Senior Copywriter

Leo Burnett is part of Publicis Communications, a collective of the most passionate, purposeful, and progressive creative agencies in Singapore and Asia. At Leo Burnett Singapore, we believe that our Humankind philosophy allows our creativity to transform human behavior.

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The senior copywriter is a copywriter who, after a few years’ experience, is beginning to hone their instincts for what works and what does not. They do not only recognize the importance of appraising and editing their own work, but have become skilled at it. Their best ideas are not just creatively fresh but strategically sound and on brand too. They are adept, or becoming adept, at speaking with clients and presenting copy and concepts to them. Their colleagues trust them to act as a representative of the team and the work.

A senior copywriter may be the only writer on a project, may be supervising a junior writer, or may be working side by side with other writers. In any case, they are expected to take responsibility for the quality of any copywriting deliverable, ensuring that it meets standards for creative excellence and client satisfaction.

Senior copywriters should possess the ability to work with clients in different industries and must be able to work comfortably with people from different creative disciplines and with different creative teams.

• Concept and collaborate with creative team, including other copywriters, interaction designers, art directors, and programmers.
• Actually write—that is, be able to write compelling and grammatically clean long-form website copy as well as effective headlines, taglines, and calls to action.
• Be comfortable writing in multiple styles and for multiple formats.
• Establish visual tone, character, and messages that will effectively communicate with the target audience and fulfill the project objectives.
• Develop creative ideas that meet both our clients’ objectives as well as our business objectives, maintaining the company’s expected levels of creative excellence and professionalism.
• Present, share and review creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team.
• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors.
• Collaborate effectively with Account Management, Planning and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work.
• Lead brainstorming sessions.

• You have about 5-8 years of work experience and a book brimming with brave ideas, some that saw the light of day, and maybe some that didn’t.
• You’re a keen student of life, open, curious, always willing to learn, and mostly, polish your craft.
• Strong grasp of TV, especially 15s; digital experience is a plus, as well as social media space and online media jargon and technology.
• Strong FMCG background/experience, especially in SEA; healthcare knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment.
• Ability to effectively and appropriately interact with co-workers at a variety of levels, across many disciplines.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks.
• The ability to collaborate, take constructive criticism, and seek out and act on peer/client feedback.
• A strong desire to do brand-building, product-selling, and award-winning work.
• Marketing sense and an interest in helping to develop campaign platforms that can work across channels.
• Naturally well organized and unfazed when working towards deadlines.

Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation. As a platform at the intersection of marketing and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of creativity and technology, Publicis Groupe is built on The Power of One.

Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 80,000 talents across four Solution hubs: creative with Publicis Communications (Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, BBH, Marcel, Fallon, MSL, Prodigious), media services with Publicis Media (Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Performics, Digitas), digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient and health & wellness communications with Publicis Health. Publicis Groupe’s agencies are present in over 100 countries around the world.