Copywriter Intern

Company Description

Dentsu Creative US is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States who blend local knowledge with global expertise.

Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future. We do it daily for notable brands.

Our borderless approach allows us to assemble the best talent around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000+ people in dentsu international’s global creative network. This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the breadth of career possibilities within Dentsu Creative.

Job Description

Interns will be fully embedded and entrenched in the creative process from brief through production. They will work with multiple teams across brands that encompass some of the most iconic, household names on creative opportunities across all platforms: video (TV, online video, online video), print, radio, digital (websites, banners), and social.

This is a paid, full-time internship that will run June 5 – August 11, 2023.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who is excited and hungry. Someone who loves to create and tell stories. Interns can be rising seniors, recent graduates newly starting their career, career changers looking to enter a new industry, or anyone excited about growing their artistic and brand strategy skills alongside an innovative, outside-the-box creative team. We welcome and embrace candidates from non-traditional backgrounds – art school credentials and college degrees are not required! We invite people at all stages of their career to join our team and contribute their unique ideas and perspectives. All we ask is that you come with an exceptional eye for art and craft, a positive and ambitious attitude, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves.

Program Highlights

• Work on real client briefs and deliverables
• Fully embedded into creative projects with creative teams 
• Partner with a Mentor to set and achieve professional development goals
• Complete a summer-long project, presented to senior-level executives
• Learn from exceptional creative talent across the brands
• Network with industry leaders and fellow Interns across Dentsu Creative
• Work across potential clients like: American Express, 7-Eleven, FTX, Oreo, Crayola, Audible, Subway, Famous Footwear, Clorox, Disney, Chapstick, Hidden Valley Ranch and more!
• Agile work policy - ask your recruiter for more information

Copywriter interns will be expected to:

• Collaborate with creatives to develop conceptual ideas
• Present well thought out creative concepts/ideas to Creative leads
• Have a strong grasp of the written language and great communication skills
• Contribute to campaign ideation
• You will concept against deliverables, developing campaigns, social, OOH, etc
• Partner well with an Art Director, intern counterpart

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a team-based, fast-paced, detail-oriented environment
• Resourceful, aptitude for learning new skills, and initiative to participate in advanced projects.
• Be self-motivated, hard-working, well organized, and resilient to ever-changing timelines, requests, and deliverables 
• Receive and apply constructive feedback, push past your comfort zone, and keep work on schedule
• Someone who will strive for creative excellence

A portfolio of creative work/creative examples are required for any creative internship

To apply:

• Applications are open until March 15, 2023.
• Fill out an application.
• All interviews will take place virtually and on a rolling basis.
• All interns will be selected by May 1st.

Joining Our Community Built On Creative Generosity

We aspire to be the most integrated network in the world for a lot of reasons. A big one is to make sure people always have your back. We don’t want talent to be islands at Dentsu Creative. We want this to be the place where you can do the work of your life while having a life. This means, offering an inclusive culture that embraces individual ways of working—a culture that values compensating employees for their contributions in a multitude of ways. For everything we ask of our people to do right by our clients and creative standards, we commit to giving back equally in investing in your unique career aspirations and learning & development needs. Seeing and celebrating our people is where we find joy. When you are a part of our creative network, you get an all-access pass to ou