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We’re seeking a creative and collaborative entry-level copywriter who’s excited to learn and take on a wide variety of projects in support of our mission and impact.

In this role, you’ll be part of a small creative team that helps communicate initiatives, ideas, and stories through our public television series, brand marketing and social media campaigns, workforce tools and resources, educational programs, and more.

This is an entry-level role, and you’ll have room to learn, so the most important thing you can possess is a good foundation in writing and communicating ideas. We’re especially looking for someone with an ability to keep a key audience in mind and speak directly to them in a friendly, relatable, and clear way.

Here are some other things we’re looking for: You love thinking about how to communicate ideas and tell stories; you’re detail-oriented and have some proofreading skills; you have an interest in education and social issues that impact life and career outcomes; you’re proactive, solutions-oriented, and a great collaborator and communicator.

That last one is especially important because, on the copy team, we collaborate with almost every department in the organization—film and production, marketing, partnership development, impact measurement, education, product and UX, and more. That means you’ll get to work on many different kinds of projects, dive deep into a variety of ideas and topics, and work closely with a good portion of the wonderful, mission-driven folks across the company.

The flip side of that: We’re often doing something new, so adaptability, curiosity, and the ability to understand and focus on the core mission are key.

This position is open for either fully remote or hybrid in our office in Costa Mesa, CA.

Who we are: Roadtrip Nation is a nonprofit career exploration organization that empowers people to define their own roads in life. We’re one part media company and one part education organization. What that means in practice is that we create humanizing career stories and content that power our career resources, educational programs, and tools to support people in building confidence and finding their path forward.

Our award-winning documentary series on public television has been on the air for more than 20 years, covering topics like careers in public service, finding your path after incarceration, women in STEM, and much more. And we wrote a best-selling career guide based on the advice we’ve heard over the last two decades.

We create our primary impact through partnerships with leading social impact organizations and other mission-driven organizations who support this storytelling work on public television and connect our learner-driven career exploration programs and tools to people striving to find their paths in life.

What does this position entail? In this role, you’ll work on the copy team to ideate, write, and edit written content across a variety of platforms and mediums—from videos to websites to educational materials.

What we’re looking for: A great writer who’s creative, detail-oriented, adaptable, and engaged—and feels excited by the idea of learning and working on a range of different kinds of projects and topics.

A typical week in this role might include

• Writing for our blog or newsletter
• Brainstorming names for a new series or product
• General editing and proofreading
• Researching relevant topics and issues to inform creative briefs and new projects
• Brainstorming social ads and campaigns with the marketing team
• Scripting videos for YouTube, or a lesson video, or a marketing video
• Collaborating with directors and editors on our post-production team to create onscreen copy and credits for our public television series
• Working with producers to create our applications and promotional materials for upcoming documentary projects
• Writing website copy for our documentary series and workforce projects
• Helping to create materials for our educational programs, lessons, and tools

$45,000 - $55,000 a year

The pay range listed is based on national compensation benchmark data and may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, variations in cost of labor, and in some cases, geographic location. The exact job offer will be determined based on several factors such as the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications and experience relative to the requirements of the role. The range displayed with the job posting represents the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across the U.S.

The company also reviews and considers internal equity (current employee salary) when hiring new employees to the organization. The range is the expected starting base salary for someone hired into this position with room to grow professionally, including increased earning potential beyond the starting pay range. Beyond a new hire’s base salary, Roadtrip Nation also offers all full-time employees a comprehensive employee benefit package, extensive holidays and time off, and tons of perks.

Many routes, one journey

Roadtrip Nation is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity employer. Our mission is to empower people to define their own roads in life. We are always looking to grow the diversity of our internal teams, in order to create richness and depth in our story-telling and fully represent the populations in which we serve. Every story and background adds richness to our culture, and we continually strive to mirror that diversity of stories on our own team. When we hire, we envision a workforce representing as many backgrounds, identities, and roads as possible. We can’t wait to hear more about your story.

Note: Research suggests that individuals identifying as Black, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, members of the LGBTQIA community, women, and people living with disabilities may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive at Roadtrip Nation to apply for this role.

How do I apply?

Please submit your cover letter and resume at https://www.roadtripnation.com/join-our-team