B2B Copywriter

Location : Chicago, Illinois; Remote

B2B Copywriter

Come Join FINN Partners, a leading firm in the digital marketing space, dedicated to leveraging innovative technologies and strategies to drive growth for our clients.

We are seeking an experienced B2B Copywriter.

The opportunity : The growing 40+ person creativeteam at FINN Partners needs a B2B writing ace who can deftly execute a wide range of assignments for our financial services clients with the goal of eventually assuming a leadership role on the business.

We’re looking for someone who is :

A simplifier. You can take something technical and complex and boil it down to easy-to-understand, conversational language that people find engaging.

Hint : neither of the Bs in B2B stand for boring)

• Versatile. You can write anything from pithy headlines and engaging social copy to video content, case studies and white papers.
• Hungry. You can’t wait to dig into any kind of writing assignment no matter what it is because you see everything as an opportunity.
• A quick study. It doesn’t take you long to master a client’s voice.
• A proprietor. You take ownership of your work, proactively seeing it through from concept to completion without a lot of handholding.
• A visual thinker. You enjoy partnering with an art director / designer to determine information hierarchy and the best way to communicate a message.
• Outwardly curious. You ask lots of good questions in an effort to fully understand the client’s business.
• A good juggler. You’re an organized multi-tasker who can balance a full plate of assignments.
• Ambitious. You are interested in building your career and assuming a client-facing leadership role on an account.
• A keen collaborator. You’re a fun, positive, team player.

Bonus points

Fluent in finance. You are experienced enough to hold your own on topics related to financial services. And you actually find it interesting!

What you’ll be a part of :

• An established, growing agency with a team that works hard, plays nice and strives to create work that makes a positive impact on the world around us.
• A team of talented experts in their craft, eager to support each other and our clients.
• Leadership that cares about your success and career.
• A culture that values diversity and work-life balance.
• An agency that is focused on the goal of achieving creative excellence.

Where will you work?

Wherever you are. And in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays if you want.

We’re a remote workplace (with optional in-office days). We have US offices in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, LA, Nashville, New York, Vancouver, WA and Washington, DC each with their own vibe and a bunch of others abroad.

NOTE : Flexibility to work Pacific time hours a plus

What we’ll ask of you :

• Collaborate with art directors, strategists, and other team members to develop multi-channel creative concepts that are on strategy and reflect the tone of the brand.
• Distill complex technical information into conversational, easy-to-understand, engaging copy and content for various platforms, including websites, blogs, social media, email campaigns, infographics, collateral, case studies, video, whitepapers, etc.
• Conduct thorough research on industry-related topics and current trends to generate ideas for new content.
• Write copy from concept to completion based on input from client, agency team, and your own proactive research.
• Take ownership of your projects from start to finish, maintaining a consistently high standard of work.
• Be highly organized and able to manage multiple projects across multiple clients, regularly reporting their status to your project leads.
• Collaborate with designers / art directors to determine the hierarchy of content and most effective, engaging way to communicate messaging.
• Be able to work solo on some projects when needed with little handholding.
• Regularly attend client meetings to better understand their brand and business and build trusting relationships.
• Effectively present work to your supervisor, agency team and clients.
• Embrace a team culture, built on positive, productive working relationships.

Qualifications :

• A portfolio of work demonstrating your multi-channel B2B writing skills in the professional services arena (financial services experience even better!). (Required)
• 3-5 years of experience working within a creative department, either at an ad agency or on the client-side required.
• A working understanding of large matrixed organizations, and what it means to write for one.
• Experience with sales / field enablement is a definite plus
• Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PPT), G Suite (Docs, slides).

Anticipated Salary : 55,000-75,000

Commensurate with experience and depending upon workplace location.