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Job type full-time
Full job description
Hummingbird is a platform for managing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing operationsWe believe that the heroes who fight financial crime deserve best-in-class tools, and we also think finding and stopping financial crime is a problem rooted in code, language, and design.
Our mission is to fight financial crime by enabling the professionals in this space to work more effectively, collaboratively, and efficientlyWe’ve built a holistic tool that helps our customers spot, investigate, and stop financial crime – think money laundering that powers some of the world’s most atrocious crime like human trafficking operations, drug cartels, and government corruption.
It’s an exciting time at hummingbirdSince our launch in 2017, we’ve helped major financial institutions with trillions in assets under management, as well as tech-savvy trailblazers such as stripe, brex, evolve bank, and etsy, orchestrate their compliance programsWe set a high bar for our work, challenge our assumptions, seek diverse opinions, and support each other to do great work.
About the role we’re looking for our very first copywriter here at hummingbirdYou’ll join (and report directly to) our vp of marketing to create and embody the voice of the hummingbird brandWe are taking on the difficult and hugely important problem of financial crime, and we’re looking for someone who is passionate about this mission, and who understands the power that well-crafted messaging can have on a company overall.
What you`ll do:
Take hummingbird customers and prospects on a journey that educates as it persuades and inspires action
Increase brand awareness and help drive the adoption of hummingbird’s products
Create and maintain brand tone guidelines to drive brand consistency
Develop a keen understanding of our audience, and write original copy for everything from advertising and thought leadership blogs to social media posts and video scripts – really anything that is thrown your way!
Manage content marketing and building community across our social platforms
Edit and proof other’s work to ensure high editorial standards are met across all company comms
Interpret creative direction and technical information and turn them into persuasive copy
About you:
You have a bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years’ experience as a professional copywriter, and a solid portfolio of work to show for it!
You love a challenge and enjoy thinking outside the box – maybe you’ve worked in an industry that’s traditionally “dry,” and created copy that is invigorating and inspiring.
You have experience creating the brand voice for a company
You enjoy a multitude (if not the entirety) of the various disciplines that copywriting has to offerEverything from email, ad copy, web pages, bylines, blogs, social, and owning a content marketing program.
You enjoy working autonomously in a collaborative environment – you’re motivated by ownership, and you like building things from the ground up.
We do our best to write inclusive, descriptive and accurate job descriptions, but we’re not always perfectIf you’re interested in the role, we’d love to hear from you even if you don’t feel like you meet everything we’re looking forWe’re always iterating and improving, and it’s possible that your experience is even more impactful than we could have imagined!
