Freelance Copywriter

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 65000 - 75000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Copywriter youre a passionate writer skilled at copywriting and creative communications. Youre looking to join a highly collaborative team in a dynamic fast-paced environment. You are creative highly organized and able to work efficiently on multiple projects to meet tight deadlines. You enjoy building relationships and collaborating with external partners and colleagues throughout the company. You value input from a variety of sources anticipate problems and accept feedback well. You are comfortable voicing your opinioneven when it goes against the group. Flexible and able to prioritize competing projects you thrive on translating complexity into straightforward copy.

At Critical Mass you will work closely with stakeholder teams to understand their needs for messaging that drives awareness preference and sales for products for the clients flagship brand. While project priorities will shift in response to evolving business needs the following key areas represent our current strategic focus:

- Website Bullets and Copy: Create engaging keyword-rich and informative product content for the website optimizing bullet points and detailed copy to improve search engine rankings and do updates in accordance with the established process.
- Differentiated Messaging: Craft unique and compelling messages that highlight the distinct advantages of our products.
- Blogs: Write and edit blog posts to engage and inform our audience.
- Emails: Develop email content that drives engagement and conversion.
- Channel Requests: Respond to specific content requests from various channels to support marketing initiatives.
- Proofing: Review and proofread all content to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Legal Compliance: Coordinate with legal teams to ensure all content is compliant with relevant regulations and obtain necessary approvals before publication.

You Will:

Collaborate with channel marketing product management and other internal departments to identify needs requirements and goals for creating relevant and impactful copy and messaging.
Work with brand and channel teams in accordance with strategy customer guidelines and decision maker behaviors to develop innovative and effective written communications.
Work independently within tight and often changing timelines while managing competing priorities
Support a market-driven and industry-leading brand strategy.
Self-manage project priorities timelines and resources to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Edit and proof work to ensure high editorial standards are met across all content outputs.
Develop copy and messaging in alignment with brand standards and goals with an SEO-centered approach for a variety of media and applications.
Cultivate a deep understanding of our products innovations customers and target decision makers.
Develop compelling copy to drive engagement with different consumer and professional decision makers through various content types.
Be the voice of the brand that reflects our positioning value proposition and persona.
Build marketing communications that meet customer requirements and brand guidelines optimize key opportunities and advocate for our brand with impactful SEO-optimized content that drives engagement.

You Have:

BA in English Journalism Communications or Advertising
3-5 years of content marketing or copywriting
Excellent writing editing and proofreading skills with a diligent eye for brand voice accurate detail language flow and grammar
Strong research listening and creative thinking skills
Ability to think conceptually and translate ideas into compelling audience-specific messaging
Proven ability to demonstrate brand voice
An excellent portfolio of work
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Solid understanding of SEO and digital marketing best practices is required to optimize content performance.
Experience working with various product content management systems and emerging technologies including Copilot

Please note that occasional travel may be required.

This position requires candidates to obtain a Level 2 Security Clearance in accordance with U.S. government regulations. As such only U.S. citizens or permanent residents (Green Card holders) are eligible to apply.

We continually review ranges to address skills experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process by assessing a number of factors that include but arent limited to a candidates experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees tenure will also be a consideration.

Salary Range

$65000 - $75000 USD

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs and. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger WhatsApp or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money technology or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

If U.S. based: Canada based: U.K. based: Costa Rica based:

- Website Bullets and Copy: Create engaging keyword-rich and informative product content for the website optimizing bullet points and detailed copy to improve search engine rankings and do updates in accordance with the established process.
- Differentiated Messaging: Craft unique and compelling messages that highlight the distinct advantages of our products.
- Blogs: Write and edit blog posts to engage and inform our audience.
- Emails: Develop email content that drives engagement and conversion.
- Channel Requests: Respond to specific content requests from various channels to support marketing initiatives.
- Proofing: Review and proofread all content to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Legal Compliance: Coordinate with legal teams to ensure all content is compliant with relevant regulations and obtain necessary approvals before publication.