Associate Copywriter

USA (Remote)

$54K/yr – $64K/yrIntern/New Grad3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive direct-mail and multi-channel copy for advocacy and political campaigns, managing multiple projects and ensuring authentic, on-brand messaging that motivates action.

  • Own direct mail and multi-channel copy that drives action.
  • Must adapt voice to prescribed style and handle rapid feedback.
  • Bring bold ideas for mission-driven campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Working with creative team leads to develop and maintain compelling, authentic creative strategies for world-changing nonprofits, Democratic elected officials, and political challengers;
  • Working with internal and client teams to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment;
  • Writing direct mail copy that drives action to achieve direct response campaign objectives including direct donations, engagement, list growth, and cultivation;
  • Delivering copy that is consistent with an organization’s voice and audience needs;
  • Contributing to client meetings, and presenting creative work to internal teams;
  • Creating final copy that follows client brand and style guidelines and cites the source of information used.

Requirements

  • Up to 3 years experience, including internships, writing in the advocacy or political field, writing in someone else’s voice, or writing for a school paper
  • Detail-oriented proofreader and researcher
  • A mind for both finding the right words and explaining the thinking behind them
  • Comfort with receiving feedback, and addressing both written and live edits
  • Creative, collaborative and solutions-focused
  • Detail-oriented multitasker who can shift priorities in a rapid-response environment
  • Flexible to adapt writing to prescribed voice, style and format
  • A predisposition toward out-of-the-box thinking and bold ideas
  • Passion for making our world a better place.

Preferred

  • Experience reviewing and optimizing written material based on metrics is a plus
  • Background in political campaigns is preferred.

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid premiums for platinum-level medical plan on a national health care network
  • 100% employer-paid life insurance and short term disability
  • 50% employer-paid vision and dental insurance
  • 401(k) with 3% employer contribution
  • 17 vacation days in addition to 12 paid holidays, sick days, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day off.
  • Paid parental leave at 100% of your salary
  • Financial support for reproductive and transgender care
  • Flexible telecommute and remote work policies
  • Company issued Mac products for home offices
  • Cell phone service reimbursement, meal and ride-share reimbursement, and other perks available
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MissionWired

At MissionWired, we harness the power of storytelling and connectivity. We’ve deployed millions of emails, motivated countless Facebook likes and shares and generated untold tweets and retweets. We’ve crafted strategic communications for dozens of members of both houses of Congress, large national nonprofit organizations and even The White House. We were at the vanguard of digital advocacy, inventing the tactics in wide use today. We are a full-service agency that can tackle any challenge thrown our way. From online fundraising, acquisition advertising and analytics to coding, graphic design and writing, we have top-flight talent who’ve been recognized as the best in their fields. Our clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sandy Hook Promise, Democratic political committees and members of the U.S. Senate.

Founded in 2007
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
222 employees (80 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.4%
Direct
49.4%
Referral
7%
Social
6.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~222

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
70 (32% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Debt Financing, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Debt Financing
  • Mar 2021
    Debt Financing
  • Mar 2021
    Private Equity