Join the Purple Group family. We are an independent marketing communications and advertising firm with consulting roots. We leverage our craft to impart a different perspective, dismantle barriers and help our clients to market their services to create a better world.

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******COVER LETTER AND RESUME WITH LINK TO PORTFOLIO***
***POSITION IN CHICAGO, IL***

Background

Established in 2001, Purple Group is an award-winning independent advertising, marketing, and public relations agency with consulting roots. We leverage our craft to impart a different perspective, dismantle barriers, and help our clients market their services to create a better world.

Our Culture

The Purple Group team is rooted in our mission to leverage our craft to help our clients in marketing for a better world. We value integrity, innovation, creativity, passion, and results and have developed a collaborative, culturally sensitive, work-family culture.

Job Summary

As a member of our creative services department, you would work hand-in-hand with the art director and designers to generate concepts, copy, and edit content for various accounts. 

Responsibilities:

  • Write original copy, edit, and proof promotional copy for ads, social, web, collateral, broadcast, radio, and other channels.
  • Guide and maintain brand consistency across channels.
  • Apply brand tone, style, structure, and voice to all copy and content.
  • Liaise with the Art Director and Designers to brainstorm and enrich the text with visuals to produce award-winning, results-driven creative assets. 
  • Collaborate across teams to coordinate each project’s concept, copy, visuals, and touchpoints.
  • Ability to collaborate and brainstorm with a Spanish copywriter to create and adapt concepts for English and Spanish-speaking audiences. 
  • Work with client relations teams to orchestrate project timelines and client needs.
  • Comfortably vary voice, style, and other characteristics based on the client’s needs, different industries, and various brand voices. 

Skills:

  • A minimum of 5 years of proven work experience in a similar role, advertising or marketing environment, multicultural advertising expertise, and Spanish bilingual/bicultural preferred.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for detail.
  • Exceptional proficiency in English, style, syntax, grammar, etc.  
  • A portfolio showing various compelling creative ideas that work across multiple channels. 
  • Strong organizational skills and project management skills.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong knowledge of MS Office or G-Suite, ASANA, or other project management programs.
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines, juggle multiple projects, and work independently in a fast-paced office.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment with multi-disciplinary teams are essential.

Salary & Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus bonus
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Group Health Plan
  • Dental, Life & Vision
  • Transit Benefit Program
  • Anniversary holiday
  • Hybrid work environment for eligible individuals

Contact Information:

Please send a cover letter, resume and link to portfolio to [email protected]

If you are interested in submitting your resume for an internship or review outside of the listed positions, please send cover letter and CV to [email protected]

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Purple Group is intentionally diverse. Our team composition consists of 54% Hispanic, 31% White and 15% Black individuals. For us, diversity and equity does not stop there, as we also have team members from the LGBTQ+ community, various generations (inclusive of Gen X, Gen Y/millennials and Gen Z) and different religions. Additionally, many of our team members are originally from other countries, such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Romania and the Netherlands.

Furthermore, in 2022, we introduced a Rising Marketer program, a pilot aimed at recruiting college graduates of color into the marketing and advertising industry. These individuals are highly intelligent and are being trained internally through every day experiences.