Job Description

C2’s client leads their industry, 50 years and counting, with the design, manufacturing, and marketing of performance hardware used in the most prestigious areas of their industry. Now they're appling that same innovative engineering to safety and rescue products.

In support of that growth they're hiring a copywriter/content creator who possesses an adventurous spirit, a person who thrives in a fast-paced environment and embraces a "let me try that!" attitude.

Our client seeks a curious mind to work in the word space within their internal agency, to concept, and then realize ideas that become respected business assets, deployed across print, digital, video and social media formats. The ideal candidate develops targeted, engaging content, is comfortable working with advancing technologies and marketing trends. Journalism background or agency experience preferred.

Industry-related experience is helpful, a passion for elite and competitive sports, but hunger to learn about idiosyncratic, technical products and their users is invaluable!

Start Date: Early February

Duration: Full-time, Direct Hire

Location: Onsite in Pewaukee, WI, with potential for a hybrid schedule for the right candidate

Compensation: $68-$75K plus benefits, salary commensurate with experience

Job Description:

• Deliver words supporting a wide variety of marketing communications projects
• Self-start, don’t wait, investigate
• Love and understand the brand and its voice
• Communicate what is most important to users about the products and the brand
• Provide input on creative strategy
• Consistently and efficiently pitch ideas that advance those strategies
• Create the voice for the concepts that get approved
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with everyone - creative team, other departments, stakeholders, vendors, leaders and customers
• Be relentlessly detail-oriented
• Deliver on time
• Encourage, accept (and provide) feedback gracefully and constructively, demonstrating leadership and professionalism while driving toward mutually-acceptable solutions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in content creation, journalism, or advertising copywriting
• Portfolio of work showcasing strong storytelling, conceptual thinking, and excellence in targeted content development
• Reporter’s mindset—always asking what audiences need to know and how best to deliver it
• Ability to self-start, investigate, and find the story, rather than waiting for assignments
• Strong understanding of content marketing, SEO, and social media strategy
• Demonstrable expertise in social media and niche audience platforms
• Proven success working independently and collaboratively
• Exceptional time and project management skills, including the ability to handle subtly different priorities from multiple stakeholders
• BA in marketing, journalism, business, communications or comparable work experience

Bonus Skills:

• Hands-on experience with content management systems (CMS) and web/social analytics
• Knowledge of best practice for story/mood boarding, script writing for video
• Experience with presentation software

Not your type of gig, but know someone who would be interested? Refer a qualified candidate, and if they get the job, you get a signing bonus! (Make sure they mention your name as their referral source so you get your well-deserved credit!)

All candidates must be located and authorized to work in the United States. C2 does not sponsor work visas. No C2C.

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