Copywriter -VOLUNTARY "REMOTE"

Company Description

International Women’s Initiative (IWI) is an organisation which raises awareness of the threats to the human rights of women across the globe and to promote and assist in the achievement of gender equality. Since 2012, IWI has worked to eradicate and educate on human rights violations against women. We take our values very seriously and believe that we cannot one day have equality without transparency, collaboration, inclusiveness, integrity, or tenacity.

Job Description

As Copywriter, it will be your job to engage the reader and motivate them to do something, such as donate to one of our programmes or participate in one of our campaigns. You may also write copy designed to convey valuable information about IWI in general. Our ideal candidate is a team-spirited, skilled and imaginative writer with an eye for detail. If you can grasp project requirements quickly and offer valuable insight, we’d like to meet you.

Key Deliverables: Team Liaison
    From set-up to completion, you will be working directly with the director who is in need of your services, including checking in with the director regularly, either by phone, email, Skype or face-to-face
    Working with teams to ensure that the visual elements of the webpage complement the words

Key Deliverables: Project Scoping
    Tailoring the content and style of individual writing assignments according to their purpose
    Identifying key messages and understanding the main thing that you want the reader to feel and do, and how to communicate this powerfully
    Understanding the target audience as you are writing for our current and prospective supporters, you will need to know what interests them

Key Deliverables: Website Content
    Writing for web pages and potentially also for social media, and video script

Qualifications

Qualifications & Skills
    Strong listening skills
    Excellent writing ability, including the ability to write in different styles and to other people's direction
    Good research and analytical skills to gain an accurate understanding of the subject in question
    Organisational ability to manage multiple projects, often to tight deadlines
    Creative approach, both in coming up with ideas for new projects and for getting a message across innovatively
    Ability to work independently and flexibly
    Good attention to detail, including the ability to proof-read your own work
    Strong interpersonal skills as you will be working with a range of team members
    Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative and make decisions
    Strong leadership skills

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Time Commitment: The minimum commitment is an average of 10 hours per week including a weekly one on one meeting with supervisor.

How to Apply: Please apply through smartrecruiters. You must apply with a CV and cover letter that outlines why you think you are suitable for this position (please refer to the requirements for this position). Additionally please stipulate how many hours you are able to contribute to IWI a week. If your application does not fulfil these requirements it will not be considered.

You can send your cv on HR Email address given on our IWI website.