Now Hiring: Creative Strategist / Writer

Update: This position is now filled!

Who We Are

Brevity is a design-focused digital marketing agency located in the beautiful Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis. Our breadth of industry experience allows us to educate and inspire audiences from a unique perspective. We are looking to expand our team with a Creative Strategist & Copywriter that will lend their expertise in strategy and writing for our clients, contribute to and build our culture of team support, creativity, and humor. Some of our active clients include companies in the biotech, finance, customer service, restaurant, and specialty medical industries, among much more. We are a tight-knit team of versatile creatives with a passion for making the best possible work we can. We enjoy doing friendly things like eating lunch together, after-work drinks, and taking each other to the mechanic and the airport. Spend some time on our website to get to know our work, our core values, and our processes.

Who You Are

You have a passion for communication. More specifically, written communication. This passion allows you to get excited and creative about writing brand-centric content for business-to-business companies and lifestyle brands alike. You have about 3 years of writing for the web, social media, and marketing campaigns under your belt, and are looking to bring your work to the next level by working with a dedicated, detail oriented, design-focused team that will take the time to give your beautiful words the attention they’ve always deserved. Your portfolio displays a range of creative writing work with varying applications. Due to the range of industries in which we work, you should be interested in learning and writing about microscopes, cheeseburgers, and just about everything in between. A successful Creative Strategist & Copywriter at Brevity will be confident in:

• Developing Creative Marketing Strategies with a Team
• Copywriting and Editing for Web
• Ideating on and Adhering to our Clients Varying Tones of Voice
• Collaborating with other Creatives on Strategic Campaign Concepts
• Writing for B2B and Consumer Brands
• Confidently Presenting your Work, Internally and to our Clients
• Communicating Directly with our Clients and Exhibiting a High-Level of Expertise
• Social Media Community Management
• Handling Multiple Projects of Varying Types
• Adhering to Deadlines
• Collaborating to Build Sitemaps and Organize Website Content
• Attending Ideation, Presentation, and Internal Meetings
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Organizing Content for Large and Small Website Builds
• Working with the Creative Team to Maintain Timelines & Deliver Work on Time
• Utilizing a Project Management System for Time Tracking, Deliverable Timelines, and Client Communication
• Pushing the Boundaries of Creative Work in our Industry
• Generally Picking up Slack, Even if it Falls Outside of Your “Normal” Job Description
• Being our Internal Copy Expert (including editing proposals, social media management, answering questions like, “should this sentence say ‘affect’ or ‘effect,’”) and other things like writing this job posting, for example.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with the WordPress CMS
• Understanding of SEO Best-Practices
• Experience with Google Analytics
• Experience in Writing for Video
• Applicable Hobbies or Skills, like Photography or Design
• Strong Opinions on Food and Music
• A Few Notes on How You’d Rewrite this Page

We Promise

• Full Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Supportive Environment & Team to Create Your Best Work
• Up-to-Date Apple Computer, Software, & Other Tools to do Your Job
• A Paycheck Twice a Month
• 3 Weeks of Paid Time Off + 1 Paid “No Questions Asked” Day
• Friday Lunches brought in from Hi-Pointe Drive-In
• An Unlimited Supply of Old Vienna Snacks

Submission Details

If this sounds like something you’d be excited to be a part of, please submit your application to Bob Schuster (bschuster@seekbrevity.com) in the form of:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Portfolio of Work (Website URL, Preferably)