About our Company

Octopus Creative is a fast-growth, start-up marketing agency located in the heart of Alberta’s Lakeland.  We are committed to providing modern solutions to help our clients achieve success in the digital age.  As a member of our Crew, you will be encouraged to contribute your ideas to the direction of our company and will have the opportunity to grow your position as our company evolves.

Words to describe our company: caring, outgoing, creative, innovative, unique, bright, colourful, and diverse!

Content Strategist/Copywriter

We are seeking a super-talented and highly creative Content Strategist/Copywriter with an impressive track record of experience to contribute to our current team.

The ideal candidate is a little quirky with a great sense of humour! You are keen to work in a creative, results driven environment using content creativity coupled with mind-blowing copywriting. You can understand a client’s essence and take it from ideation to a brilliantly crafted execution.  You have a passion for creative content, social media marketing, and are a total word nerd! If you have mad skills, and this sounds like you, we invite you to join our fun and fast-paced crew!

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with other passionate marketers, designers, writers, developers and strategists on a wide range of interesting client projects
• Developing creative content, managing digital strategy and overseeing campaigns from concept to delivery
• Managing the day-to-day social media presence and content strategies of a growing portfolio of clients, which includes; managing a content calendar, and applying best practices in optimizing content and testing advertising campaigns for the various channels
• Produce compelling copy for a variety of marketing channels (web, OOH, social media, radio, print)

What we’re looking for:

• 2-5 years experience producing social content or managing social channels for an established digital brand, agency or publication
• A strong foundation in marketing/comunications with a degree or diploma in a related field
• A strategic mindset and an eye for detailed execution to ensure quality and consistency for our client’s brands
• In-depth experience of all things Facebook
• Basic knowledge of executing paid social media campaigns (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin)
• Great communication skills with an expert command of the English language
• Proven attention to detail
• Ability to work independently or as a team
• Excellent prioritization skills with a results focused mindset
• You have the basics – It goes without saying that you need to be a hard worker, self-motivated to succeed, can work well with others, are organized, have great ideas, and are a nice person to be around

Bonuses:

• Ad agency experience
• Bilingual (English & French)
• A killer portfolio
• A great joke that you can tell us!

What we offer:

• Salary commensurate with experience
• A flexible and creative work environment
• A fun and supportive team