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Work at Ursa Major

Ursa Major is growing by leaps and bounds and we’re looking for some smart, inspired folks to join our growing team here in Waterbury, Vermont.

Are you passionate about healthy living? Do you want to join a small, entrepreneurial company switching tens of thousands of people each year over to delightful, toxin-free personal care? Read on!

Open Positions

  • We’re looking for a whiz copywriter to help bring our brand voice and message out into the world. Our dream candidate is a sharp and nimble writer with a knack for developing consistent, engaging copy across a range of media and channels (e-commerce, social media, email and beyond). They can easily master our brand voice but aren’t afraid to push boundaries, they have serious skills but don’t take themselves too seriously and they thrive in a fast-growing, collaborative environment. The position is based in our office in beautiful Waterbury, Vermont.

    About Our Dream Candidate

    You’re a creative thinker, a lover of words and care about using them to spark meaningful connections with the people that read them. You are a few years into honing your craft and are ready to flex your skills across different media and channels. You’re excited to join an entrepreneurial company with lots of momentum, working across a wide array of projects and collaborating closely with the marketing team, creative team, and company founders.

    Core Responsibilities
    • - Craft high-level and channel-specific messaging for marketing campaigns
    • - Develop copy for landing pages and evergreen website pages
    • - Concept and craft engaging paid social ads
    • - Develop headlines for quarterly homepage and social banners
    • - Help maintain messaging library and learnings
    • - Ensure that every bit of copy we put out into the world is right on point, while conforming to our evolving brand standards
    • - Potentially serve as our in-house editor for selected channels and projects
    • - Potentially create or source periodic blog posts to test longer-format copy

    Qualifications
    • - Strong portfolio of relevant copy work
    • - Passion for writing, editing and storytelling
    • - Creative thinker and problem-solver
    • - Ability to concept and execute content
    • - Eagerness to learn and evolve skills
    • - Strong collaborator: takes direction, offers input, not afraid to share ideas
    • - Detail-oriented but sees the big picture
    • - Likes to move quickly
    • - Previous experience in Beauty or Skincare (or premium branded consumer goods) a plus
    What you’ll love about working at Ursa Major:
    • - Competitive compensation, plus equity
    • - Health benefits and paid parental leave
    • - Generous vacation time plus 2 Epic Days yearly
    • - Dog friendly office
    • - Monthly team lunches and a kitchen stocked with snacks + local brews
    • - Quarterly team outings
    • - Work hard, play hard crew (we play cornhole, and we play to win)
    • - Ursa Major products - of course!
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  • Don’t see your dream job here but still interested in exploring a role at Ursa Major? Shoot us an email telling us how you think you can help grow our business. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume (or LinkedIn profile) to careers@ursamajorvt.com (it might help to put the job you’re applying for in the email Subject). Thank you!

    Apply Now

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume (or LinkedIn profile)

to careers@ursamajorvt.com (it might help to put the job you’re applying for in the email Subject). Thank you!