Senior Copywriter

Who We Are:

160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow. 160over90 works with leading brands including AB InBev, Amazon, Coca-Cola, DP World, Macy’s, Marriott International, McDonald’s, Verizon and Visa. 160over90 is part of WME Group, a global representation business comprising the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands.

Agency Overview: 

160over90 is owned by Endeavor, one of the biggest names in culture and entertainment in the world. The creative department here is like that of any other agency but we aren’t bogged down by dated holding company models and we aren’t owned by a consulting firm. Our connection to Endeavor is our unfair advantage, helping us connect brands to culture through sports, music, film, and fashion like no other. The ideas are boss, able to be taken to the world in whatever way they work best via advertising, branding, social media, PR, experiential, digital and more. 

In June 2021, 160over90 partnered with Obsidianworks, a culture-powered marketing agency co founded by actor and producer, Michael B. Jordan, and Chad Easterling, purpose-built for a more inclusive era of brand storytelling, The agency focuses on cultural connectivity through brand strategy, digital and social impact. Together with 160over90, the agency works with brand and talent partners to identify opportunities, create, and execute innovative and culturally resonant campaigns and activations, and connect with multicultural consumers in diverse communities.  

  

This role will fully support Obsidianworks. 

The Role and What You’ll Do:  

  

The environment here is fast paced. We’re looking for a bilingual Senior Copywriter responsible for concepting and developing creative ideas across existing clients and new business pitches. The Senior Copywriter will be skilled in learning the client’s business objectives and accomplishing those through strategically sound creative ideas that put our clients in the epicenter of culture. You will see through to execution in partnership with your Art Director counterpart and with close mentorship by your Creative Director. You will be a thinker and a maker on projects ranging from experiential to PR to content. The opportunities here are endless, so your creativity must be too.  

Job Responsibilities: 

• Play a hands-on role in the delivery of outstanding work and results.
• Leader: Demonstrate an ability to lead a project and present work to clients.
• Mentor: Team building skills, proactively seeking opportunities to develop team members.
• Collaboration: Able to partner within a cross-disciplinary team of strategists, project managers, and an account team to ensure creative work is fresh, culturally relevant, and solves client business needs.
• Craft: Able to develop many exceptional concepts for various advertising mediums. Able to craft copy in a variety of voices. 
• Love the details: Work within the client's established brand guidelines, appraise and edit your work, and ensure consistency and efficacy of copy throughout all creative. 
• Organization: Able to self-manage multiple projects and tight timelines. 
• Curiosity: Stay consistently relevant and up-to-date on all marketing trends and culture to bring fresh ideas and share them with peers and the broader team. 
• Adaptability: Be open to feedback and be able to apply the feedback to your work.  
• Dependability: Consistently meet deadlines. 
• Attitude: The job is difficult, so we need solution-oriented people who lift others—someone who puts the team above the individual and can navigate ambiguity.  

Education & Skills: 

• 6+ years of Copywriting experience within an ad/branding or digital agency or similar setting 
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) or experience working on Spanish-language campaign preferred
• Must be able to work autonomously – taking ownership of your workload and juggling several projects at once.
• Creative Portfolio with samples of work. 
• BA/BFA in creative writing or equivalent field. 
• Be fearless and not afraid to fail.  
• A natural curiosity for the unique, the buzz-worthy, and the culturally relevant with a willingness to push forward brave, new ideas 
• The optimism to think bigger, the curiosity to dig deeper, and the passion to do better on every project.  
• Ability to think strategically, conceptualize, and see ideas through to polished execution 
• Demonstrate the ability to craft and apply a brand voice across a campaign.
• The ability to adapt to new ideas, processes, and business problems with ease and enthusiasm 
• A professional attitude and an openness to feedback that commands the respect of supervisors and colleagues 
• Eagle eye attention to detail 
• Mastery of Office 365, working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong work ethic 

How we work: 

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. 

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Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:

$82,500 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$110,000 annually