Copywriter

Bethesda, MD (Remote)

$70K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end development of campaign ideas, from brief interrogation to final execution, while building strong verbal systems and collaborating across disciplines to ensure ideas are differentiated and on strategy.

  • Lead divergent ideation and justify the strongest direction
  • Balance creativity with clarity and accuracy across channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create Wildly Original Ideas
  • Interrogate the brief, identify the human or cultural insight, and generate several distinct campaign territories before converging on a direction.
  • Partner closely with art directors, strategists, designers, and creative leaders from the first idea through final execution.
  • Push beyond the first answer. Write, compare, and improve multiple approaches, then articulate why the strongest idea solves the client challenge.
  • Craft Meaningful Stories
  • Build verbal systems for brands and campaigns, including naming, taglines, messaging frameworks, manifestos, headlines, hooks, and calls to action.
  • Write across social, digital, video, broadcast, OOH, experiential, CRM, web, presentations, and emerging platforms, adjusting the idea to the behavior of each channel.
  • Create scripts, narratives, and long- and short-form copy with a distinctive voice; edit and proof work until every word is clear, intentional, and accurate.
  • Use AI to Explore and Refine
  • Use generative AI and other emerging tools to support research synthesis, divergent ideation, message exploration, voice prototyping, and rapid development of copy options.

Requirements

  • A portfolio that demonstrates original campaign thinking, a strong point of view, and excellent copy across multiple channels.
  • 3-5 years of experience, ideally in an advertising agency or similarly fast-paced creative environment.
  • The ability to move from strategy and insight to a big idea, then express that idea through a cohesive verbal system.
  • Strong command of language, structure, storytelling, grammar, editing, and presentation - from a three-word headline to a long-form narrative or script.
  • Versatility across brand voices, audiences, and channels, with the judgment to remain consistent without becoming formulaic.
  • Hands-on fluency with generative AI tools for research, concepting, copy exploration, editing, and prototyping - plus the discipline to validate and substantially refine their output.
  • A collaborative, low-ego approach; comfort presenting and receiving feedback; and the ability to work independently when a lean team needs it.

Benefits

  • Hybrid flexibility - RP3 is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, so if you are DMV-based, that is definitely a bonus — but not a barrier. If you can get here by train, plane, or automobile, you are in the running. We want the right person, wherever they are.
  • A culture built on curiosity, kindness, accountability, and wildly original thinking
  • Company-paid health, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee-paid dental and vision plans
  • 401(k) with immediate employer match
  • Inclusive, world-class family leave policy
  • Generous PTO - including Annual Leave, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays, Personal Time, and Karma Days
  • Summer Fridays - we shut down at 2 PM every Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day
  • Voluntary benefits including commuter benefits and pet insurance
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RP3 Agency

Our proudly independent, full-service creative agency brings inspired ideas to life for our clients, connecting their brands with consumers through honest insight and trust. We deliver work that influences beliefs, alters behaviors, spurs action, and achieves measurable business goals and outcomes. Founded in 2009 by Beth Johnson, RP3 is a certified, woman-owned small business based in Bethesda, MD. Our versatile and forward-thinking team helps clients succeed in a rapidly changing environment. We are a collaborative and results-oriented company, delivering thoughtful, insight-driven creative that drives engagement and growth.

Founded in 2009
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
38 employees (14 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.2%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~38

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
5.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3