Senior Writer

The RoleYou generate original copy, know how to articulate and present your ideas expertly, and actively increase the quality of work in all the project teams you’re a part of. You have plenty of experience and have worked with a wide range of brands, sharpening strategy, clarifying creative, and creating tone of voices from scratch and seeing it through to brand guidelines.Your ResponsibilitiesYou create copy and develop brand tone of voice for a variety of brands, to a high standard.You are the lead author of copy on projects, building on and helping to shape ideas and direction with the team and clients.You are a confident and articulate presenter, able to communicate successfully with internal teams and clients.You ensure error free work and are able to prepare compelling decks, shaping the narrative and structure.You are a self starter who works with minimal oversight, capable of giving feedback and supporting others.You are passionate about tone of voice and able to engage in and facilitate discussion and analysis with clients and collaborators.You demonstrate ownership of your role and can both take and action feedback from your manager to progress within it and beyond.You have a strong awareness of the time required to complete strategic tasks. You are able to successfully manage your own time, calendar and meetings.You have a willingness to work in person in our Sydney studio, be an active part of our studio’s culture and are open to travel globally, from Shanghai to San Francisco.You have a great understanding of Figjam, Pitch and Notion.Our ResponsibilitiesWe will ensure you have meaningful and regular access to your manager to support your personal development and career trajectory.We will actively reward performance with promotions, pay increases and a discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary to all employees.We ensure Koto is an equal environment for all its employees regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual preference.We will support you in taking family leave and offer significant paid maternity and paternity.We will actively encourage you to take 25 days holiday yearly, in addition to NSW public holidays, one additional holiday day per year (capped at 5 additional days), and a studio closure between Christmas and New Year.We will contribute to anyone wanting to engage in a pension scheme, appropriate to your location.We deploy a monthly ‘employee wellness’ benefits package via Juno of $140 per month.We offer access to YCN and fund relevant training opportunities to any employee looking to develop themselves and career.We reward five years of service with $5,000 and five days holiday. We reward ten years of service with $10,000 and four weeks holiday. (Note: Final Reward program to be confirmed for Sydney.)We will give you the opportunity to work from any of the four koto studios globally, with appropriate planning and application.Our CultureAt Koto we encourage our team to be ‘rationally optimistic’ about the potential of our work, our clients, their businesses, and the power of brand.We pursue the best briefs, want to inspire meaningful work, and for those interested provide an opportunity to make the work of their lives. We are actively cultivating leadership, culture and spaces to encourage this.We work in person with an optional WFH day on Friday, and an additional two weeks remote a year. We believe this produces the best work, mentoring opportunities, collective learning and culture.We encourage autonomy in each member of our team, allowing them to manage their own time, hours and personal commitments appropriately to complete work.