Freelance Senior Copywriter

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a Global Marketing consultancy that designs, builds and power bespoke micro-agencies for some of the world’s most impactful brands. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

Freelance Senior Copywriter

We are looking for a skilled Senior Copywriter who believes in great storytelling. As creative thinkers, they easily collaborate in teams and transform their thinking into the most epic, culturally relevant and inspirational stories that will live on all our platforms online and off. They write for the reader because they are one too. When they craft, the work informs, evokes and surprises. They hold a strong belief that good stories will engage and get shared on multiple platforms. In short – make work that’s impossible to miss. 

Our ideal candidate is driven and inspiring, with a passion for culture, trends and how it influences content. They should be able to effectively communicate with fellow team members, strategically multi-task, proactively solve problems and make decisions confidently, all while meeting tight production deadlines and high creative standards. They will be responsible for ideating and crafting brand, editorial, and marketing programs, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams for a leading video streaming service. 

*Submit your portfolio and work examples/deck to be considered for this role!

Role: 

Reporting to a Creative Lead, you will be working daily in collaboration with the creative team, project managers and marketing managers to create concepts and messaging in a demanding, fast-paced environment. 

• Be hands-on in creating best-in-class creative ideas, campaigns as well as executions. 
• Partner with brand content strategy and brand teams to develop relevant, impactful communication for multiple markets in an inspiring way. 
• Be able to write for multiple content formats and channels, including digital, email, social, video, and product.
• Partner with creative production to see campaigns through to delivery.
• Represent the voice and tone of the brand, mentoring junior and freelance writers if needed.
• Help ensure quality copy production and effective communication with creative 

You:

• 6-8 years of overall integrated campaign/content/brand writing experience, with at least 3-5+ years as a copywriter with product, video, and digital content 
• Experience with creating for the APAC region and markets 
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically, from concept through to execution 
• Language skills in regional markets would be an advantage (IN, JP, KR)
• Award-winning portfolio demonstrating best-in-class creative work 
• Strong communication and presentation skills—you can articulate and explain creative decisions both internally and to senior brand managers.  
• Outstanding collaboration skills with a proven ability to work cross-functionally in order to establish and meet shared outcome-based goals 
• Execute creative ideas efficiently while being agile and adaptive to change 
• Have a strong work ethic, is self-motivated, responsive and responsible with a good project and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously 
• Be able to work independently while also being a strong team player working with teammates who are based remotely
• Have an eye for what makes good design, film editing and storytelling.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communications and presentation skills and - ideally - fluent in another Asian language to cover projects spanning across JAPAC.

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email.  If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles! By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.