
Retail · 887 people
Copywriter
Posted 9 Oct
What’s this role about? Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create strategic and creative copy across email, site, and paid channels. Contribute to tone of voice guidelines and develop fresh messaging for marketing campaigns and sale events.
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Company
About Rent the Runway Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”
Rent the Runway
Since 2009, Rent the Runway (RTR) has been transforming the way the way women get dressed - come join us!

Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Fashion, Merchandising, Styling, Growth, and internal teams to ensure our copy output aligns to business goals and ensures quality and consistency at scale.
- Collaborate with the CRM team to write evergreen emails that speak to styles, designers, trends, occasions, and cultural moments.
- Write promotional copy for major sale events across channels—and, the exciting part—strategically think of new ways to keep the creative fresh and eye-catching.
- Craft copy for our paid channels and collaborate with the design team to produce creative and conversion-driven ads.
- Contribute to the established tone of voice (TOV) guidelines and frameworks, ensuring company-wide adherence.
- Occasionally strategize with product designers on key site placements and future-state site projects.
Qualification
- 3+ years of experience in related brand copywriting roles in-house or agency side.
- You have experience producing work for integrated marketing campaigns and/or working on creative from concept to launch.
- A strong understanding of marketing and content channels and ability to adapt writing to fit the needs of the audience.
- A portfolio that showcases your writing style and strong strategic thinking applied across a range of deliverables.
- Familiar with Figma and open to learning new creative collaboration tools
- Proactivity, clear communicator and problem solver that can anticipate questions, independently assess solutions, and think critically and creatively.
- Confident and collaborative creator that inspires others to come together on a common goal.
- Demonstrates exceptional initiative, attention to detail, and follow-through executed at a high level of craftsmanship.
- Ability to thrive in a multifaceted, feedback-forward creative environment where tasks, priorities, and projects can change rapidly.
- Keep up to date with popular culture and trends, as well as creative work produced within the fashion advertising space.
- Enthusiastic adopter of new technologies (including generative AI) to enhance creativity and streamline workflows.
- Committed to continuous improvement, proactively seeking out and implementing new strategies for greater efficiency and optimized results.
Benefits
- At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to
- Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!
- Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts - to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
- 401k match - an investment in your future.
- Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
- Office centric work - our corporate employees and technical leaders have the option to work remotely on Fridays, in accordance with Company policies.
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- The anticipated base salary for this position is $64,397 to $80,497. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held. This position is also eligible for equity compensation.
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