Copywriter

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

11d

About The Position

Anduril is seeking an experienced Copywriter to help communicate its mission to transform U.S. and allied defense through advanced technology. The Copywriter will join a team of marketers and collaborate with Design, Communications, and Business Line teams to create clear, compelling copy across campaigns, product naming, social media, and other formats. The role requires translating technical and urgent work into credible, distinctive writing that connects the company’s mission to its product capabilities.

The Copywriter will shape Anduril’s voice across social, web, print, and out-of-home channels; develop copy for campaigns and product launches; name systems and capabilities; write scripts for video-driven campaigns; and create guidelines and reusable messaging systems. The role involves close collaboration across Product Marketing, Design, Communications, Government Relations, Recruiting, engineers, and executives. Applicants must be U.S. Persons due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

The U.S. salary range is $142,000–$188,000, inclusive of base salary only. Actual offers may vary based on work experience, education or training, critical skills, and business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers. Anduril also offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as a comprehensive, competitive package available at little to no cost to employees.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of copywriting experience at a top-tier agency, in-house at a recognized consumer brand, or a combination of both.
• An expansive portfolio demonstrating work for major brands.
• Ability to translate sophisticated technical subject matter into human copy without diluting the truth, importance, or impact of the technology.
• Experience writing across social, long-form, film, out-of-home, web, and product naming formats.
• Ability to turn ambiguity into strategic clarity, including framing a problem that has not yet been framed.
• Self-starter who identifies needed writing and takes initiative rather than waiting for assigned work.
• Comfort working quickly alongside engineers, designers, and executives and receiving direct feedback.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in technical, hard tech, aerospace, or engineering categories.
• Experience writing for defense, aerospace, robotics, semiconductors, or another high-consequence technical category.
• Background spanning consumer brand building and technical writing, such as agency brand work followed by substantial engineering or industrial subject-matter experience.
• Experience building and enforcing a voice or messaging system across a fast-growing organization.
• Product naming experience, including naming architecture for a multi-product portfolio.
• Familiarity with trade compliance and constraints on public writing about defense or sensitive government technology, including ITAR/EAR, classification, and OPSEC.
• Experience directing or partnering with in-house design and video teams on integrated campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Define and document Anduril’s voice across social, web, print, and out-of-home channels.
• Turn engineering material, brand moments, and partnership activations into distinctive copy, including headlines, body copy, manifestos, launch films, and campaign lines.
• Write timely social copy that stands out and performs on quick-turnaround timelines.
• Name new systems, platforms, and capabilities, and maintain naming architecture with Product Marketing, Division Leads, Communications, and Design.
• Develop strategic positions and clear copy from ambiguous briefs, technical deep dives, and differing stakeholder opinions.
• Drive scriptwriting with the Anduril Design Department to inform treatments for video-driven campaigns.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Design, Communications, Government Relations, and Recruiting to maintain a consistent voice across product pages, billboards, job posts, and other materials.
• Create voice guidelines, messaging frameworks, and reusable copy systems for writers and non-writers.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed