Junior Copywriter / Content Creator (Boston)

Rival is looking for a Content Creator to join our Boston-based creative team.

As a Creator you will play an exciting part in developing and delivering content and creative concepts for our global client portfolio. This will be a key, dynamic role - a modern maker of great content for brands. Part copywriter, part photographer, part videographer, and part editor for much of our social/digital content needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on other cross-channel and integrated accounts as part of our wider creative team. 

Role

• The primary focus of this Creator role will be concepting campaign and content ideas with our creative team and producing content for social/digital channels
• This will include campaign concepts, written copy, stills, video, and some editing (working with our in-house Filmmaker)
• There may also be projects where you’ll play an editorial role as well, working with our strategy team to develop content strategies, develop content calendars, and support on-going client needs across social and owned channels. 
• You will spend most of your time creating, owning and delivering social media content for clients as part of an integrated team,
• You will also have the opportunity to play and evolve into a more traditional “copywriter” or “art director” role on other accounts, which would include taking briefs from our strategy team, developing campaign concepts as part of a creative team, pitching the work to clients, and producing cross-channel ATL/BTL brand and performance campaigns.

Opportunity

• You will be joining the Rival at an exciting time - we are two years in, growing quickly, and have big plans for the next few years!
• We have a global client portfolio - you’ll get a truly global perspective and be exposed to brands and projects in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. 
• We are a small (but mighty!) team of about 30, so you’ll have the opportunity to learn and work on a wide variety of projects - strategy, paid media, creative, data/martech, and our own product development 
• This role holds a ton of potential for the right person, as you’ll be working closely with the founding team shaping the future of our business

Requirements 

We'd like to hear from you if…

• We do not require a minimum years of experience, but you do need to have experience producing social media content for brands across most if not all channels, including producing video content for TikTok. Please include a portfolio link to your work. 
• Strong organizational skills and extremely high attention to detail, along with the demonstrated ability to work to a deadline
• A start up mentality and personality: you're mission driven and not afraid to get stuck in
• Willingness to travel for client engagements as needed and for company retreats once a year 
• No university degree required - we value your experience and skills

We would be particularly excited if... 

You have experience in an early stage start-up and/or a marketing agency/consultancy

Compensation

• Our compensation philosophy is to “mid-market base, top-market upside”. As a start-up we can’t compete with big agency/consultancy salaries, but we offer everyone the opportunity to share in the upside of what we’re building together. 
• There are three components to our compensation package 
  
  • Base Salary - market average for marketing consultancy/agency
  • Profit Share - eligibility for a profit share distribution twice a year (after one year of employment) based on company and individual performance
  • Employee Liquidity Plan -  eligibility for our “shadow stock” plan (after one year of employment)

Benefits

• Health Insurance, 401K
• 29-days vacation days for US employees + public holidays
  
  • 22 discretionary vacation days
  • 7 company ‘recharge days’ during the year (company-wide days off throughout the year to relax and focus on family, friends and ourselves)
• Profit Share and Rival Employee Liquidity Plan (ELP)
  
  • ELP aka “shadow stock” has all the financial benefits of options, but without the cost to exercise and tax implications
• Office-first but flexible working environment 
  
  • Everyone must be in the office one day a week (currently Tuesdays), and it’s strongly encouraged to be in the office 1-2 additional days. Most people in hub offices (London, Boston, Cape Town) are in 2-3 days a week. 
• The equipment and technology you need to be successful, plus additional support if you need to enhance your work from home set-up
• Quarterly ‘Team Weeks’
  
  • Where “hubs” come together to focus on planning, team building, and professional development 
• Annual ‘Rival Retreat’
• Various surprise and delights & Rival events throughout the year.

About Rival

Rival is a marketing consultancy for challengers. We believe incumbent best practices lead to average results. We use the playbook of challenger brands to deliver outsized impact for CMOs who need to do more with less.

Our Hiring Ethos

We want to build a home for the world’s best marketing talent while advancing diversity in our industry. Hiring is the most important thing we do at Rival. Finding and attracting the best talent in the industry is key to our long-term success and day-to-day happiness, but it’s also the most direct way we can have an impact on driving positive change in our industry and for our clients. 

Our goal is to deliver a best-in-class interview experience for candidates:

• Upfront alignment on what good looks like 
• We compensate candidates time for any interview that requires a task
• Timely, respectful communication 
• Opportunity for all candidates to provide feedback 
• All employees undergo unconscious bias training
• Global Equality Collective membership to upskill ourselves in all aspects of hiring

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Rival, we're invested in a thoughtful, long-term hiring approach that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating a global community with a combined mission, but not at the expense of losing individual identity, which is critical to our innovation. It’s essential that we bring our authentic self to work every day, no matter our age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

We listen to our employees, take direction and are taking continual action to better ourselves in this mission. Inclusion isn't just an initiative at Rival. We strive to embed it into all aspects of our business model and how we operate.