its core
Stay current on cultural and societal trends and digital tech / platforms
Create headlines short and long copy claims campaign manifestos film treatments and scripts
Help build presentation structure and narrative
Ensure content is innovative onbrand and consistent with VIRTUEs values
Self motivated taking on pitches and projects and own your work from start to finish
Collaborate with Strategy Project Management Client Services and Production throughout the entirety of every project
Manage and work sometimes independently and under tight deadlines while juggling multiple projects
You have these:
Smart bold creative thinking and a culturenerd mentality
Desire to create successful culturally relevant awardwinning creative
At least 34 years experience as a Creative/Copywriter in an advertising agency or startup
Ability to write communicate and present
A flawless command of spelling punctuation and grammar
Passion positivity and drive
Appreciate a borderless and diverse collaboration across the Globe
A forwardthinking and sociallyconscious perspective
Ability to work both independently or with a team
Experience balancing several projects at once with tight deadlines
Deep knowledge and interest in tech digital media social media and content
Proficiency in Google suite including Google Slides and Keynote
Strong portfolio showing a range of styles and relevant experience
Wed love if you also have these:
As a global agency additional language skills are a bonus
Working at VICE:
We want to find people who believe in our mission and goals and feel inspired to grow while theyre here rather than someone who checks the boxes but isnt invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what youve got.
VICE Media Group prioritizes the voices ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse inclusive cultures so we dont just tolerate differences we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff culture and business. To learn more read the VICE Guide to VICE.
Candidates please note that if you are contacted by anyone with an email other than@vicepurporting to be recruiting on behalf of VICE Media it is not legitimateand you should not engage.
Employment Type
Full-Time
