Jr. Copywriter

Home Chef • Chicago, IL

3d • $57,000 - $63,000

About The Position

Home Chef is seeking a Jr. Copywriter for its marketing department. The role writes across Home Chef and Tempo brands and across channels such as digital advertising, lifecycle marketing, video, and social media. The copywriter creates native content, develops innovative ideas intended to drive measurable results, and collaborates with the creative team to deliver content on deadline. The role translates creative briefs into clear, engaging, persuasive, and on-brand copy for marketing emails, retail and point-of-purchase signage, web pages, digital advertisements, social channels, company collateral, campaign videos, and other projects as needed.

The Jr. Copywriter participates in brainstorming, develops ways to communicate distinctive messages, and writes for both video and still-image formats. They use and help evolve Home Chef’s style guide, and partner with design, marketing, retail, and product teams to create content, improve workload efficiency, and collaborate on deliverables. The position requires 0–10% travel.

Requirements

• Completion of a four-year degree program; a bachelor's degree is specified.
• At least 1 year of copywriting experience for a brand or consumer-facing company.
• Ability to write persuasively in formal and social voices and communicate in the Home Chef brand voice.
• Comfort writing across multiple formats and lengths, with both engaging, emotive and transactional/directive tones.
• Proofreading and editing skills.
• Responsible, confident, autonomous, proactive approach, attention to detail, and ability to plan ahead for future projects.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, complete tasks on time, balance time and multitask amid interruptions.
• Highly creative and imaginative, with the ability to produce innovative and original ideas.
• Experience with 360 marketing campaigns and direct and transactional digital channels.
• Openness to receiving feedback.
• Ability to synthesize strategic messages and multiple opinions into consumer-friendly copy.

Nice To Haves

• Food industry experience.
• Ad agency experience.

Responsibilities

• Create best-in-class native content and stay informed about current content landscapes.
• Develop forward-thinking ideas intended to drive measurable results.
• Work with creative team members to execute content within deadlines.
• Write clear, engaging copy for videos and still images.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and develop innovative solutions to creative challenges and ways to communicate unique messages.
• Interpret creative briefs and write clear, engaging, persuasive, on-brand copy for marketing emails, retail/POP signage, Home Chef web pages, digital advertisements, social channels, company collateral, campaign videos, and other projects as needed.
• Use the existing style guide and help evolve it to meet the company’s growing needs.
• Collaborate with design, marketing, retail, and product teams to create content, develop workload efficiencies, and coordinate output.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• 401(k) program; the benefits package also mentions a 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.
• $30 off the first Home Chef order with promo code PEOPLE30.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level