OLIVER North America is hiring a

Copywriter

Toronto, Canada
#LI-CN1 #mid-senior

About the role:  

OLIVER is looking for a Copywriter to join our remote team for our new financial services client! As a Copywriter, you will create powerful and impactful copy for a range of digital and print marketing materials across various assets.  

In this role, you will need to combine a deep understanding of trends inherent to the Marketing and Financial Industries with a varied skillset that will include SEO thinking, conceptual thinking, copywriting, research, script writing, understanding of social and e-commerce platforms, their ways of working and content project planning. You’ll need to be an expert storyteller, working alongside your fellow creatives in a fun, fast-paced environment to find interesting and engaging ways of dramatizing subject matter.  

What you will be doing: 

  • Ideate and produce original copy for digital, social media, print collateral, and any other copy needs within the department 
  • Brainstorm visual and copy ideas as part of a creative team 
  • Present and articulate concepts to clients 
  • Align all messaging with client’s business initiatives with the ability to speak to the financial industry 
  • Work closely with the team to deliver all copy to ensure consistency and accuracy across all messaging to the agreed briefs and established brand guidelines   
  • Follow and help build a tone of voice consistent to brand standards throughout all copy and proactively make recommendations to enhance end results  
  • Be responsible for writing and ideation of creative that brings readership and enhances brand voice 
  • Undertake or support research and develop an understanding of the client’s target audience and competitor products   
  • Focus on B2B and/or B2C campaign messaging with the aim of building awareness, engagement and acquisition of clients
  • Possess the ability to grasp how content will play out while thinking conceptually across multiple mediums 
     

What you need to be great in this role: 

  • Diploma or related degree in Journalism or Copywriting 
  • 5+ years writing in an advertising agency or design firm  
  • 3+ years in a Financial Services industry with solid knowledge of the industry   
  • An impressive portfolio of relevant work 
  • Creative storyteller who thinks outside the box 
  • Knowledge of SEO best practices 
  • Comfortable with quickly shifting/changing priorities 
  • Prior experience managing cross-functional projects and as you will be working with multiple briefs at a time 
  • Exceptional attention to detail, ability to quality check your own work, with a proactive attitude and good communication skills 
  • Ability to think conceptually across multiple mediums
  • Ownership and responsibility
  • Team player and a self-starter 

 

About OLIVER:

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand’s organization – delivering more effective work at the speed and flexibility required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique methodology, and supported by bespoke technology, we design, build, and operate specialist, custom creative ecosystem with our clients. We believe that proximity enables better collaboration, leading to better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by nearly 3,000 people worldwide, working across more than 200 custom creative ecosystems in over 25 countries. We are the undisputed leader in our space, which means we carry the responsibility and humility that comes with breaking new ground, continually evolving one of the most transformative agency models in history. People who join OLIVER come to us from all stages of their careers, from entry-level to agency veteran.  They find a culture of entrepreneurism, direct and meaningful client impact, deep collaboration across offices and teams, and frankly, a bit of the unknown. If you’re most comfortable in safe, predictable environments, OLIVER may not be for you. That said, we will also give you the support, tools, feedback, and recognition to be your best – we want you to achieve what you strive for. The opportunities for growth are as wide as you can make them.

Our Values and how to live them  

  • Ambition. You look for opportunities to deliver greater value to those around you
  • Imagination. You identify a range of solutions to problems
  • Inspiration. You lead by example and encourage others
  • Inclusion. You are actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations
  • Learning. You have excellent listening skills that helps you to learn from our clients and those around you
  • Results. You accept responsibility for your action

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All suitable applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

If you need us to make any adjustments to make your application process easier please let us know by emailing  talentteam-na@oliver.agency 

Inside Ideas Group and its affiliates and subsidiaries have an internal recruitment department. IIG does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. 

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