How To Become A Junior Copywriter: What It Is and Career Path

What is a junior copywriter and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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A junior copywriter creates text for their company or organization's projects. Most junior copywriters work for a marketing or advertising companies under a senior copywriter. He/She is responsible for generating sales letters, writing press releases, and creating content for blogs and websites. They work with an art director to create creative strategies, producing creative ideas for innovative campaigns. A junior copywriter uses feedback from colleagues to sharpen writing skills as he/she is responsible for generating texts to complement visual concepts created by an art director across many platforms like websites, mobile apps, sales letters, articles, brochures, blogs, etc. Also, he/she has to write a perfect and pleasing article that will engage his/her readers.

Junior copywriters need a wide range of creative and design skills, the ability to think creatively and translate those ideas into copy, the ability to meet up with the deadline and work under pressure. They must also be flexible and willing to accept new ideas from professionals, must have good eyesight -- an eye for details and perfection. Great organizational skills with a passion for writing are important as well. The educational qualification is at least a high school diploma or GED certificate and an associate or bachelor's degree in literature or English. A junior copywriter earns $44,139 on average per year.

ScoreJunior CopywriterUS Average

Salary

4.7

Avg. Salary $60,652

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability Level

6.2

Growth Rate 4%

Growth Rate 0.3%

Diversity

6.7

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36%

Asian 5.05%

Black or African American 6.15%

Hispanic or Latino 7.90%

Unknown 5.65%

White 74.90%

Gender

female 45.56%

male 54.44%

Age - 41

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 41

Stress Level

6.2

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity Level

8.4

Complexity Level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work Life Balance

5.5

Work Life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

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Key steps to become a junior copywriter

Explore junior copywriter education requirements

Most common junior copywriter degrees

Bachelor's

85.0 %

Master's

9.0 %

Associate

3.3 %

Start to develop specific junior copywriter skills

Skills	Percentages
Digital Marketing	8.24%
Copywriting	7.98%
SEO	7.70%
Proofreading	7.25%
Creative Concepts	7.23%

Complete relevant junior copywriter training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New junior copywriters learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a junior copywriter based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real junior copywriter resumes.

Research junior copywriter duties and responsibilities

Manage Facebook accounts, including doing research for relevant article uploads to boost site traffic.
Manage the editorial production of the pamphlets, brochures and graphic material to target worldwide audiences including china.
Proofread copy and suggest edits for senior copywriting team members.
Depend upon for the thoughtful development of creative concepts and copy for clients in insurance, healthcare and financial services industries.

Prepare your junior copywriter resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your junior copywriter resume.

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Apply for junior copywriter jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a junior copywriter job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
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How Did You Land Your First Junior Copywriter Job

Tike Ronald

Junior Copywriter, Evolution Writers

I’ve always wanted to be a writer, something that I went to the university to do.

I didn’t immediately get this role. I feel like I live in a country that celebrates the sciences more than the arts. So I first worked as a sales manager, then branched out and created my own firm. And yet, the desire to be a junior copywriter remained.

I had a major shift, a life changing moment happened to me and I was out of real work for a very long time. When I was able to work again, I went back to the firm I worked at as a sales manager again while I applied for copywriting roles.

Some months after returning to my previous job, I got a call from the manager of Evolution Writers to go work for him. It was everything I had ever dreamed of; remote working and a flexible pay - dependent on how long one worked. It was everything I could have asked for, so when the call came, I accepted.

It should be noted, however, that I am no longer in this role. I hope my short story will be of help to you.

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Junior Copywriter reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019

Pros

Creative freedom (in the right company) to conceptualise ideas and craft clever word pairings.

Cons

Clients tend to bin the greatest ideas and go with something generic Clients think they are copywriters Colleagues think copywriters only deal with words. Not concepts. The advertising landscape is becoming more visual and interactive so words are playing a smaller role.