Brand Copywriter

Carlsbad, CA (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 19 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own brand voice across Outerknown, Firewire, and Slater Designs; lead narrative development for athletes and ambassadors; collaborate with marketing to deliver on-brand content across social, email, web, and retail, while driving direct-response copy and multi-channel campaigns.

  • Own brand voice and tone across multiple brands
  • Lead storytelling for campaigns and athlete partnerships
  • Coordinate with Creative and Marketing to deliver consistent, performance-driven content

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and refine the tone of voice for Outerknown, Firewire Surfboards and Slater Designs
  • Develop compelling narratives for athletes & ambassadors to help bring them to life
  • Collaborate with creative and marketing teams to ensure content is delivered on time and on brand
  • Ensure every customer touchpoint feels unmistakably on brand – from IG captions to product pages to retail signage
  • Elevate our content across social, email, web, wholesale and retail
  • Support editing content across all brand channels, including: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Paid Social, Email, Website, Wholesale and Retail Marketing to ensure consistency of voice
  • Support our PR agency with press releases to ensure we’re presenting a unified voice
  • You will create work that builds brand affinity while delivering business results
  • You will write – brand campaigns, product launches, email, SMS, paid social, web copy, catalogs and print, retail and environmental, video scripts, performance marketing creative and more
  • This role includes lots of direct response copy for paid ads, emails and SMS that needs to have a personality and bring our consumers along for the journey

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional copyrighting experience for consumer brands or agencies
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in both storytelling and performance marketing content
  • Strong understanding of social media platforms and content performance
  • Ability to write both brand storytelling content and conversion-focused performance creative
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  • Passion for storytelling, outdoor culture, surf, travel, and lifestyle content

Preferred

  • Experience working with apparel, outdoor, surf, lifestyle, or consumer brands
  • Familiarity with Asana, Bynder, Figma, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, and modern content management workflows
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Outerknown

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Founded by 11x world champion surfer Kelly Slater, Outerknown is a men's and women's apparel brand rooted in environmental sustainability. All Outerknown clothing is created with high-quality, long-lasting materials and is made in a way that protects our planet’s natural resources, while providing fair wages to factory workers.Outerknown explores the relationship between function, style and sustainability. As designers, it challenges us to build better, more sustainable products. As producers, it asks us to lift the lid on our supply chain, bringing the consumer along on our journey to transparency. As storytellers, it enables perpetual evolution of our brand vision. As athletes and performers, it pushes us to formerly impossible levels. As global citizens, it offers the opportunity to observe this multi-cultural world we live in and bring together seemingly unconnected people and ideas for the purpose of discovering the next Outerknown.Think you or a friend could be a great addition to the Outerknown team? Check out our career page: https://lnkd.in/da4K_RkQ

Founded in 2013
Carlsbad, California, USA
88 employees (20 in marketing)
22% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
242.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$22.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.7%
Direct
60.9%
Referral
5.8%
Social
6%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~89

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (14% of company)
Median Tenure
1.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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