Copywriter- Pro Bono Marketing Projects

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. Join a team of highly skilled professionals who are doing pro bono work to help a local nonprofit increase its impact while boosting your resume and portfolio.

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

The Taproot Foundation 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 marketing personnel to improve existing marketing copy. 

Each Taproot Foundation project lasts 5 - 6 months with volunteers committing 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   

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