Junior Copywriter

Posted Nov 29

*Please include writing portfolio/samples along with your CV*

💸 £21k-£23k salary on a full time, permanent contract

🌎 Edinburgh office or fully remote working from anywhere in the UK!

🏖 33 Days Paid Leave

✨ Working with globally recognisable brands in US Entertainment

💻 High-end, fast computer

💡 All the latest software and productivity tools you’ll need

ABOUT STORM IDEAS

Founded in 2008, we are an international team that works with incredible and globally-recognised clients all over the world, particularly in the US TV industry.

Whether it’s developing our own products, producing engaging social content en-masse, or designing and delivering services to help our clients work more efficiently, our work is varied, exciting and at the very forefront of the latest technology and trends.

Currently, we are a growing team of 175+ people, but still looking for new colleagues who make an impact and believe in the same ideas and values as we do.

If the idea of a fast-paced, dynamic role with tonnes of opportunity for change, responsibility and innovation sounds exciting to you, then read on!

RESPONSIBILITIES

What can you expect?

Writing engaging and on-brand social media copy for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more
Reviewing and editing written content across clients for social media and blogs
Pitching article ideas
Implementing SEO and copywriting best practices
Developing strategies to improve the quality of written content
Maintaining internal guidelines for social copy and blog posts
Developing voice and tone across various clients

QUALIFICATIONS

What's important for us:

A 2:1 Bachelor’s degree or higher
1+ years experience as a copywriter
Great knowledge of SEO
High level of attention to detail
Experience using various social media platforms
Excellent understanding of grammar, punctuation and written English in general
Strong work-ethic and self-motivation
Ability to work well within a team and balance a shared task load
A friendly and enthusiastic demeanour
A love of TV shows and movies

YOUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Modern Tech Stack

We use the latest tools, hardware and methodologies across our teams. We’re always on the look-out for new ways of working and ensure everyone is setup with enough hardware firepower to excel, Windows or Mac.

Agility & Openness for Ideas

We actively encourage the entire team to share their ideas, with that in mind we regularly adopt and implement suggestions across the company, you’re the specialist here!

Operating with the agility of a high growth start-up, alongside the support you can expect from a larger organisation means we encourage quick decision making and a responsive, adaptive culture.

Outstanding People

We believe that great teams are built by a mixture of personality and skills, we’re an international team with more than 175 people onboard and we’re looking for people with a passion for what they do - just be yourself!

Flexibility

We’re a remote-first company and support 100% remote working for this role. We have flexible working hours so you can start your day anytime between 9am and 10am.

To best serve our US clients, we are looking for people who can work at least one late shift (1:30pm-10pm) per week. So, some days you’ll need to be flexible to work later if there’s a key delivery to a US client, but any time can be taken back.

Joining us means becoming an integral part of the whole team no matter where we’re physically working, we have a number of initiatives to create a team environment regardless of geographic location.

SALARY

£21,000-£23,000 per year, depending on experience and skills.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Permanent / Full time. Either in our Edinburgh office or remote within the UK.

BENEFITS

IMMEDIATE BENEFITS

33 days’ holiday
High-powered macOS or Windows equivalent laptop, it’s up to you!
Top of the range monitors, headphones, keyboard, mouse and gel rests
Paid training to further your skills
Annual Flu inoculation
Team outings and monthly meets

AFTER 3 MONTHS

Up to £700 to spend on a chair, desk or any other necessary workspace equipment to kit out your home office.
£750 budget every two years to choose your own mobile phone + monthly mobile contract paid for
Enrolment in workplace pension scheme with matched employer contributions
Money towards glasses with Specsavers

AFTER 1 YEAR

Performance Related Pay Scheme giving an annual bonus of up to 100% of monthly salary whenever Storm Ideas is in profit
Access to the Cycle to Work scheme

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

First, you will be invited for a 60-minute interview via Zoom with Nicola Taghizadeh, Head of Content Services and Tania Pardisi, Senior Content Services Manager. We usually ask about your previous experience, future career path and motivation for changing your job, as well as provide you with more details about our projects and working in our team.

And that’s it!