Senior Copywriter, The Honest Company
$77-105k
Office located in Playa Vista, CA
Natural baby and beauty products
Job no longer available
Natural baby and beauty products
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$77-105k
Office located in Playa Vista, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To challenge ingredients, ideals and industries so people can protect who they love!
Role
Who you are
- A self-starter who is a great collaborator and can lead editorial brainstorms
- A big picture thinker who can visualize copy holistically across channels
- Have experience in a digital first and B&M consumer products copywriting
- You thrive working under deadlines and with multiple projects simultaneously
- Creative and ambitious: You stay up on the industry trends, inspire teammates, and have a strong work ethic
- Curious and flexible: You take on new data, products and categories as a positive challenge and speak to them with authenticity and joy
- Bachelor’s degree (English, journalism, or other relevant area of study preferred)
- 3-5 years of copywriting experience (Beauty, personal care, or Baby Brand experience preferred)
- Online and e-commerce copywriting experience
- Superior writing and proofreading skills with an excellent command of grammar
- Familiarity with basic industry style guide standards
- Ability to organize, interpret and clearly present scientific information to a general audience
What the job involves
- Honest is looking for a Senior Copywriter to help shape and deliver our messaging across our Beauty, Baby and Personal Care brands
- The Copywriter will play an integral role in the formation of our brand creative strategy, product development, campaign development, and marketing communications across all mediums, to support a range of initiatives for our mission-driven, storytelling-focused company
- You’ll be responsible for leading the creation of holistic messaging across all channels to build our brand, increase awareness and drive consumer engagement/conversion
- We’re looking for someone who embraces strategic and creative solutions to inspire, educate and convert our customers through a language that is relatable, confident, and purposeful
- Work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment to ideate and develop engaging messaging for all online and offline marketing assets
- Create relevant and meaningful communications across marketing channels, including email, social, blog, paid media and d2c + retailer website
- Write inspiring, original and engaging copy for product descriptions
- Support creative team to development compelling storytelling and narratives for seasonal campaigns
- Contribute to larger product, campaign and/or brand initiatives, including helping to ideate messaging, storyboards, scripts, and taglines for launches
- Support initiatives to establish and refine brand identity and Tone + Voice
- Build systematic copy templates for evergreen work to save time for more creative endeavors
- Push the creative boundaries of our legal and regulatory requirements
Our take
The Honest Company was founded in 2012 by Jessica Alba with the simple idea to create everyday products that are safer, gentler, and more transparent about what goes into them. The brand built its reputation on "clean" personal care - things like baby products, skincare, and household items made without any of the harsh chemicals. Because of this approach, it quickly gained popularity with families looking for a trusted, easy-to-understand product.
Over time, Honest has grown into a well-known name in baby and personal care, with products designed for both kids and adults. Its lotions, shampoos and wipes are especially popular for being mild and easy on sensitive skin. In a fun and unexpected moment, even astronauts have taken notice, during the Artemis II mission, astronaut Christina Koch mentioned missing Honest's lotion while in space, showing just how widely love the brand has become.
The company has been going through a bit of a reset though, deciding to step back from selling directly to customers online, choosing instead to focus on retail partnerships and wholesale. This shift is part of a larger plan to cut costs and simplify the business after slower growth. While it means less direct control over how customer shop the brand, it should help Honest become more profitable and focused, leaning into what it does best while relying on big retail partners to drive scale in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2018
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2017
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $503m
Company benefits
- Competitive Compensation Packages
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental + Vision Insurance
- 401k with Company Match
- Generous Maternity + Paternity Leave
- Equity Compensation
- Generous Vacation Policy
- Wellness Incentives
- Free Onsite Gym + Fitness Reimbursement
- Pet Insurance
- Learning + Development Opportunities through our Honest University
- LinkedIn Learning Access
- Employee Giving Program + Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Education Reimbursement
Company HQ
Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Jessica Alba
(Founder)Beyond her acting career, she is a New York Times bestselling author and an advocate. She was also awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in the Webby Awards in 2016 and the Grace Kelly Award in 2015.
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