Senior Creative Copywriter

3 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Aramex Full time

**Key Responsibilities**
- Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a high-volume workload often requiring short turnaround times
- Continually raise the bar on creativity, writing fresh copy that connects with the desired audience and drives action
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of communication and industry trends
- Stay updated on appropriate style guidelines and brand voice for consistency in messaging
- Great writing style and in excellent command of the English language.
- Interpret creative briefs to develop and produce creative concepts through execution on assigned brands
- Write original copy and edit content for a range of corporate marketing and communications materials
- Collaborate with the wider team, from concept development to delivery of the final product
- Present copy concepts and final deliverables to the internal team and to project owners as needed
- Revise copy based on internal and client feedback/direction

**Minimum Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, languages, or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of professional copywriting experience in a creative agency or directly for a client with a solid portfolio of work
- Exceptional writing and research skills
- Strong conceptual thinking, ability to formulate campaign ideas, write TV scripts, and develop concepts and copy for ads
- Ability to work independently and with a team to meet deadlines
- Excellent organizational skills and multitasking ability
- Ability to spot trends and interesting news to quickly adapt to our social media content.
- Social media or content marketing experience a plus
- Proofreading experience and familiarity with standard style guides a plus
- Experience working with content management systems, WordPress, etc.
- A keen eye for detail and appreciation of great design

**Competencies & Skills**
- Excellent writing and research skills.
- Good time management skills
- Team player
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Quick learner with a versatile writing style

**Company Overview**:
Since our founding in 1982 we have grown to become a world leader in comprehensive transport and delivery solutions for business and consumers. Headquartered in Dubai, at the heart of the world’s most dynamic commercial hub and on the site of historic trade routes linking east and west, commerce and transport are deeply embedded in Aramex’s DNA. We are dedicated to transforming the face of trade, expanding our operations rapidly to better connect businesses and consumers worldwide.



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