Senior Copywriter

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji , Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Inc. is looking for a Senior Copywriter to support the Marketing team. This role will develop creative from concept to execution for a portfolio of key partners. You will produce concepts and copy that make a difference to consumers’ behavior and to our partners through ideas, creativity and language. You will work with Senior creatives, designers, strategists and marketers to create innovative concepts and messaging, then push the idea through to copy with the ultimate goal of crafting world-class AR creative.

What You’ll Do:

• This position is concept, ideation and copywriting focused.

• Inspire, guide, and motivate a team of designers to craft thoughtful and impactful creative through copy.

• Utilize your storytelling and strategic thinking skills to present creative concepts to creative directors, strategists, and other key industry stakeholders.

• Work closely with comms planner and producers to understand AR performance and utilize learnings to improve future work.

• Manage and inspire junior creatives to create world class AR concepts.

• Write for scripts, pitches, award submissions and Arcadia marketing material.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Experience generating high-impact, culturally relevant creative.

• Strong conceptual ideas that solve real problems with human insights.

• Writes compelling, beautifully constructed copy for a variety of audiences, and across a variety of media.

• Demonstrates excellent grammar and spelling skills, with minimal amends from proofreading.

• Able to write scripts for film, animation or moving image content or concepts, and work with designers to produce clear storyboards that communicate an idea.

• Storyteller, possessing excellent creative, presentation and problem-solving skills, as well as an eye for small details and a passion for big ideas.

• Comfortable giving design direction on projects.

• Experience articulating simple and compelling ideas.

• Understanding of creative, design and marketing processes.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, and sometimes ambiguous environment.

• High-impact, culturally relevant creative portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of experience.

• Proven experience working as a Copywriter is required.

• A successful track record of copywriting and concepting, including experience in AR.

• Wide experience of writing scripts for video/film/radio/animation, casting and attending recordings; as well as experience in, and enthusiasm for, a broad range of online or offline copy; including, ad campaigns, HTML/rich media emails, online campaigns, social media content, microsites, websites or mobile.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a creative/agency environment is advantageous.

• Experience contributing to new business development and working with Copy teams on new business pitches.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information .

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position.These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) :

The base salary range for this position is $157,000-$235,000 annually.

Zone B :

The base salary range for this position is $149,000-$223,000 annually.

Zone C :

The base salary range for this position is $133,000-$200,000 annually.This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.