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The Global Advertising and Brand Management (GABM) organization has a mission to create marketplace demand and drive commerce for American Express through differentiated and innovative products, partnerships, marketing, and customer experiences.
OnBrand is American Express’ In-House Creative agency, on journey for an exciting expansion. Our ambition is “Become creative partner-of-choice to build seamless customer experiences for our Business Units, essential for driving results and unlocking value through deeper knowledge of our business powered by industry-defining creative excellence”. We are focused on developing forward-thinking ideas and work across channels, end-to-end experiences in digital and beyond.
As a Copywriter, your work will be held to the highest standards. You're an important member of a high-performance team and we're counting on your best effort on every assignment, every day building a culture of delivering transformative work.
Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Copywriters on this team must have conceptual skills and the ability to bring those concepts to life through ideas that can be executed across a wide variety of continuously evolving communications channels.
- The work must be executed to the highest of standards and craft.
- You should have the ability to comprehend strategic briefs and develop work that's on strategy and is consistent with the brand character.
- Must be able to execute across a wide array of channels including TV, online video, online banners, social platforms, and print.
- You should possess communications skills.
- Must be pro-active in bringing ideas that will help solve challenges and grow business.
- Develop holistic and robust memorable/famous creative campaigns from start to finish
- Actively identifies new opportunities and future trends
- Find creative opportunities where possible even if they haven't been assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- 1-3+ years of copy writing experience within a creative agency environment
- Ability to concept new campaign copy in a variety of mediums
- Ability to understand marketing insights and strategies to translate into compelling advertising campaigns that are digital-first
- Ability to combine conceptual creative thinking with high-quality content delivery
- Captivating presentation skills
- Passionate about social media platforms, trends, technology and best practices
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- A "maker" mentality, be curious and not afraid to try new methods
- Strong conceptual skills
- Industry awarded work preferred
- Please include a link to your online portfolio with your application.
Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life.
Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
- Access to Amex Marketing U, a unique learning and development program built for marketers, by marketers. Amex Marketing U inspires marketers to develop their career through innovative learning experiences and opportunities that foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across the enterprise.
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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