English Copywriter

Job description / Role

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

The English language copywriter will be responsible for advertising copy development including headlines, and copy body for all marketing campaign items developed by the Creative Design team. The primary role of the copywriter will be to do research, conceptualize, and create original copy. The copywriter will work with the creative team to develop, produce, and deliver work for external and internal marketing needs that ensure the organization's high creative standards and reflects the brand voice and personality.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Full command of the craft of advertising and promotional copy writing; able to develop fresh, engaging and well-structured headlines, body copy, and calls to action
- Develop creative ideas and concepts
- Translate high-level concepts and creative briefs into finished copy
- Write clear, persuasive, original copy
- Proofread copy to check spelling and grammar
- Amend, revise or redevelop adverts or campaigns in response to feedback
- Develop campaign content across multiple mediums including, but not limited to: video, TV, radio, websites, banner ads, social media, print collateral, direct mail, and exhibits
- Writing press releases, flyers, Brochures, leaflet, On-line editorial, advice column, and newsletters
- Oversee campaigns through the production stage to completion
- Work on several projects at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines
- Liaise with production companies, photographers, typographers, designers, and printers
- Keep up to date with popular culture and trends
- Ability to write in a variety of formats and styles for multiple audiences
- Liaise with proponents and interpreting their briefs
- Present ideas to colleagues and proponents
- Ability to grasp complex concepts and make them easily understandable
- Ability to analyze large volumes of information and extract key points and messages.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
- University degree in Public Relations, Communication, Marketing, Advertisement, Journalism, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in Advertisement or related field
- Excellent command of oral and written English
- Should be able to adapt to multicultural environment
- Solid portfolio of previous of work

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.