Lead Copywriter

Vermont, USA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive messaging strategy and copy leadership for multi-brand campaigns across channels.

  • Own messaging development from concept through execution for brand and product campaigns.
  • Must-have: 7–10+ years of copywriting with strong brand/campaign portfolio.
  • Standout: Mentoring copywriters and freelancers to raise craft and strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead messaging concept development and strategy for brand and product campaigns across all channels.
  • Establish, shape, evolve, and uphold brand voice, tone, messaging standards, and copy systems to ensure consistency and clarity.
  • Translate business and marketing objectives into compelling messaging frameworks and creative concepts.
  • Lead copy development from initial concept through execution, ensuring alignment with approved creative direction.
  • Clearly articulate messaging rationale, decisions, and strategic intent to internal teams and stakeholders.
  • Contribute to naming, storytelling, product messaging, campaign narratives, and brand defining initiatives.
  • Ensure messaging maintains cohesion and impact across all channels.
  • Provide direction, mentorship, and feedback to copywriters, fostering growth in craft, creative thinking, and strategic messaging.
  • Delegate work effectively across internal and freelance resources, ensuring quality, consistency, and efficiency.
  • Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented environment that encourages creative excellence and accountability.

Requirements

  • 7–10+ years of professional copywriting experience, with a strong portfolio of brand and campaign work.
  • A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Proven experience leading messaging strategy and concept development for large-scale, multi-channel campaigns.
  • Mastery of short and long form copy, including campaign messaging, storytelling, product copy, naming, and brand narratives.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing copywriters and freelancers.
  • Strong ability to translate strategy into clear, compelling messaging frameworks and executions.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with designers, marketers, leadership, and external partners.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate messaging strategy and creative rationale.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and modern creative workflows.
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The Cabot family has been in the hosiery business for 3 generations. Marc Cabot started Cabot Hosiery Mills in 1978 and for more than 40 years we have been making socks here, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. We are interested in one thing, producing the best possible socks the world has to offer. We are so confident in who we are and what we do that we back up our socks with an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.

Founded in 1978
Northfield, Vermont, USA
216 employees (23 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
969.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$43.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.9%
Direct
51.1%
Referral
3.8%
Social
4.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~216

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years

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