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Western Governors University

Copywriter

🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, UT

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $55K - $82K

💻 Other

🗓️ August 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

WGU is hiring a Copywriter. The Copywriter will create marketing content across multiple platforms, including the university's website, emails, and print campaigns, while developing messaging and product marketing campaign strategies. The role requires ensuring brand consistency and collaborating with internal and external partners to align creative solutions with business objectives.

Highlights
  • Develop marketing copy for website, email, direct mail, and print campaigns.
  • Lead messaging strategy and lifecycle campaign management.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and clients to ensure creative alignment with business goals.
  • Maintain brand voice and quality control of all written materials.
  • Manage email template creation and coding.
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite, especially Word and Excel; preferred experience with Adobe Creative Suite and email marketing platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree required; Communications, Journalism, or Marketing preferred, with 3+ years of copywriting experience.
  • Strong writing, communication, analytical, and project management skills required.
  • Experience with SEO best practices and content calendar management.
  • Compensation ranges from $54,800 to $82,200, with benefits including health coverage, retirement plan, paid leave, and tuition discounts.

Copywriter Full Description

Copywriter, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City Office
Full time

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: 
 
Grade: Professional 305Pay Range: $54,800.00 - $82,200.00

Job Description
About the role:
The Copywriter will be responsible for writing all types of marketing content for the university, including content presented on the university’s website, email, direct mail, and print campaigns.  This position will also take an extensive role in messaging strategy, product marketing campaign strategy, and lifecycle campaign management. The Copywriter is responsible for the copy integrity of marketing communications materials and programs through strategic direction and development of targeted messaging. Ensures copy is consistent with the university’s brand standards.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
  • Works with internal and external clients and colleagues to identify business objectives and ensure that creative solutions are on strategy—effectively explaining the creative strategy behind major marketing campaigns.
  • Understands WGU’s style and maintains tight quality control over all the pieces he/she creates; writes in brand voice and supports brand positioning.
  • Maintains product knowledge and understands needs of assigned business partners.
  • Successfully incorporates all changes and suggestions from internal department reviewers, business partners and legal and compliance reviewers.
  • Understands blog objectives and how it fits into University mission.
  • Maintains knowledge of industry and marketing communications trends, SEO best practices and understands blog objectives and how it fits into the university mission while incorporating new ideas into company's process and procedures.
  • Helps Creative team workflow process run smoothly and finds innovative ways to enhance it.
  • Develops and nurtures relationships with university colleagues— particularly in marketing, public relations and enrollment—operating as a positive agent for improving internal communications and workflow.
  • Develops broad marketing messages that can be conveyed across a variety of vehicles.
  • Working from creative briefs, teams with designers to develop and execute concepts for major program and marketing initiatives.
  • Writes and manages copy for the university’s website and may write additional SEO-driven assets as needed.
  • Writes and oversees content creation for vendor and affiliate sites, as directed.
  • May design/develop University brochures, flyers, and other print collateral.
  • May develop broadcast, and email marketing, direct mail campaigns.
  • Manage email template creation process and coding of all emails.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
  • Exceptional writing skills
  • Good collaborator
  • Ability to listen well and accurately define and deliver on project objectives
  • Ability to take complex topics and convey them in compelling, understandable copy
  • Collaborative, with exceptional communication skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communications/presentation skills
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills essential
  • Ability to manage and lead multiple projects at one time
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite, particularly Word and Excel
  • Writing samples required
  • Understands how to work with a monthly content calendar.

Job Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of related experience, or an advanced degree without experience.​
Department Specific Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree required. Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, or Marketing preferred.
  • 3+ years of copywriting experience
  • Seasoned writer with a demonstrated track record in writing for a variety of audiences and multiple topics
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with email marketing platforms and Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign)
  • Experience with B2B Marketing

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Position & Application Details
Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information
Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. 

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.