Copywriter - Freelance

VML/Passport Brand Designs is seeking a Copywriter - Freelance for our NY office. The Copywriter - Freelance will be a natural storyteller who works closely with art directors and strategists to conceive and create concepts for digital, social and traditional channels. The entire creative team will work together to translate these ideas from the written tone into a finished ad to meet our clients’ business objectives. Our creative teams always strive to create boundary‑pushing, award‑winning work. What you’ll do Manage and own assigned projects and manage all aspects of the copy, creative work, budget, and presenting. Work with Creative Directors, ensuring quality and accuracy on all creative products. Make recommendations to senior leadership and other team members on how to improve process and product. Demonstrate creativity through efficiently conceptualizing, planning, producing, refining, and leading a diverse range of creative ideas and concepts. Work in a Copywriter capacity and perform the duties of the position when in this role. Present creative rationale during internal and client presentations. Drive the creative solution for new business pitches. Offer proactive solutions and ensure successful progression. Communicate with client service Account Directors regarding business scopes, financials, schedules, and planning. Collaborate with creative leaders to interview, hire, train, and evaluate junior Creative staff. Who you are Leader: Entrepreneurial attitude. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Possess an innate knack to marshal people and create gravity around ideas. Prioritize, organize and multi‑task effectively, exhibit client‑service approach with results‑driven performance. Effectively solve marketing problems with creative solutions. Open and collaborative: Our team is close‑knit and supportive and we’re working with a lot of unknowns – you must be a champion of team environments that are comfortable with ambiguity and encourage collaboration. Accept constructive internal and client comments with regard to concepts and copy. An experimenter: Embrace the unknown and ready to break process. You’ll be excited by opportunities to create new rather than default to plugging‑in to existing ones, while leaning towards experimentation. You see technology as a tool for creativity. Provide guidance across departments in a team and matrix environment. Ego‑less: We all wear the hats that need wearing, it’s a mentality that makes the team successful. What you’ll need Bachelor’s degree plus three or more years of copy experience in an advertising, marketing or experiential, creative agency environment. Experience within the B2C CPG sphere is especially relevant for this role. Advanced competencies in Microsoft Office, Internet environments and industry‑standard software programs. Understanding of both the art and copy side and the ability to evaluate both. Experience in and ability to evaluate all mediums to develop fully integrated marketing campaigns. Strong portfolio of work that demonstrates strategic, conceptual and creative thinking. Excellent presentation skills. Compensation $65—$75 USD per hour, with individual compensation varying based on job‑related factors including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package. WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. #J-18808-Ljbffr VML South Africa