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Senior Copywriter (5 month FTC)
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Company information
- Company
- dept
- Location
- Berlin Germany
- Posted
- 1 month ago
Job description
This is a fixed-term contract initially until January 15th, 2027, with the potential for extension.
Please submit your application in English.
Must be fluent, C1/C2 or native in the German language.
DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.
JOB PURPOSE
As a Senior Copywriter, you’ll join our global Copy Team of nearly 60 creatives across the world. You'll craft content for digital channels and brand campaigns, delivering on-brand messaging that drives clicks, engagement, and brand awareness.
We're looking for inspiring team players who are eager to share their expertise. You should be just as comfortable producing efficient, high-quality day-to-day work as you are developing standout ideas for award-winning campaigns and new business pitches.
This role requires a genuine passion for editing and giving critical feedback. You will be expected to uphold our clients' creative standards, while continuing to push new ideas and embody DEPT®’s entrepreneurial spirit.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop creative concepts and outstanding copy for digital campaigns for a leading international brand.
- Write content for a wide range of channels, including banner ads, newsletters, websites, social media campaigns, and localized adaptations across text, design, and video formats.
- Apply strong conceptual thinking and creative writing skills to craft engaging and effective messaging.
- Proofread all German-language content to ensure flawless spelling, grammar, and alignment with brand guidelines.
- Present your ideas convincingly to colleagues and clients, showcasing the strategic and creative thinking behind your work.
- Adapt global campaigns for the German market in a way that feels authentic and culturally relevant.
- Conduct competitive and trend research to inspire fresh creative directions.
- Lead and participate in creative brainstorms and other key meetings.
- Demonstrate leadership, professionalism, and collaboration in all interactions.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Relevant experience as a copywriter, ideally within an agency or brand environment.
- Strong expertise in multi-channel digital copywriting and brand development is a major advantage.
- Proven experience in translation, transcreation, and proofreading.
- Ability to write compelling, sales-driven marketing copy in German is essential.
- Confidence in working closely with designers, strategists, account managers, and clients.
- Ability to manage large-scale marketing campaigns with multiple deliverables at a fast pace.
- Understanding of the importance of consistency across touchpoints in the user journey.
- Experience using AI tools to support campaign and copy creation is a must.
- Highly collaborative and proactive approach to teamwork.
- Native-level or C1 German and excellent English skills, both written and spoken.
WE OFFER
- Flexible hybrid working policy (2 days at the office, depending on location);
- Company pension scheme.
- Lease bike options / JobRad and 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket.
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.
- €30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios, internet costs, and/or public transport.
- Future Bens - Exclusive access to sustainable, healthy products at attractive deals.
- Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
- Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
- The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
- Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.
WHY DEPT®?
We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.
We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.
AI Disclosure: At DEPT®, we use AI-assisted technology (Metaview) to capture notes and summarize interview conversations, so our interviewers can stay fully focused. Using the AI is optional, just let us know if you’d prefer it not be used.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.
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Required skills
- marketing
- technology
- design
- leadership
- german language
- native german
- inclusion
- collaboration
- engagement
- professionalism
- translation
- diversity
- equity
- editing
- copywriter
- recruitment process
- public transport
- strategic thinking
- english skills
- brand awareness
- brand guidelines
- fixed-term contract
- curious
- social events
- newsletters
- clients
- creative writing
- entrepreneurial spirit
- trust
- text
- equal opportunity
- ai tools
- designers
- hybrid working
- team players
- native-level german
- creative thinking
- brand development
- digital channels
- jobrad
- expertise
- german market
- websites
- digital campaigns
- company pension scheme
- proofreading
- competitive research
- trend research
- grammar
- agency experience
- conceptual thinking
- brand campaigns
- fast pace
- user journey
- authentic
- account managers
- social media campaigns
- banner ads
- high-quality work
- c2 german
- creative concepts
- spelling
- inclusive workplace
- deutschlandticket
- real impact
- clicks
- arbeitnow
- agency of the year
- sustainable products
- diverse backgrounds
- interview conversations
- reasonable adjustments
- global campaigns
- campaign creation
- creative standards
- video formats
- intent
- healthy products
- c1 german
- talented individuals
- strategists
- new business pitches
- international brand
- brand environment
- culturally relevant
- certified b corp
- the lovies
- the webby awards
- growth invention
- ai-assisted technology
- metaview
- lease bike
- on-brand messaging
- standout ideas
- award-winning campaigns
- critical feedback
- localized adaptations
- engaging messaging
- effective messaging
- german-language content
- presenting ideas
- creative directions
- creative brainstorms
- multi-channel copywriting
- transcreation
- sales-driven marketing copy
- large-scale marketing campaigns
- multiple deliverables
- copy creation
- proactive teamwork
- openup platform
- digital food stamps
- fitness providers
- sport clubs
- massage studios
- internet costs
- future bens
- pioneering ideas
- acting fast
- moving further
- inventing
- better together
- relentlessly curious
- get sh*t done
- freedom to explore
- space to collaborate
- varying skills
- varying perspectives
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