Description

Clockwork, an award-winning, independent creative and communications agency with headquarters in Johannesburg and London, is looking for a copywriter with agency, publishing or brand writing experience, to join our growing content team. We’re offering the right person the opportunity to work with a variety of prestigious clients and rewarding projects, creating long and short form content.

To excel in this position, you’ll need outstanding writing and research skills, with a proven track record of producing must-read writing in a variety of formats. You’ll have experience writing content for different audiences and platforms, particularly social media and other digital channels. All applications must include a copy of your CV and a portfolio of work.

Reporting to: Content Lead

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Copy

• Create must-read content that is accurate, insightful, grammatically correct and meets client goals
• Become familiar with clients’ products and services, target audiences, and competitors’ activities
• Conduct interviews with clients to inform content creation
• Amend, revise and rewrite in response to feedback from the account team, creative team, or clients
• Assist with the development of content strategies
• Adhere to briefs and strict deadlines
• Stay informed regarding best practice and new developments when it comes to social media and other online platforms.
• Research quickly and efficiently and translate your research into writing on a wide range of subjects

Working within a team

• Work seamlessly and efficiently within a team, fostering a collaborative work environment
• Ensure timely responses to requests from team members on all deliverables.
• Manage and follow up on delegated deliverables

Essential Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in a writing role
• Experience with writing for social media and other online channels is essential; spending an embarrassing amount of time every day scrolling through Twitter, TikTok or Instagram is advantageous
• Verifiable degrees and diplomas

Essential Skills

• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• A comprehensive knowledge of and proven experience of the market and industry
• Maturity and temperament to relate to a wide range of clientele
• Client focused, attention to detail, highly organised
• Ability to think strategically, and execute quality work while meeting deadlines
• High level of creativity, inspiration and innovation
• Good interpersonal skills – confidence to present observations or advice to (senior) colleagues
• “Can do” attitude to take ownership and pride in deliverables
• Team player willing to adapt to a fast-paced environment and champion the Clockwork ethos
• Flexible and open to changes
• Practical problem solver