Copywriter Internship at MediaMonks HQ (WFH)

Job Description

Are you our next(-level) copy intern? We have an internship opportunity for a creative writer who can craft excellent English copy and is eager to get even better. We’re looking for students with meticulous writing and editing skills, and a knack for digital production. The internship should be considered as a work experience position for 4 to 6 months.

What to Expect

• During this paid internship, you’ll become part of a small-star copy team that is WFH but formally based in Hilversum (not exactly Amsterdam, but we do provide free accommodation across the street).
• As a Copy Monk at MediaMonks, you’ll write for leading agencies and brands who seek our help for the creative production of digital projects and campaigns.
• You’ll help secure, shape, and sell the work we create through copy and creativity, championing clarity over cleverness.
• You’ll support our teams by writing, editing and proofreading for pitches, internal assignments and projects in production alike.
• Working on assignments big and small, you can expect to write anything from creative headlines and UI copy to social posts, scripts, marketing content and cases.
• Other than great copy, your job is to ensure that everything makes sense, is consistent and meets objectives.
• As you'll be looking after copy for projects mostly independently, the internship is as hands-on as it gets.
• You’ll get the opportunity to put your skills to work for top-name clients while getting detailed feedback on your writing from top-notch copywriters.
• You’ll get to collaborate with a group of incredible copywriters—including several former interns—to critique each other’s work, calibrate best practices, and confer about comma conundrums.
• Honing skills instead of holding hands, you’ll have a team who supports you rather than supervises you.

MediaMonks stands for equal-opportunity employment and welcomes applications from students of all backgrounds. Please be attentive to the requirements and accompany your application with a personal motivation before the end of August (consider this a first assessment). Questions? [email protected] has answers.

• You’re an EU student enrolled in a higher education programme throughout the internship (this a legal requirement, sorry).
• Work experience is not required; excellent English grammar and word play are.
• You like writing copy from scratch as well as enhancing texts written by others.
• You can capture ideas with copy that is clear and compelling at the same time: convincing without bullshit, cheesy puns or esoteric language (after all, the cognoscenti have no need for grandiloquence).
• You combine creativity with critical thinking; your analytical approach enables you to ask the right questions and proof ideas from a strategic and conceptual perspective.
• As part of a constructive feedback loop, you can give and handle criticism on copy without taking it personally.
• You can make a case for your copy, rationalising your choices and considerations to win people over with your words.
• As an editor, you are the change you want to see in the word: you improve what is said, not just how.
• Your attention to detail is close to annoying: typos, inconsistencies and questionable punctuation marks have little chance getting past your cursor.
• You have a great sense of personal responsibility and eagerly go the extra mile if that’s what it takes to make good great.

Being an intern at MediaMonks used to be nothing but awesome before corona made copywriting an even more solitary activity. If you can live with the idea of potentially doing an entire internship from home, we’d love to welcome you to the fold (daily team meetings and Slack banter included).

You’ll be part and pencil of a super-fast-moving company on a mission to become the best production partner in any field and market—operating as one team across time zones with 2,000 Monks and counting. You’ll get to contribute to projects for A-list clients, and get to hear about the fantastic food we used to have every day at our old office. If you stick around for long enough, you might even win an award or two (hundred) and join our parties and winter sports. With this prospect in mind, our ideal candidate is someone who’s looking to kick-off their career with a head start.