Job Details
Job Location
APMEX DOWNTOWN – Oklahoma City, OK
Remote Type
Hybrid
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Not Specified
Salary Range
$60,000.00 – $65,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Negligible
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Marketing
Description
We are seeking a local candidate for this role! We would love to see you in our OKC office Tuesday-Thursday to experience our culture!
The Editor & Senior Copywriter is a lead role on the SEO & Content team at APMEX. This role will work under the Director of SEO and Content alongside our two copywriters. The ideal candidate will write content about the Precious Metals industry on technical topics such as investing, market movements, and more. The writer best suited for this role takes complicated financial topics and makes them easy to understand. This role also requires someone who can create compelling marketing copy for landing pages, banners, headlines, emails, app, and more.
The Editor and Senior Copywriter will perform research by conducting interviews with our in-house experts and industry contacts to develop unique and authoritative copy. Articles written should be free of grammatical, spelling and syntax errors. This position is a lead role and will provide support to other copywriters on the team by editing and proofing content and providing feedback. Our SEOs and copywriters collaborate to ensure our content will succeed when read critically by discerning customers and by search engines determining the value of our copy.
A Day in the Life of the Editor & Senior Copywriter:
- Conducts research online and via interview of subject matter experts
- Writes articles that are well researched, authentic and that display APMEX’s industry expertise
- Articles must be free of grammatical, syntax, and spelling errors
- Proofreads and edits other writers’ work, provides constructive feedback to improve writing
- Develops copy for the website and other marketing collateral
- Develops ecommerce focused website copy for product pages, categories, etc. that are SEO friendly
- Develops in-depth, informative content for the Knowledge Center; APMEX’s education focused resource on Precious Metals
- Aids in the development of our content calendar for blogs, Apps and YouTube channel
- Monitors the spot prices of precious metals and provides timely content based on market movements and newsworthy events related to our industry
- Uses keywords as appropriate (provided by the SEO), and structures content in a way that’s friendly to read by users and bots alike
- Opportunities to appear on APMEX’s YouTube channel as an interviewer and/or technical expert
- Organizes work in JIRA, working collaboratively with the broader APMEX team
APMEX is a multibillion-dollar eCommerce company that is the leader in Precious Metals. Our customers love our selection and service – our employees love our values and culture. Our APMEX team is large enough to get the job done better than anyone else in the industry while small enough to listen to and care about our employees. Without their dedication, APMEX would not continue to be named the #1 Specialty eRetailer by Internet Retailer Magazine! See why APMEX was “Voted as one of the Best Places To Work in Oklahoma!”
Qualifications
Qualifications
- 4-6 years’ experience in copywriting
- Demonstrable experience writing marketing copy
- Demonstrable experience writing (or willingness and ability to learn) about financial topics such as commodities, stocks, investments, precious metals, etc.
- Experience with Content Management Systems
- WordPress experience a plus
- Exceptional proofreading capabilities
- Exceptional editing capabilities
- Experience with JIRA a plus
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite
Fantastic benefits provided by APMEX!
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Short Term Disability & Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401K (Company matches!)
- Free Lunch every day
- Tuition Reimbursement
- College Debt Repayment
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off with Sell Back Option
- Paid Day off for your Birthday
- Paid Volunteer Opportunities
- Lunch and Learns
- Free Downtown Parking