Copywriting Intern

Envisionit an awardwinning digital marketing agency based in Chicago is looking for a curious and clever writer to join our creative team this summer. As our Copywriting Intern youll learn the ins and outs of bringing creative digital campaigns and digital experiences to lifefrom early creative concepts to production. Youll partner with teams across the agency to elevate our brand content and collateral. Along the way youll finetune your writing skills working alongside creative marketing pros.

This is a paid parttime position (ave. 1820 hours per week). The timeframe for the internships is early June through early August but we will work with the candidate to align on the specific dates.

Heres a sneak peek of what you could be doing on a typical day:

• Brainstorming: Participate in or lead brainstorming sessions for concepting or campaigns. Also contribute to the development of creative work.

• Drafting Copy: Translate creative direction and messaging points from creative briefs into engaging and effective concepts and copy. Youll collaborate with internal teams to create copy for social media landing pages motion and video ads educational or marketing blog copy and websites for clients and ENV marketing while adhering to brand guidelines.

• Creative Editing: Create copydecks including editing and formatting with the support of the creative team.

• Copy Editing: Serve as Quality Control by providing vital editing or proofreading support for all clientfacing materials.

• Content Strategy: Experience developing editorial content and calendars including planning across platforms and channels.

• Presenting Work: Sitting in on client presentations and getting an inside look at one of the most critical parts of the jobpresenting work and communicating ideas to clients. If desired there will be opportunities to present your work.

• Intellectual Development: Work with a mentor to ideate and write solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives. Also youll be regarded as an internal SME researching and sharing industry knowledge and expertise.

What youll take away from the experience:

• Realworld exposure to digital marketing/agency life including experience receiving feedback from creatives and clients (and how to roll on through)

• Published blogs to add to your portfolio across a variety of verticals and audience types

• Ownership of at least one capstone project from conception through completion

• Insight experience and confidence in communicating creative ideas to peers and the leadership team

• Creative concept and overall production process from inception to production (and all the steps in between)

• Portfolio/resume critique (if interested)

• A wellrounded toolkit of stronger writing skills having worked alongside interaction designers motion designers copywriters content strategists and creative directors.

Is this you

• Strong interest in technology tourism innovation and AI

• Strong interviewing and communication skills

• A background in writing for a variety of mediums and channels

• Working knowledge of Google Workspace

• Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking strong knowledge of storytelling principles and meticulous attention to detail regardless of medium

• Organized but flexible able to pick up new concepts quickly and work with a team and independently

• Ready eager and able to roll up your sleeves and not afraid to ask A LOT of questions

• Experience (preferred over education) within copywriting storytelling journalism marketing or advertising fields

*Writing samples required for either include your portfolio URL in your resume or upload it with your resume as a singlePDF.

This a paid opportunity at $20/hour USD. This is a goodfaith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and any potential offers will ultimately be determined based on experience education skill set and performance in the interview process.

Due to the high volume of applicants we are not currently accepting phone calls about employment opportunities or application status. In addition we cannot pay for relocation expenses or act as an immigration sponsor at this time. Please peruse our website and socials to learn more about us:

Envisionit is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with diverse strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for the work we do. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity but also age disability status veteran status sexual orientation religion and many other parts of ones identity. All of our employees points of view are key to our success and inclusion is everyones responsibility. Envisionit is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process contact HR Manager Ali Aguilar at or.

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