Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Copy Lead
Salary up to AED 20,000
Dubai UAE

Our client is a locally founded established business, who is looking to recruit for a Copy Lead to join their Dubai offices.
Main Purpose of this position is to define and manage the companys approach to editorial content across all media, as well as helping develop our overall content strategy. Defining, developing and safeguarding the company tonality and copy / editorial style in English. Managing and building a team of editors. Creating creative advertising / content concepts and English copy.

Responsibilities:
Defining and developing an approach to editorial content across all media.
Defining, developing and safeguarding the company tonality and copy / editorial style in English.
Shaping and driving the regional content strategy with the Senior Content / Creative Lead and the wider agency team.
Driving the creation of engaging editorial content across all media that delivers and builds the company message of disrupting consumer exploitation in the region and globally.
Writing world-class English copy and ensuring that our creative concepts are world class and that our brand message is delivered in an engaging way.
Working together with the wider agency team to align objectives and activities and create world class creative concepts with compelling content as the core.
Supporting and consulting the local PMMs regarding their local editorial and copy / content related activities.
Building and managing a world-class team of storytellers internally and building and nurturing an external partner network to manage and scale the production of our content streams.

Requirements

Criteria:
3-5 years experience in creating compelling editorial content and creative concepts in a transmedia setting.
Strong experience and skills in English copywriting and long-form writing.
Experience, understanding of and passion for the MENA region and culture as well as the concept of collaborative economy.
Experience in managing a virtual team across multiple countries and time zones.
Deep understanding of modern creative storytelling bridging different media as well as virtual and physical.

Unfortunately due to the high volume of candidate applications only the successful candidates will be contacted.

About the Company

Connect Executive Search Middle East is a full service selection and placement agency that is focused on supplying the best pool of talent to the Middle East. Offering an unrivalled level of service, our aim is to connect organisations with leading professionals through our team’s sector specific knowledge and in-depth understanding of the Middle East market.

We cover multiple sectors as following:

• Emiratisation & Government • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Legal & Business Support • OIL, Gas & Energy • Industrial and Engineering

At Connect Executive Search Middle East, finding employees the work they are best suited for, and by finding employers those candidates who are the right fit within their organization, we provide value to society as a whole. By finding the right balance between the needs of the employer and the changing wishes of employees, we will bring supply and demand closer together. It is our mission to inspire individuals and organisations to work more effectively and efficiently, and create greater choice in the domain of work, for the benefit of all concerned.

Get personalised updates on latest vacancies
Job Alerts by Email
  • Personalised updates on latest career opportunities
  • Insights on hiring and employment activity in your industry
  • Typically sent twice a month