Midweight Copywriter Fixed Term Contract

6 months ago


Sandton, South Africa Machine_ Full time

Company Description

Machine_ is a creative solutions agency represented across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, and is home to over 100 adventurous minds. At Machine_ we believe that intuition and gut feel aren’t enough. That’s why everything we do starts with solving a problem.

Our solutions are born from human behaviour, unique local landscape knowledge and consumer data that unlock the right insights. Our team of passionate creatives use these to create impactful and accountable solutions that reach consumers at the right time and right place in their connected worlds.

Machine_ is part of Publicis Groupe, the fastest-growing global network.

**Job Description**:
Develop effective and meaningful ideas, content, copy and scripts by:

- Working with the creative leadership and agency teams to understand the client and create award winning creative work.
- Using key messages and client understanding to research and develop work for multiple communication channels, both ATL and digital, as well as any further copy required by the project (including social media content taglines, video end taglines, copy for print and web)
- Working within a team to produce award-winning creative executions.
- Producing a variety of high-quality copy solutions, from punchy short-form to persuasive long-form and scripts
- Developing concepts and approaches based on their understanding of the client’s communication requirements.

**Essential skills**
- Communication skills
- Writing skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to influence people through creative ideas and written work.
- Multi-tasking skills (ability to handle multiple jobs at the same time)
- Relate well to people and show evidence of good teamwork.
- Interpersonal skills
- A passion for culture, both internally and externally

**Personal Profile**:

- Highly organised
- Multi-tasker
- Easily self-manage
- A team player
- Enjoy working under pressure
- Working independently and collaboratively with key team members
- Hungry to learn and grow and always willing to try something new
- Thrive in an ever-changing environment
- A passion for storytelling
- A keen eye for detail and a drive for perfection
- Deadline awareness and ability to handle all kinds of pressure
- Taking initiative and ownership of your projects, never be a paper-pusher
- Pro-actively solving problems
- An acute sense of responsibility and accountability
- Cool, calm and optimistic
- Enjoying the thrill of a challenge
- Motivated by a desire to add value to your clients’ business
- A sense of humour
- Celebrate the small stuff

**Qualifications**:

- 4 years’ + experience in copywriting for advertising or marketing agencies
- Knowledge/understanding of storytelling principles in digital channels
- ** A portfolio that contains conceptual ideas that demonstrate an understanding of TTL communications - Finance/Banking experience advantageous**

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