Job details
Salary $75,000 - $90,000 a year job type full-time
Full job description
Storied is looking for a west coast-based, mid-level brand writer to join our client strategy team.
As our brand writer, you will work with our client strategy team in our consulting work—managing leading the charge in both creating new brand language, strategy-driven branding process, and providing writing and editing services for their post-branding communication support needs to notable clients.
You are a master of building and defining what a brand should say, how it should say it and why it should say itYou research and define brand positioning, messaging frameworks, voice and tone guidelines as well as comms style guides.
You’re able to capture the essence of our clients’ verbal identities and communicate them in a branded way to their internal team and stakeholders.
What you’ll do every day:
Brand foundations: serve as a a strategic advisor and creator - helping to build brand foundations (promise, tagline, brand values, personality, etc) and key messaging & talking points; brand voice style guide (pdf/slides artifact with copy examples - do`s and dont`s); ux messaging - copywriting for website/user flow; manifestos - statement of ethos and core beliefs with visual design format; campaigns - copywriting for recruiting, employees, sales, and marketing outreach
Client advisory: drive and conduct weekly meetings with clientsUnderstand our client’s business goals, market position, competitive set, and key messages to provide strategic counselBuild rapport with clients to help generate and deliver tangible, impactful ideas.
Deliverable creation: write for a large variety of client needs inclDecks, outlines, & reports; writing and editing materials (contributed articles, executive talking points, major presentations, blog posts, press releases, social content, etc.); and the ability to provide constructive feedback on written materialsWork within a fast-paced, regular weekly cadenceResponsive & sensitive to internal and external client demands and deadlines.
Internal strategy: work closely with our client strategy and insights teams on a daily basisProvide recommendations to the team and clients and develop comprehensive strategic engagement plans to meet client goals
Requirements
This is a full-time, mid-level position, with rapid onboarding and immediate impact opportunitiesWe’re currently fully remote due to covid-19You will report to our engagement manager, and work closely with our ceo.
Experience & skills:
3+ years working experience in brand writing with a track record of successful brand writing, evidenced by a portfolio (which must include the strategy work, not just the verbal or visual design outcomes)
Experience and confidence working with complex b2b, big tech, startups
Creative strategist — really strong at ideation, word flow, poetry, w discipline of thought
Strong portfolio of copywriting work including samples of structured thinking
Ability to move fast, write/publish on quick deadline (but less pressure than exec comms)
Fast-twitch muscles for writing, editing, publishing on a weekly basis for an executive audience
Initiative - doing what’ needs to be done, making a plant for it and delivering consistently
Ability to synthesize complex information into clear and compelling messages
A love for developing compelling story ideas and messages
Comfortable with reframing challenges in communication as opportunities to connect
You are someone who is or has:
Superior attention to detail and ability to assure accuracy
Fluency in the issues faced by silicon valley, fortune 500, and high-growth ventures
Nimble ability to adjust priorities and expectations based on changing requirements
Structured thinker with the ability to communicate and persuade with integrity
Skilled at context-switching between big-picture strategic and daily execution
Innate problem-solver who want to grow in a flexible, collaborative culture
Able to work cross functionally to deliver high-quality results
Operate with a high-level of emotional intelligence and situational awareness
Attention to detail, and desire to see things through to completion
Natural self-starter with a bias for action and forward movement
This is a contract position, working closely with our ceo and client operations team.
Benefits
About storied
Storied is a strategic messaging and leadership development firmWe help teams build the future through the power of storytelling—with a specialty for disruptionOur clients are often c-suite execs and vps of product and design in silicon valley and fortune 500s, including facebook, uber, roche, walmart, and nasaAs trusted advisors and experienced facilitators, we demystify the complex and support leaders on the journey of business and cultural transformationSince 2002, our advisory and training work has been delivered to thousands of leaders across 34 industries and 16 countriesIn the midst of covid-19, we are experiencing more demand than ever; everyone needs a new story.
Storied is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis race, age, color, creed, sex, religion, ancestry, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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