Copywriter
About Us
IZEA (NASDAQ: IZEA) provides leading Fortune 500 brands with SaaS technology and professional services to develop highly scalable Influencer Marketing and bespoke Content Marketing initiatives. A Russell 1000 component, IZEA has been recognized and awarded repeatedly for its campaign work, technological innovation, most importantly, as a 'top place to work' and 'best work-life balance' as rated by its team members.
The company serves as a champion for the growing Creator Economy, enabling individuals to monetize their content, creativity, and influence. IZEA launched the industry's first-ever influencer marketing platform in 2006 and has since facilitated nearly 4 million transactions between online buyers and sellers.
IZEA is focused on promoting an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate the different viewpoints and experiences our diverse group of team members bring to our company.
Headquartered in Central Florida, we provide a modern, remote workplace that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. Our team member locale concentrations currently span 95 cities and 12 countries around the world.
Department and Role Overview
Reporting to the Brand Director, our Copywriter will be the champion of IZEA’s brand voice. You’ll be pushing the IZEA brand forward by writing copy for social media, email, video, web, banners, platform messaging, product descriptions, sales decks, and more.
You’ll be collaborating closely with many of IZEA’s internal departments including Creative Services, Product Development, Client Development, Partnerships & Media and Engineering to support efforts targeting IZEA’s creator, brand and agency audiences.
Primary Responsibilities
As a Copywriter at IZEA you will be responsible for the following:
- Write compelling copy for initiatives across IZEA’s channels including social media, email, video, web, banners, platform messaging, product descriptions and more.
- Champion and maintain the IZEA brand voice.
- Collaborate with other members of the IZEA marketing team to meet our high brand standards.
- Have a deep understanding of our personas, voice, products, and pop culture.
- Write, proofread, and edit text at various stages of the writing process.
- Manage multiple competing priorities and coordinate across teams.
- Use performance metrics to guide intelligent creative decisions.
- Stay on top of trends in content and influencer marketing.
What You Need To Be Successful:
- Bachelor's in Marketing, Journalism, Communications or related field and 2-4 years experience in copywriting at a brand or agency.
- A track record for writing insightful, interesting content across channels. A portfolio of copy you have written is required.
- Eager to handle many projects and consistently deliver clear, concise copy despite competing priorities.
- A meticulous worker who abhors typos and only submits the best work product possible.
- Ability to solve complex problems in simple, creative ways.
- Ability to take instruction and criticism.
- Comfortable working under pressure in a very fast-paced environment.
- A self-starting problem solver that works well with ambiguity and adapts well to change.
- Proficient in cloud applications such as Google Apps, Slack, and Zoom.
- Interest in influencer marketing and the pain points of our customers
Why would you want to work here?
The act of hiring is not simply to up the headcount or to fill a seat quickly. When we hire at IZEA, it's to add to our strong existing roster of talent and choose the right individual to impact, collaborate, commit, inspire, and grow alongside our tenured teams.
IZEA has been ranked a 'Top Place to Work' by the Orlando Sentinel for the past 5 years and has been recognized by Comparably as a 'Top 50 Best Work-Life Balance' employer. We take great pride in creating a positive work environment for all our employees - from our investment in team member ongoing education, to the ability to influence real change across our business - we are dedicated to your long-term growth and success.
At IZEA, you have an opportunity to make an impact on a global scale. IZEA connects leading brands with a network of nearly one million opt-in creators ranging from TikTok stars to travel bloggers and everyone in-between. We are the pioneers fueling the democratization of information, entertainment, marketing, and commerce. Our platforms fuel the burgeoning Creator Economy, filled with the next generation of artists, poets, filmmakers, photographers, thought leaders, comics, actors, and musicians. What you do here will impact hundreds of thousands of people directly and influence the actions of millions more.
We provide a modern, virtual workplace that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. IZEA places value on action and results. We seek individuals that thrive in a challenging and fast-evolving work environment. While the company is over 15 years old, our executives remain active player-coaches -- they roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty by working side-by-side with our team members across all levels of seniority to accomplish our common goals. IZEA is focused on promoting an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate the different viewpoints and experiences our diverse group of team members bring to our company.
If you are the very best at what you do and seeking an opportunity to attack the "never been done before" with a passionate team of dreamers and doers, we encourage you to apply.
California residents, please use the following link to view the types of information we may gather from California residents who are applicants, employees, or contractors of IZEA, and how we use such information: https://izea.com/california-employee-applicant-independent-contractor-privacy-notice