Job Description

Team Description:

We're looking to add to our highly capable and collaborative team. Here at Skip, innovation is a key ingredient to everything we do. Our Creative team, Skip Studios, is a well-rounded group of design thinkers, storytellers, and cultural enthusiasts. We are determined to continue to grow the Skip brand by doing everything with the right balance of intention, passion, and collaboration.

Help us express our industry-leading brand across traditional media, digital platforms and new channels. Our tight-knit team of brand strategy, copy, design, campaigns, digital, insights, and more will encourage your ingenuity in a fun and innovative environment. Ready to make a difference for customers, couriers, restaurants and new partners across Canada? We're looking for someone who comes with their sleeves rolled up and an appetite for new experiences with an entrepreneurial team.

Description:
The Sr. Writer at Skip's in-house Creative Studio, known as "Skip Studios" is responsible for leading the development of strong conceptual ideas and visuals for important Skip marketing campaigns and projects, ranging from digital/social content to in-app communication pieces to restaurant partnership promotions as well as national campaigns.

Working directly under the Creative Director and ACDs, with a clear understanding of the Creative vision, the writer not only spearheads projects, but collaborates with the wider Team (from Marketing to Product and PR). At the same time, the Writer is Skip Studio's go-to expert on language, Skip tone of voice and internal comms. The Sr. Writer needs to be solutions-oriented and help lead ideas with strategic, smart and fresh thinking. Sometimes they will need to bring their expertise and experience to critical or last-minute projects. Bottom line, this person will be a key part of our team and one of our Top Guns on day-to-day projects and initiatives.

This role is also an inspirational one for the rest of Skip Studios. As one of the more senior people on the team, this person needs to bring passion, knowledge and best practices to the group, along with unique world-class thinking/ideas, and of course: writing and articulating it for every audience we engage with.

What's On Your Plate:

• Understand and help implement the Creative vision, process, and day-to-day functions of the Studio
• Conceive strong conceptual ideas which strategically align to project briefs, through smart, eye-catching design
• Ideat and write for all mediums, from content, to OOH, to digital banners, to email
• Help develop and inspire junior and intermediate writers
• Work closely with Art Directors and Designers to bring ideas to life
• Set an example for the rest of the Studio
• Understand all verticals of the Skip business, from product to restaurant partnerships, campaign, courier, digital, social, etc.
• Manage various official requests, approvals, and reviews
• Make life easier for the team. Write with precision. Develop options, when required. Have strategic underpinning for all thinking

Recipe For Success:

• 8 to 12 years experience in advertising, agency-side or in-house
• Educational background in advertising, marketing, and/or design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and a variety of writing styles - by media channel, by audience, and more
• Strong project leadership and presentation skills
• A critical thinker driven to solve problems with creative solutions
• A team-player with a penchant for organization

What we are looking for:

• Effortless writer
• Creative thinker
• Problem solver
• Team player - Be able to make things happen and inspire those around us
• Confident presenter

Please include a link to your portfolio site or include a digital PDF copy of your professional portfolio when applying.

What's It's Like To Work At Skip:
Skip is the kind of workplace that garnered a "Top Places to Work in Manitoba" and it was no small coincidence. We set out to make this a place our employees are proud to tell their Mothers, Fathers, friends and anyone who will listen that they work here. Skip team members feel pride knowing their input and uniqueness are not only embraced but make an impact on a major Canadian company and its satisfied customers. As the company grows, so do you -- you meet and surpass new challenges every day.

That's just a small taste of what it's like to work at one of Canada's leading tech companies. If you're hungry for opportunity, growth, and something meaningful in a dynamic, fun and challenging environment, we'd love to hear from you.

SkipTheDishes is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment activities and will work with all applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

Note: All employees will be asked to sign a Consent for Disclosure of Personal Information in order to complete a background check. Job offers will be conditional upon results that the Company determines to be satisfactory.