Position: Copywriter Intern
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Website: Karma Agency
Start Date: 6/3/19
Position Type: Internship
Salary Range: Hourly Compensation
Job Description:
Karma Agency is seeking a Copywriting Intern to bring clever thinking to an active creative studio. Ambitious individuals ready to learn and grow, let’s see your point of view.
Our team is looking for:
- An evolving, adaptable writer who can take direction without being defensive
- An ideas person who can bring insight to even the smallest projects
- An optimistic problem solver, one who finds opportunity in challenge
- A curious, proactive go-getter, one unafraid to ask questions
- An organized thinker and thoughtful decision-maker with the ability to multitask
- An individual confident in their humility; one who knows what they don’t know
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with designers and art directors to develop conceptual solutions; work with account team members
- Develop executions that contribute to existing campaigns, maintaining the established voice and strategy
- Perform tight turnarounds and last-minute edits
- Possess good taste and judgment; be able to explain your ideas
- Maintain flawless spelling and grammar, and proofread your and others’ work
- Help senior teams maintain consistent standards
- Learn agency workflow and anticipate next steps
Qualifications:
- Working towards or completed an English, communications or ad-program degree
- Demonstration that you understand the relationships between design and content as well as the potential for storytelling through both words and pictures
- Detailed attention to grammar; know the rules—and equally as important, know when to break them
- A book including the following: strong headline campaigns, something conceptual, long-form copy, web copy, social copy
- Ability to commit to 40 hours a work week
- Previous writing or ad internships in a communications setting a plus
Benefits and Salary:
- Hourly compensation for your creativity
- Fewer coffee-runs, more portfolio boosters
- Possible opportunity for college credit
To Apply:
creativeintern@karmaagency.com
