Copywriter, Campaigns (Hybrid Based In San Francisco)

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

Since its redesign, the Rippling brand has become a huge asset and differentiator for the company. Now, with the respect and trust of stakeholders at all levels, we are responsible for stewarding the brand across every touchpoint on the web with craft and care.

We are looking for an experienced marketing and advertising Copywriter to extend across high touch and multi-channel brand campaigns, integrated product launches, all the way through performance advertising. The ideal candidate brings a high degree of strategic and conceptual thinking combined with exceptional copywriting skills to uniquely communicate brand sentiment across campaigns for both internal and external audiences.

You will be based in our San Francisco, CA office and will be required to be in office 3x/week.

What you will do

• Work alongside the Creative Director and Creative Campaign team to develop full-funnel campaigns from concept to execution for product launches, brand moments, events, and growth initiatives.
• Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team of designers and copywriters to develop concepts for a wide range of applications spanning OOH, broadcast, social, performance marketing, environments, print collateral, and more.
• Partner with Customer Marketing to develop bespoke and engaging customer stories.
• Steward stakeholders through the creative process, advocating for both conceptual and functional solutions when appropriate.
• Work with a roster of photographers, videographers, editors, advertising and production agencies, and freelancers to support your vision and work.

What you will need

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role (in-house SaaS experience is always a bonus).
• Ability to point to advertising campaigns and your role bringing them to life.
• A deep understanding of copy’s role in the creative process.
• Comfort presenting concepts and campaign platforms.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Desire to validate concepts with real customer feedback.
• See the value in iteration.
• Ability to self-guide and manage projects with minimal direction.
• Ability to embrace feedback and pivot accordingly.
• Great communication skills
• Drive to find the perfect word choice that creatively solves marketing asks.
• Understanding of Figma, Adobe CS, Asana, JIRA, Google Workspace, Slack, and Google Analytics.

Brand Studio is a team of multidisciplinary designers, copywriters, and operators. We deliver resonant and performant creative work by applying a deep understanding of the brand, product, and customer. We partner across the company to transform briefs into compelling work that elevates the brand and drives engagement. Read more here:

• How we pulled off an in-house rebrand in four months, Nov 2020
• Some of our most recent launches: The Rippling Effect, Wavemakers, Meet Talent Signal, One Place

Even if you don’t meet all of the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply. Skills can be used in lots of different ways and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture.

Additional Information:

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com.

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a 40 mile radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.