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Conceptual Copywriter
Cape Town
Job No. 13179480
Full-time - Hybrid
Job Description
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance public services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes through our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Responsibilities (but not limited to):
Craft copy that’s suited to social formats without sacrificing it’s quality
Work closely with the creative teams (i.e. designers, art directors etc.); share views and contribute constructively
Collaborate with the broader internal stakeholders to bring value and cohesion
Listen to understand the brief to ensure clarity before undertaking tasks and seek solutions
Understand the importance of on-brand writing and adapting different tone of voice for different clients
Work on small, medium and large projects and invested in final product
Understand relevant social media platforms and tools and understand the fundamentals of great content marketing
Ability to learn (quickly) the latest social media formats, trends and social behaviours of the audience to adapt work and ensure it is relevant
Appreciation of creative strategy and curiosity about how businesses work
Capable of presenting ideas and concepts articulately and confidently to the team
Able to practice cross-channel thinking and contribute creative solutions
Able to come up with exciting and unique ways to manipulate formats and platforms to create ground-breaking work
Ability to advise juniors and offer support
Proofread copy to ensure there are no spelling/grammar/tonal errors
Provide relevant and reasonable feedback and give input
Strategic thinking, analyse situations and respond with solutions
Keep abreast of advertising trends within industry best practices
Qualifications / Requirements / Skills
Tertiary qualification in Copywriting / Digital Copywriting
Proficient in Office365 (i.e. MS Teams / Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
Minimum 4 years working experience as a MW Copywriter in an Advertising Agency / Digital Advertising Agency
TTL & Digital experience is essential (well versed in Digital)
Sound knowledge and experience in digital writing, an interest in industry trends (i.e. Twitter spaces and the metaverse) and an understanding of principles and best practice
Thorough understanding of social platforms and paid formats
Own social account or regularly consumes social media and is familiar with TikTok or curious about it (beneficial)
An excellent command of the English language (both verbal and written)
Strong presentation skills
Strong time management skills
Strong multitasking skills (ability to work on multiple campaigns/briefs at any given time)
Portfolio demonstrating TTL & Digital work
Personal Attributes:
Team player with the ability to work independently
Able to work under pressure,
Creative “out of the box” thinker
Proactive
Resilient
Deadline driven
Meticulous with attention to detail
Other: Comfortable to work on-site and comfortable to work alcohol brands (if required)
Qualifications
As per role