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Copywriter

Join some of the world’s best problem-solvers, pioneers, and out-of-the-box thinkers at Everspring, where we partner with leading universities to create a new standard of excellence in online education. Our innovative instructional and program design teams create compelling differentiators in all of our curriculum to provide students a dynamic and high-touch learning experience. Their efforts—combined with those of our other service line teams (Marketing, Admissions, Student Success and Technology Platforms) —help shape the culture of our entire company while powering our university partners’ success. We are not a typical online education company, and Everspring’s unique approach influences everything we do in marketing.

Position:

Our Marketing team is the voice of our university partner online programs. This is a team of visual thinkers, creative collaborators, storytellers and scrappy problem-solvers, each of whom is a champion for our partners and their students. We’re a passionate, high-performing team that delivers impactful and interesting educational products and services to our customers.

The mid­level copywriter will be responsible for developing marketing and editorial content that supports new and existing brand efforts, including blog posts, direct mailers, email campaigns, microsites and landing pages, admissions documents, social media content, posters, print and digital advertising campaigns, and sales presentations for our university partners. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to meet tight deadlines and pivot seamlessly between partners and project types. Plus, this individual should be able to proactively collaborate with all project stakeholders, taking initiative to start conversations, explore concepts and gather facts as needed to execute on-target end products.

This role will report to the senior copywriter and will partner with other members of the creative and larger marketing team. Candidates for this role should have at least 2-3 years of professional marketing and copywriting experience, with proven command of long and short-form copy, preferably with a focus on creating business-to-consumer content.

This role is located in Chicago, IL.

Responsibilities:

• Develop effective copy that aligns with marketing strategy to support lead generation, nurturing and conversion across marketing mediums (website, emails, advertorial, campaigns, admissions support materials, blog articles, social channels, etc.)
• Establish understanding of Everspring university partners and their respective programs, markets, target customers and competitive advantages
• Maintain a consistent track record of developing copy that is well received by clients
• Help update and maintain brand style guides, tone and positioning
• Propose, create and implement new projects that help improve funnel conversion rates
• Become proficient in project management software and take ownership of status updates on all assigned projects
• Perform other duties, as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, English or related field
• At least 2-3 years professional experience in copywriting and content creation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable delivering internal and client presentations
• Proficiency in AP Style
• Advanced copywriting and editing capabilities
• Must have strong attention to detail, including consistency in style and tone across brands
• Demonstrate personal initiative and the ability to self-start upcoming projects
• Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams, including those in content development, design, acquisitions, learning and instructional design, admissions, client engagement and technology
• Ability to interpret feedback from partners, quality assurance analysts and marketing peers and execute accordingly, providing thoughtful deliverables that are on-target with project goals
• Demonstrate a strong portfolio that provides effective, brand aligned copywriting across multiple mediums
• Manage project timelines in a way that allows for necessary research and/or interviews before executing content development
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines, pivoting as needed in response to changing priorities
• Strong time management skills and the ability to track your own schedule of deliverables

*Everspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer