Junior Copywriter

Job description

Who We Are

We’re Chomps, the fastest-growing snack brand in the U.S. and we’re reimagining snacking. Our meat snacks are made using high-quality proteins, no sugar, and real ingredients – because we believe snacking should be simple, delicious, and convenient. Chomps can be found in over 30,000 stores nationwide with a strong e-commerce presence. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and fuel our community with accessible, real food that doesn’t compromise on taste.

Traits of a Chompian

If you’ve been called scrappy, resourceful, and persistent, then you might just be a Chompian. You’re a team player who’s self-motivated and action-oriented. You’re committed to delivering efficiency and accuracy, and you happen to be great at proactive cross-functional communication. You’re a critical thinker and a natural problem solver who enjoys details, research, and data. You take initiative and complete ownership of everything you do, and you’ll go the extra mile for your team, consumers, and audience. You’re hungry to learn with a passion to grow and improve every day. You also take a keen interest in health, fitness, and nutrition. Sound like you? Then we want to meat you.

* *We will be accepting applications through Monday February 2nd, 5pm CT. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to accept any applications outside of this time frame or from any other source.

What You Will Do

Chomps is continuing to grow and looking to add a Junior Copywriter to our in-house Creative Team. We’re looking for an emerging writer who is ready to learn, grow, and help bring the voice of Chomps to life. The Junior Copywriter, reporting into the Senior Copywriter, will join our small but mighty Creative Team and support the execution of our brand’s voice across all channels and touchpoints.Unlike most junior copywriter jobs, you’ll be working on brand-defining work, not just banner ads.The Chomps brand is growing rapidly and evolving, and we are in the process of finalizing a new brand book. This position will play a vital role as we finalize the brand voice, tone, and communication guidelines.

The ideal candidate is eager to learn and excited by the opportunity to gain experience writing across social, digital, print, OOH, retail, email, video content, packaging and more. You’ll get hands-on experience switching between social post copy, video scripts, email campaigns, paid ads, and whatever-we-can-dream-up. This will be a crash course in learning to write across multiple channels under the supervision of our Creative Team. You will learn an incredible amount at a very fast rate.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of defining a brand’s voice from the ground up while learning quickly. Must have a working funny-bone and doesn’t take themselves too seriously. That’ll become the character you play as a writer on Chomps. If you’re the type of writer who is always up for a challenge and can quickly change gears, then this is the job for you!

Responsibilities

• Support Creative Director, Senior Copywriter, Sr. Art Director, and Art Director on daily copywriting needs.
• Write copy across multiple formats including social posts, email/SMS, paid ads, web copy, retail materials, sales collateral, and video scripts.
• Participate in collaborative brainstorming sessions and contribute fresh ideas.
• Help ideate for activations, events, partnerships, and other brand extensions.
• Learn and apply brand voice and tone guidelines consistently across all work.
• Assist with basic copy feedback for photography, video, and social content.
• Ability to give feedback to various vendors that ladders back to brand guidelines.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Be open to feedback and eager to iterate and improve.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, advertising, English, communications, or related field.
• 1-2 years of copywriting experience (internships, freelance, agency, or in-house).
• Portfolio demonstrating writing versatility across different formats and tones.
• Familiarity with social media platforms and how copy performs across channels.
• Experience writing for video content (scripts, captions) is a plus.
• Basic understanding of brand voice development and best practices.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present ideas clearly.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Passion for creative problem-solving and trying new things.
• Understands how to use lines to bring a strategy to life.

Position: Analyst, Junior Copywriter

Reports to: Associate, Copywriter

Location: Remote

Type: Full-Time, exempt

Salary Range Opportunity:

• The salary range for this role is $70,000 - $75,000 + 10% annual bonus

Compensation Philosophy & Total Comp:

• Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry
• Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company
• In addition to base salary, full-time team members receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K 6% match, and monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office.

Other Perks:

• Ability to make an impact: Join a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial-spirited team at a pivotal point to positively impact the food industry.
• Opportunities to grow: Advance within Chomps quickly based on outstanding performance.
• Unlimited PTO and 11+ paid holiday days. Hybrid & flexible remote schedule. Chicago office open to those in the area.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Bi-annual total team in-person activities.
• Company-wide Continual Education budget.
• Unlimited snacks: Enough meat sticks that if you wanted to eat your body weight in them you could (no judgment here).

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Our Commitment

Chomps is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of making nutritious food more accessible we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do and the smart thing for our business.

We’re aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don’t believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Chomps.

You must reside in the United States to be considered for this position.__Chomps does not provide employment-based visa sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Important Notice:

It has come to our attention that fraudsters have been posing as Chomps employees or recruiters and contacting job-seeking candidates regarding potential job opportunities. These fraudulent messages sometimes include a request for payment and confidential personal information. Please note that the Chomps recruiting process does not include asking candidates for payments or other confidential financial information.If you are applying for a job, you can confirm the legitimacy of a job posting by viewing current open roles: https://chomps.com/pages/chomps-careers. If you have questions please email us at [email protected]