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Senior Copywriter - Dm 🔥


Employees at Quad thrive at the intersection of thinking, making and marketing. As we continue to take the bold steps necessary to transform our offering, our goal is to provide our clients with the most powerful integrated marketing platform. We’re all partners in our company, committed to do the right thing, trusting the process, innovating for the future, growing the business, believing in each other, and having a little fun along the way.



Quad is seeking a Senior Copywriter to be based in our Chicago office. The Senior Copywriter’s primary role is to develop and direct written creative communication – from concepts to campaign execution – with an acute knowledge of the various styles & requirements of direct response copy (digital, print, in-store, sales collateral, etc). The Senior Copywriter must have the ability to quickly turn concepts into written content combining an understanding the English language + brand style + industry copywriting standards. Must have a proven ability to work with internal & external clients in assessing, understanding, and converting input into active direct response marketing communication.



Job Responsibilities

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, esp. the ability to write direct response marketing content and present with little input from manager.
  • Understand various persona segments & write integrated DM content across a variety of media – traditional, digital, social; B2B as well as B2C.
  • Provide conceptual direction and rationale writing (beyond copy) to lead creative development and presentation.
  • Demonstrate consistent quality and accuracy across all project work and communication.
  • Work closely across teams to gather & assess information for creative execution, (copy & other content).
  • Strong creative, strategic, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills to work with people at all levels, maintaining regular communication with both customer and internal teams.
  • Oversee and mentor DM writing of more junior writers.
  • Lifecycle project management including analyzing client requirements, scoping, scheduling, strategizing activities/concepts, execution (writing), and timely team handoffs.
  • Gain approval from various stakeholders, including creative, account, client and legal teams.
  • Strong presentation skills and the ability to lead cross-functional team meetings and gain creative consensus.
  • Develop and maintain marketing calendars and work across multiple channels to maintain team organization.
  • Communicate formal post-mortem to capture knowledge, lessons learned, best practices and resources, and deliver to the creative team for growth.
  • Demonstrate accountability, initiative, and resourcefulness to support the businesses.
  • Ability to assess needs and create solutions to meet goals, including issue management and resolution skills.
  • Effectively understand and communicate all marketing possibilities / limitations when working with creative & account teams; anticipate needs and key points in projects for which creative expertise is required.



Qualifications

  • 4-year college degree or equivalent
  • 2-4 years of experience as a Senior Copywriter
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English language) across multiple direct response marketing media – digital to print to TV / radio to social.
  • Strong understanding of target segmentation, personas and their direct influence on DM content.
  • Knowledge of the latest digital and ftp technology and communications.
  • Knowledge of POS and store signage.
  • Knowledge of AP Style / Chicago Manual of Style or like language-based manual, as well as digital best practices.
  • Strategic Creative (conceptual) background a plus.
  • DM writing portfolio samples requested.
  • Mac OS based hardware/software systems, particularly writing software including MS Office, etc.
  • Basic understanding of remote connectivity to communicate from various locations.
  • Writing & Page Layout Software: Adobe CS (Primarily InDesign), Archiving and Backup Procedures; familiarity with communication for digital/social/video applications, ability to learn agency Soft Proofing software.



Additional Company Information



We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.



Quad/Graphics is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.



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