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We are seeking a talented copywriter/editor to join the content and community team at XPRIZE. The ideal candidate will be a highly creative, dynamic, and thoughtful writer who is capable of working with short and long-form content that engages and informs the XPRIZE community.
Copywriter
XPRIZE- 80000 - 100000 USD per Year
- Full Time
- Posted : one year ago
XPRIZE Overview
XPRIZE is a global future-positive movement of 1M people and rising. As a 501(c)3, XPRIZE delivers truly radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity and solves some of the world’s greatest challenges. Active competitions include the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal, the $22M Wildfires XPRIZE, the $15M XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, the $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE, the $10M XPRIZE Rainforest, and the $5M XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling. Join XPRIZE to help create a better future for everyone, everywhere. We operate across 7 incredible domains, including:
- Climate & Energy
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Food, Water & Waste
- Quantum & Deep Tech
- Space & Exploration
- Learning, Innovation & Society
- Health
We are seeking a talented copywriter/editor to join the content and community team at XPRIZE. The ideal candidate will be a highly creative, dynamic, and thoughtful writer who is capable of working with short and long-form content that engages and informs the XPRIZE community.
- Be responsible for upholding brand positioning, voice, and tone to ensure that XPRIZE content uses clear, consistent, and compelling language across internal and external marketing materials
- Write in short- and long-form, for a variety of both digital and print formats
- Leverage foundation project management tools to ensure that all written assignments are organized
- Implement and drive a rigorous editing and proofreading process for all brand communications
- Drive and ensure that fact-checking best practices are implemented across all content
- Translate foundation-generated research, reports, scientific data, and journals into engaging, digestible content that resonates with XPRIZE target audiences
- Understand how to effectively communicate across different XPRIZE audiences, and the nuances required for each of them, leveraging data insights where available to refine impactful copy.
- Collaborate with staff across content, design, integrated marketing, and events to execute effective internal and external marketing materials of the highest quality
- Partner with the advancement team and Director of Marketing, Advancement and Impact on sponsor-facing materials, donor communications, fundraising campaigns, and other projects as needed
- Partner with marketing staff to create impactful copy that helps to amplify brand milestones, initiatives, and campaigns
- Collaborate with team members on a variety of creative brainstorming and strategic marketing initiatives
- Attend weekly standup and team meetings
- Perform other job duties as needed
- Bachelors in communications, journalism, marketing, or related field or comparable years of experience
- 6+ years of agency and/or in-house experience in copywriting
- A writer who has demonstrated success in writing across key channels including, short and long-form writing for marketing campaigns, but also for longer-form writing for engagement on owned channels.
- A strategic thinker who will iterate, evolve, and think ahead about how to continuously uplevel the quality of work and the brand
- Impeccable proofreading skills, grammar, and attention to detail.
- Excellent editing, writing, reporting, and story development skills
- A team player who communicates openly and proactively with team members
- Highly skilled in managing multiple projects and priorities
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Exceptional organizational skills and Impeccable work ethic
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Familiar with the international and US media landscape
- Enthusiasm and excitement for the XPRIZE brand, your XPRIZE team, and the content you create
Skills
- Copywriting
- Grammar
- Editing
- Proofreading
- Journalism
