Senior Creative Writer
About The Position
Brass Monkey, part of the Galison/Mudpuppy family, is looking for a Senior Creative Writer to join our team–specifically, a funny one. Not because we want you to entertain us, but because everything we make is grounded in a dry, clever sense of humor. That includes anything from low-stakes party games about murder, to sticker books full of judgy fish. Just so you know, all our products are concepted, designed, and written entirely by four people in Kansas City, MO (until you, that is), so we’re looking for an experienced, yet authentically funny writer to join as an integral part of our team. Clever words are an essential part of what we do – and the person we are looking for should be passionate about writing them. A lot of them.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ writing experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Teams
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Writing examples that demonstrate the style of writing detailed above
- From immature jokes to wry takes on the world around us, you’ll be writing a little bit of everything
- The majority of our content is short (think one to two sentences max in most cases), but a bunch of them, so you need to be succinct yet entertaining
- Extensive knowledge of weird pop-culture references and an affinity for making everyone around you laugh is way more important
Nice To Haves
- InDesign and Illustrator experience is a plus
- Writing experience in comedy, entertainment, marketing, or specifically in the gift/novelty industry is preferred
- Extensive skills in ideation, self-motivation, and organization are also preferred along with the ability to work independently and collaboratively, while being proactive with a strong learning agility and the ability to adapt quickly and work through ambiguity
- Short-form humor and/or marketing/advertising style copywriting experience may be helpful–but it’s certainly not a requirement
Responsibilities
- In this role you will absorb and own the brand voice
- Write product content (all the funny stuff that we put into the things we make)
- Create copy for presentations and the web
- Edit and rework ideas created by other team members
- Maintain a passion for pop culture (an excuse to watch a lot of garbage TV)
- Conduct research - the fun kind
- Work with our external proofreader
- Engage in the creation of products from concept to execution
- Assist with product ideation and play testing
- Write (and still be clever) in specific space requirements
- Use (and abuse) em dashes and/or try your best to stop us from doing that
Benefits
- We offer a full suite of benefits, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, a profit share plan, three weeks of paid vacation to start, two weeks of sick time per year, and company holidays, including a paid winter break between Christmas Day and New Year's Day, paid family, maternity, and paternity leave, commuter benefits, long-term disability insurance, annual tuition assistance, annual wellness stipend, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
