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Duration: Temporary
Want to be the voice behind the world’s largest retail brand? As a copywriter you’ll infuse our storytelling with heart & humanity to help our customers, save money & live better. Finding the right words is just the icing on the cake. Here, you’ll dive deep, from breathing the brief to working with creative partners to send something out into the world that does good in its own small way. Ready to say something? We’re listening.
We’re a dynamic, multidimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops through impactful creative & fast-paced innovation – all grounded in customer insights & brand strategy. We live out our company values each day while striving to exceed customer expectations & drive growth for the company. We orchestrate marketing campaigns & experiences that reach millions of daily shoppers. Our work spans the digital & physical spaces & combines the work of numerous internal teams & external advertising & mediaagencies. Our teams work together to show our customers how they can save money & live better.
Responsibilities:- Compose copy that gets to the heart of who our customers are & inspire them. You’ll cover a range of topics, assets, & channel types.
- Gain a deep understanding of our brand’s core principles, tone & voice, plus copy & campaign style guides, applying that understanding to crafting copy that supports business goals.
- Handle multiple copy projects on different timelines with varying levels of ambiguity, complexity & importance to the business with the support of copy leadership.
- Meet copy deadlines in coordination with project management, account management & creative team.
- Prepare well-structured drafts that are on-brief, meet the 3 C’s (Conversational, Captivating & Confident) & demonstrate your knowledge of our customer & your ability to do research on a subject, product, industry, company/organization & technology.
- In partnership with copy leadership, collaborate with design & other team members to come up with creative solutions to meet business goals.
- Use critical thinking skills to translate strategic marketing initiatives into informative, concise & compelling copy solutions.
- Make edits following feedback from partners including marketers, site managers, editors, legal & copy leadership.
- Guided by the copy leadership, approach copy feedback & edits from partners with a positive, collaborative attitude & willingness to learn & grow.
- Take character limitations & design constraints into account when creating copy & partner with editors & copy leadership to resolve writing or grammar issues.
- Adhere to the evolution of the brand tone of voice & copy style guide.
- Attend & engage in project kick-off & follow-up meetings by asking proactive questions, seeking clarity, pushing on the brief & anticipating required information to compose effective copy. Confidently explain creative choices & work with partners to reach consensus on feedback.
- Ensure copy is error-free, participate in the quality assurance (QA) phases of projects to help ensure all final copy has been correctly implemented online & conduct audits to identify & document errors.
- Stay up to date on competitors, technology developments, plus industry & media trends as it pertains to retail & marketing.
- Maintain a positive, can-do attitude.
- Seek answers to ambiguous asks, be comfortable working autonomously & quickly pivot direction based on changing business needs.
- BA in Journalism, Creative Writing, Advertising, or related field & at least 3 years of copywriting experience.
- 4+ years' experience copywriting for an ecommerce brand.
- Ability to work autonomously & self-manage, as well as collaborate closely.
- Excellent proofreading skills & attention to detail.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves & do what it takes to get the job done.
- Strong organizational skills, a strong sense of ownership & accountability, & the ability to be a self-starter.
- Proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, & flexible in the face of shifting business needs due to the rapidly changing nature of marketing, retail, and ecommerce.
- High emotional intelligence, excellent relationship-building skills, able to manage expectations well across a wide variety of partners & expertise areas.
- Fantastic sense of humor is a plus!
At.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
What We Offer.Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Media.Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. .Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.
$85,000 — $89,000 CAD
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
