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Copywriter

• Brainstorm ideas, create concepts, and develop messaging to elevate our campaigns
• Work within a fast-paced, creative, passionate team!
• Full time, ongoing role based in Launceston 

About the opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a Copywriter to the Campaign Team within the Office of Marketing. We’re looking for a conceptual thinker who can translate ideas through words in an inspiring way to connect with our audiences. From single headlines to long form articles, you’ll be responsible for brainstorming ideas, creating concepts, and developing messaging to elevate our campaigns and marketing materials across all channels. We work in a fast-paced team with quick turnarounds required, so flexibility is critical for success in this position. We are looking for someone with excellent writing skills who can adapt to our brand tone-of-voice and style guide. You’ll need to thrive working in a collaborative environment and take part in meetings with stakeholders at all levels to discuss briefs, work-in-progress, and present final outputs. With a friendly and professional outlook, you’ll also provide guidance and editing support to other University contributors.

What you’ll do:

• Providing copywriting support in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Interpret creative briefs to create original concepts and copy and to providing editing support for a range of campaigns and marketing materials.
• Staying updated with (and contributing to) brand tone-of-voice and style guidelines.
• Participating in creative briefings and brainstorming sessions, work-in-progress meetings and presenting copy concepts and final deliverables to the Marketing Team.
• Undertaking research to understand requirements and target audiences, through online searches, reviews of existing research, interviews and in-person meetings.

­What we’re looking for:

• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field is often preferred.
• Minimum three years’ experience as a copywriter in a full-service advertising or creative agency, or in a similar role with a corporate brand marketing team.
• Excellent writing skills with proven experience in producing everything from micro-copy to long-form content nuanced to audiences across a wide range of marketing channels.
• Experience in taking briefs, developing concepts, collaborating with a creative team and presenting ideas to multiple stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• Ability to scope a project and set realistic timeframes from initial briefing through to completion in a high pressure, deadline driven environment.

Salary details

Appointment to this role will be at HEO 6 and will have a total remuneration package of up to $113,029 comprising base salary within the range of $89,091 to $96,606 plus 17% superannuation.

How to Apply

• This vacancy is being advertised internally only in the first instance to current staff.
• In submitting your application, you acknowledge you have/intend to discuss your interest in this vacancy with your current manager and understand they may need to be contacted confidentially by the hiring manager as part of the assessment of your application.
• To apply online, please provide your CV and 1-2-page cover letter outlining your interest in the role, skills, capabilities and experience.  You do not need to separately address the success criteria.
• For further information about this position, please contact Courtney Geritz, Director, Marketing, Courtney.Geritz@utas.edu.au or 03 6324 5499.
• Please visit https://www.utas.edu.au/jobs/applying for our guide to applying and details on the recruitment process.
• Please refer to the attached Position Description Below for full details.

 Position Description - 500672 - Copywriter.pdf

Applications close Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 11.55pm

To be eligible for this position, you are required to have Australian citizenship, permanent residence or a current valid visa that allows you to fulfil the requirements of this role.