Copywriter

Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines.

We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.

Wasserman is a leading marketing, management, representation and sales business that serves talent, brands and properties on a global scale.

We operate at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, empowering clients, igniting passions and inspiring fans worldwide.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 27 countries and more than 65 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney.

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In Canada, we’ve proudly been recognized as the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada’s Agency of the Year’ for 3 years running.

As Wasserman supports hybrid working environments, the successful candidate will have the option to work from our office in Toronto and a remote location.

The Opportunity

Sports.

Culture.

Creativity.

What do those three words have in common? They’re the tenants of what could be your new job with us at Wasserman.

We’re looking for an intermediate creative team who are over the traditional agency BS and ready to take their careers to the next level.

Full stop : this is an opportunity to produce breakthrough creative work for huge clients in the worlds of sports, music, and entertainment.

In this role, you will report the Creative Director but also work seamlessly with strategy, content, and account teams across our consulting, experiential, talent, and creative verticals as required.

You will be encouraged to break boundaries on a project-to-project basis, stimulated by several creative opportunities across all Wasserman Canada accounts, most likely within the sports and entertainment landscape.

Wasserman is investing heavily in Creative services and capabilities. Our ambition is to become as renowned for Creative work as we are for Partnership Consultancy work.

This journey will only be made possible through a relentless commitment to quality of thinking and of execution. You will be responsible for the delivery of fresh, evocative, and persuasive creative strategy, setting the strategic foundation for all Wasserman Canada creative output, and ultimately, ensuring executional success with our clients.

What You Will Do.

• Foster a positive, collaborative, team-oriented environment aligned to Wasserman’s inclusive company culture and values.
• Be responsible and accountable for boundary-pushing creative ideas for our clients
• Help raise the standards of our creative work
• Translate data and insight-led briefs into unexpected creative ideas
• Monitor ongoing creative trends within sports, music, lifestyle and entertainment, and produce proactive ideas based on them
• Have a team-first, ego-less attitude and excitement to be joining us at a time of excitement and inspiration

Requirements

What We’re Looking For.

• 3+ years experience as a copywriter and idea generator
• A love of culture especially a passion for sports, as well as music and entertainment
• An enthusiastic, thoughtful teammate - a change agent with endless optimism.
• Someone who loves a problem, and more importantly, trying to solve it.
• A drive to be great both as a human and as a creative
• A self-starter : you are excited to bring thoughts and ideas forward even if they aren’t for an existing brief
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills with the ability to sell through big integrated creative ideas, internally and externally.
• Prior experience and / or knowledge in sports, music, and entertainment are beneficial.

Benefits

Base salary range : $65 - 70k, plus bonus potential if applicable for role.

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills / training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc.

The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role