Gateway Auto is taking its core business and transitioning into the digital age. Help build an already-established organization’s digital experience and presence from the ground up.
About Gateway Auto:
Founded in 2002, Gateway Auto is a family-owned business that is defined by its relationships to its loyal employees, customers, and suppliers. These relationships make up our Gateway Auto family and are the reason we say we’re “Driven by people.” There's nothing more validating of this than the fact that our business has grown, and still exists, based on word of mouth and word of mouth alone!
Job Description:
While often under-valued, copy plays an essential role in the strategy, conception and writing of beautiful ideas, products and services. The individual we’re looking to hire will bring exceptional creative thought and craft output to their copy duties, helping Gateway Auto define itself both internally and externally. We’re looking for skilled storytellers and conceptors capable of working in a multidisciplinary environment that spans the worlds of both physical and digital, creative and analytical, traditional and post-modern—sometimes into technological experiences you may not have even considered before.
You’ll gain experience with strategic initiatives as well as be able to work with Gateway Auto’s Director of Business Intelligence who is a globally recognized writer and entrepreneur with experience writing for publications such as Forbes, Adweek, HBR, Smashing Magazine, and many other publications you may have heard of before, on top of writing books and white papers that have reached far around the globe and as high as federal legislators in the United States. But before you get to them, you’ll first have to get past the interview process.
Our ideal candidate is detail oriented, understands the importance of keeping up-to-date with modern tools and technologies, loves sparking new initiatives, and wants to have the opportunity to work in a role that allows them to define their voice, thereby catalyzing their career.
Employment Type: full-time, 30-40 hours/week, on-site with remote option - this internship has the potential to lead to full-time, permanent employment for the right candidate.
Primary Responsibilities:
> Implement a combination of strategic, conceptual and copywriting skills
> Create and manage original, persuasive, conceptually compelling work with some supervision
> Refine your thoughts and ideas to be reachable for the appropriate audiences and platforms
> Learn to effectively communicate amongst a whole team, including many individuals who are lacking knowledge and experience in the digital world
> Keep your pieces moving with the timeline that the Project Management team has provided to you
> Have a careful eye for catching mistakes and fixing any false copy within each piece
> Owning projects from beginning to end, giving you the ability to create work that accurately reflects your professional voice and writing style
Required Qualifications:
> You have a drive to break boundaries and craft the best ideas in the world of their kind
> Good understanding and experience of digital media
> You are fearless, boundlessly creative and relentlessly attentive to detail
> Strong portfolio demonstrating proficiency in writing
> Ability to solve problems both creatively and analytically
> High level of attention to detail—you’re particular with punctuation and granular with grammar
> Must have excellent time management skills as well as comfort in multitasking in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
> Must have ability to work independently, as well as in partnership with others, adding value to the team in all areas
> Ability to break down a detailed description into coherent, crisp messaging
Preferred Qualifications (not required, but advantageous):
> Experience in SEO implementation, a plus
> Ability to read and communicate with data
> A compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates high quality copywriting and concepting within a variety of campaigns and projects
> Pursuing or having completed a degree, or similar, in English Language, Advertising Communication or other writing-related course preferred
Contact:
If this sounds like you and you’re interested in applying, please reach out to our technology team with a resume and cover letter explaining to us why you believe you are the right person for this job.
Alex Rapp, Digital Experience Lead
alex@gatewayauto.co
Joe Toscano, Director of Business Intelligence