Dagger

Dagger’s creative department is a close-knit team of deeply driven, passionate, innovative thinkers, makers, and doers. We’re looking for another stellar addition to the team to help us craft and cultivate ideas that will strengthen our portfolio, win more awards, and help us achieve our goals as the most compelling agency Atlanta has ever seen.

To put it very plainly, we need a super talented TV writer. 

We’re looking for someone with range: very strong in the humor department, but at the same time, not "addicted" to humor. The ideal candidates will be accomplished but still very much in the reel-building phase. More than anything, we're looking for someone who loves the work, loves doing the work, selling the work, producing the work, and being highly prolific.

How can you tell if this role is right for you?

We're not looking for someone who has great ideas but can't get them on the page in the right way or a master-of-craft who never surprises us with their ideas. We're looking for the full package here.

If you have:

• Most likely, at least 5 years experience as a copywriter consistently writing for broadcast and producing work in a brand advertising agency environment.
• A history of writing polished, professional scripts with little oversight.
• An awesome reel of work.
• A skillset described as a blend of "conceptual big thinker" and "technically proficient practitioner."

And you’re really good at:

• Presenting work to managers to ensure concepts and copy align strategically with the brand and brief, including messaging, voice, and tone.
• Approaching your growth and personal development with a positive attitude – this includes your ability to receive feedback, coupled with an insatiable appetite for learning
  and improving.
• Researching to uncover new and interesting insights that inspire creative work.
• Working with various creative team members,  project managers, and executive leadership to develop concepts and deliver for video, social and digital, among others.
• Developing copy that strategically supports a concept, whether that means it is emotional, educational, inspiring, entertaining, etc.
• Accepting, understanding, and acting upon feedback and criticism--including standing behind and explaining your work to managers and account teams and working together to make the work better.
• Meeting and communicating about project milestones and deadlines.
• Presenting to senior clients and selling your concepts.

About Dagger
Built after the era of mobile and social proliferation, Dagger is a strategic content agency designed to lead brands within today’s fast-moving, consumer-driven marketplace. We believe that to prosper, brands must behave more like media companies — innovating new ways to capture people’s attention by distributing culturally relevant content across all forms of media.

Benefits

Join an award-winning team, named one of Ad Age’s 2021 Best Places to Work, the recipient of a 2020 Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award (Silver, Southeast), and consecutively listed in Adweek’s 100 fastest-growing agencies (2019, 2020).

• Paid Parental and Adoption/Caregiver Leave
• Continuing Education stipend
• On-site cafe with barista on staff in addition to complimentary snacks and beverages
• Dog-friendly office in Old Fourth Ward with direct access to the BeltLine
• Company-wide social events like Happy Hours, retreats, and more! (We're remote for now, but keeping the human connection alive with socially-distanced team events.)
• Wellness Fridays

Who We Are

Dagger is a full-service creative agency leading the way in Atlanta. Driving clients’ business outcomes with a nimble, media-company mindset, we innovate new ways to capture attention by distributing valuable content across media. Butter.ATL, Dagger’s in-house media company (a 2020 Webby Award honoree), is Atlanta’s definitive culture channel and a sought-after stage for the city’s cultural icons. Equipped with in-house content production capabilities, Dagger offers brand and content strategy, storytelling, campaign thinking, media connections, and more.