Senior Copywriter

Location: Chelsea, New York

Mr. Youth, one of the country’s fastest growing agencies, is looking for an experienced Copywriter to join our Creative team in our flagship New York office in Chelsea Market.

Mr. Youth helps brands navigate through a radically changing media landscape to conceive strategies and deliver campaigns that engage a new breed of consumer. Since inception in 2002, Mr. Youth has been immersed in the youth market partnering with leading brands to help them reach and impact the most elusive and rapidly changing consumers.

This experience with the 14-29 demographic has helped Mr. Youth formulate strategies for targeting “Consumer 2.0”, a framework the agency developed to help marketers understand the radically changed behaviors of this new generation of consumers. Mr. Youth’s expertise spans word of mouth, social interactive and experiential, extending far beyond impressions, focused fully on engaging them.

Mr. Youth was recently listed to the prestigious Inc 500 List of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies and is a Top 20 agency on the PROMO 100.
Clients include: Microsoft, MTV, JetBlue Airways, American Eagle Outfitters, Victoria’s Secret, adidas, and Bandai America.

The right candidate will have the following qualifications:

BIG PICTURE
- You are a creative leader with a portfolio of award-winning work in interactive, print, events and promotions, with a focus on youth marketing.
- You can come up with business winning ideas and have the skills to communicate both clear copy and visual ideas in a variety of executions.
- You have the ability to collaborate with art directors and designers to develop innovative ideas that deliver across various channels of communication
- You are inspired by new media and create campaigns that go one step beyond traditional solutions.
- You are passionate about language and have the ability to write in a number of different voices.
- You can convey the tone and strategy of a campaign to more junior resources and manage their work.
- You are comfortable working in a developing agency environment and know how and when to install process and provide mentorship.
- You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, intimate environment fueled by a small (but talented) team of creatives.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Skills
- Proficient in both Mac & PC, with skills in and Office (MS Word, PowerPoint)
- Degree in Creative Writing, Communication Arts or equivalent.

Interactive
- Overall understanding of web production and the capabilities within digital channels.
- Proven ability to work with interaction designers, tech teams and project managers.

Client
- Experience working with a number of clients simultaneously.
- Extremely comfortable presenting work to clients.

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Please respond with salary requirements and examples of your work.

Only qualified candidates will be considered for this position.

For more information about Mr. Youth, please visit www.mryouth.com.

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This job was posted on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 1:13 pm .