Copywriter - (Remote) - Contract Position

Introduction

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you'll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you're close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Here at Gallagher - Employee Experience & Communication, we're much more than emails and home mailers. We're driving behaviour change at scale for some of the biggest household names on the planet. From high street fashion brands to global tech giants, we find uniquely creative ways to take each workforce and transform it into a force of nature.

Working in true collaboration with one of our largest US clients, we're building out a dedicated creative team, which means we need amazing creative people.

One of those people is a copywriter.

As a Copywriter, you'll be coming up with fresh and original concepts to meet a brief across pretty much every channel and media there is, so you'll need to be flexible, open-minded and able to think on your feet.

You must be able be write engaging headlines and copy that hooks people in, but also love the opportunity to work on long-form copy. You'll need to be comfortable jumping between different projects all under one brand and tone of voice. Helping to craft messages and stories into meaningful communications - all with a great attention to detail.

If you are looking for a new opportunity where you can play a key role in the new team and would like to be a part of a very exciting, creative brand journey, this is for you.

Join our 150-strong multinational team of passionate employee communicators and start making a difference today.

• Please note that this is a temporary/contract position and the hours will vary, depending on the business need.

How you'll make an impact

• Deliver exceptional copy and implement strategic and conceptual thinking.

• Create and manage original, persuasive and conceptually compelling work for campaigns, content and experiences, across a variety of clients.

• Inspire colleagues, clients, and audiences through persuasion and communication.

• Apply storytelling and behaviour science to find opportunities for clients.

• Quickly understand the brand's tone-of-voice and write compelling, on-brand copy for a variety of audiences and media.

• Challenge and develop the creative output of the Creative Team. Whilst maintaining quality and efficiencies.

• Transform logistical information into timely, informative, and actionable content that's aligned to our client's brand's voice and style guidelines.

• Present and sell your own work, both internally and externally.

• Understand and immerse yourself in the client's strategic objectives and audience insights.

• Responsible for the creation and production of a high volume of copy, adhering to our in-house KPIs.

• Develop cooperative solutions and cohesive storytelling through partnership with the senior design team.

• Brief and/or review the content of other writers (internal and freelance) as required.

• Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance, and Gallagher's shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business.

• Has superior attention to detail, a hatred of typos, and a love of grammar

• A confident verbal communicator who loves to tell stories.

• Can craft a headline, short and long copy, and a rousing manifesto.

• Relishes the opportunity to write decks and present them to stakeholders.

• Has good listening skills.

• Ability to interpret, understand and simplify complex briefs.

• Can take on board feedback and criticism.

About You

Qualifications

• Higher Education in Writing, Journalism, Advertising, Humanities or similar.

Technical Knowledge

• Creative and technical copywriting skills.

Experience

• Working in a similar agency or in-house.

• Experience mentoring and supporting junior copywriters.

• Experience defining TOV for clients.

• A range of work to show - anything from conceptual to technical to editorial. Ideally with a mix of long and short copy.

• Experience and understanding of how to write copy that drives action.

• Experience and understanding of how to deliver comms in our modern omni-channel world, both physical and digital.

• Experience and understanding in the fundamentals of behavioural psychology.

Skills/other

• Working in a similar agency or in-house.

• Experience mentoring and supporting junior copywriters.

• Experience defining TOV for clients.

• A range of work to show - anything from conceptual to technical to editorial. Ideally with a mix of long and short copy.

• Experience and understanding of how to write copy that drives action.

• Experience and understanding of how to deliver comms in our modern omni-channel world, both physical and digital.

• Experience and understanding in the fundamentals of behavioural psychology.

• Excellent writing and conceptualisation skills and ability to write clear, succinct, persuasive copy.

• Skilled in switching tone of voice.

• Ability and desire to push and be pushed to create outstanding work each and every time.

• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding in the client's strategic objectives and audience insights.

• Naturally innovative since you will be expected to create solutions for exciting and ambitious ideas for which no interaction paradigm currently exists.

• A flair for narrative and storytelling and an understanding of the role copy plays in supporting wider project and business goals.

• Able to demonstrate curiosity and empathy to understand different audiences and how to adapt tone accordingly.

Required: Bachelor's degree; Minimum 5 years Copywriting experience. Proficiency in presenting and talking through creative work. Knowledge of digital, non-digital and integrated media, with ability to edit content for the web and a willingness to learn how to help manage digital content.

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you'll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!

• Life and accident insurance

• 401(K) and Roth options

• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)

• Educational expense reimbursement

• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)

• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)

• Training programs

• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing

• Charitable matching gift program

• And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it's embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees' diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as "protected characteristics") by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.