Copywriter - Owned Channels

Remitly, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Remitly, a leading financial services company, as a Copywriter in Seattle. You will craft compelling content for diverse audiences, optimize for conversions, and collaborate with marketing teams to enhance brand messaging. Your role will significantly impact our global reach and customer engagement.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401k plan with company matching

Paid parental and medical leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Continuing education benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a copywriter in an in-house team or agency.
• Experience in consumer copywriting and digital marketing.
• Ability to write in other languages, especially Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Create scalable lifecycle content and templates.
• Ensure copy is data-driven and aligns with brand.
• Research trends relevant to key audiences.

Skills

Consumer copywriting

Digital brand marketing

Email best practices

Cultural sensitivity

Storytelling

Job description

Job Description:

Remitly’s vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

About the Role:

As a Copywriter on the Marketing Creative team, you will help tell our story in a compelling, fresh, relevant way to audiences from many different countries and cultures. We are looking for an eloquent writer with proven experience driving creative in an in-house setting (or agency), who has experience writing for everything from email to in-app and push messages. You are comfortable with understanding the business impact of your work and taking accountability for its performance. You strive to continuously improve both your work and the results for the business.

You Will:

• Partner with our Lifecycle Marketing managers and designers to create scalable lifecycle content and templates aligned to the brand and relevant to our customers while optimizing to increase conversion rate
• Ensure all copywriting is insight and data-driven, on brand, and driving results.
• Establish and maintain a strong understanding of our audiences from the Philippines, Latin America, India and more, to ensure you are creating highly relevant messaging that resonates.
• Present your work to internal stakeholders, and have sound reasoning or data to back up your points of view.
• Partner with Project Management and Production teams to ensure creative deliverables and timelines are reasonable and are met or exceeded.
• Partner with marketers throughout the creative process to align on quality inputs and ensure that our work delivers against stated objectives and goals.
• Research and keep a pulse on trends, issues, and topics that matter most to Remitly’s key audiences around the world
• Work with external partners when needed, providing constructive feedback.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of our legal guidelines, ensuring your writing works within the boundaries of what we can say.
• Be a positive, joyful influence within Marketing and Remitly as a whole

You Have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a copywriter in an in-house creative team (and/or agency)
• Consumer copywriting experience a must; digital brand preferred
• Proven expertise and knowledge of email best-practices and mobile-first digital marketing
• Strong interest in understanding why creative performs and how to make it perform even better
• Ability to operate semi-autonomously and manage your own workload
• Ability to partner effectively with peers, managers and executives
• A highly-developed instinct for balancing brand goals with performance goals
• A passion for people, communication, marketing, and storytelling
• A sensitivity and desire to understand various cultures and trends from the Philippines to India to Latin America
• Ability to write and communicate in other languages especially Spanish
• Ability to work in Pacific Standard Time (Seattle) normal working hours

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $100,800-$112,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education and travel benefits

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman’s potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.