Creative Writer

Target; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Target in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a mid-level Creative Writer. You will refine messaging, turn a one-line tagline into a full campaign system, and trim a sixty-second story to its core while keeping the point intact.

You will bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media and pressure-test headlines against real audience reactions before going live. The role offers mentorship and Cedar Rapids flexibility.

Qualifications

• A point of view, held loosely and defended well.
• Comfort being accountable for a plainspoken outcome in a temporary role.
• The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later.
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Refine messaging and visuals using performance data and audience insight.
• Wring a campaign system from an one-line creative tagline.
• Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without amputating the point.
• Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media.
• Pressure-test headlines against real audience reactions before anything goes live.
• Drive people-centered content series from ideation to publication and promotion.
• Present design rationale clearly to mid-level stakeholders and clients.
• Knead a clumsy stock photo into something that feels shot for Target.

Skills

Point of view

Accountability

Communication discipline

Professionalism

Defensive reasoning

Tools

Cinema 4D

Job description

Type that breathes, layouts that lead the eye, color that means something: if that sentence made you nod, read on about the Creative Writer opening at Target. The proposition holds together — $52,000 - $75,000, 4 years, an IA base, and ownership the rest of the market rarely grants.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine messaging and visuals using performance data and audience insight
• Wring a campaign system from an one-line creative tagline
• Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without amputating the point
• Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media
• Pressure-test headlines against real audience reactions before anything goes live
• Drive people-centered content series from ideation to publication and promotion
• Present design rationale clearly to mid-level stakeholders and clients
• Knead a clumsy stock photo into something that feels shot for Target

What You'll Bring

• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Comfort being accountable for a plainspoken outcome in a temporary role
• The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

The whole point of Target is to make Cinema 4D dependable, and that candidly-kind mission has anchored it in Cedar Rapids from day one. Our Cedar Rapids, IA culture runs on written context, generous handoffs, and very few status meetings.

At Target, $52,000 - $75,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and Cedar Rapids, IA flexibility are where the offer gets good.

The search for a mid-level Creative Writer is in full swing, and we want to fill it soon.