Copywriters Needed – Pro Bono Marketing Projects
About Us
The Taproot Foundation is a volunteer organization that builds teams of marketing and creative services, strategy management, human resources, and information technology professionals to work on projects for local nonprofits. Oversee a team of highly skilled professionals who are doing pro bono work to help a local nonprofit increase its impact while gaining visibility in the nonprofit sector.
As a Taproot Foundation volunteer, you will have the chance to work with a local nonprofit organization specializing in one of the following issue areas:
• Education
• Health
• Environment
• Social Services
• Arts
Taproot lets you "give what you know" so that you can make the strongest impact on your local community while networking and growing professionally. We are currently looking for seasoned copywriters to join our award-winning pool of professional volunteers.
Copywriters Needed
The Copywriter role is responsible for creating the marketing copy for website, brochure, naming, key messages, or annual report projects. He or she will often work closely with the nonprofit’s personnel to improve existing marketing copy.
Qualifications
• 5+ years of post-baccalaureate experience in a copywriting capacity at a marketing or advertising firm setting
• Ability to translate ideas and concepts into words, and to take direction and constructive feedback from researchers and clients
• A portfolio with samples that demonstrate your significant experience writing for least one of our Service Grant project types (print collateral, websites, key messages, naming) is required
Each Taproot Foundation project lasts 5 - 6 months with each pro bono consultant committing an average 3 - 5 hours of their time each week, often virtually. This opportunity is flexible enough to work around the schedule of your full-time job.
To learn more, please visit us at
http://www.taprootfoundation.org/volunteering.
