Jr. Copywriter

About Home Chef At Home Chef, we believe mealtime should be simple, delicious, and tailored to every lifestyle. We’re a team of chefs, creators, problem-solvers, and innovators working together to transform how people experience food at home. Whether it’s through our classic meal kits, express options, or Ready-to-Heat meals, we’re focused on delivering convenient, high-quality meals to kitchens across the country. We’re proud to introduce Tempo, our newest Ready-to-Heat brand designed for speed and flavor without compromise. Tempo offers chef-curated, microwave-ready meals crafted to keep up with today’s fast pace—bringing fresh variety and ease to busy lives. It’s just one more way we’re innovating to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Our culture is grounded in autonomy, inclusion, and trust. We move quickly, think creatively, and support one another through every challenge and win. Our employees are empowered to bring bold ideas to the table, and that entrepreneurial spirit continues to fuel our rapid growth. It’s what earned us Built In Chicago’s “Best Places to Work” in 2024 & 2025, and it’s what drives us as we grow across all departments and locations. If you're looking for a company where your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your work makes a real impact—we’d love to meet you. Join us as we continue to grow, innovate, and deliver meals people love!

Home Chef

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homechef.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Food and Beverage Services

Chicago, Illinois

Privately Held

37k LinkedIn followers

Raised $57M

• Create best-in-class native content
• Be well-versed in the current content landscapes
• Bring new, forward-thinking ideas to life that drive measurable results
• Work with other members of the creative team to execute content within deadlines
• Proficient at writing clear, engaging copy for videos and still images alike
• Develop innovative solutions to creative challenges
• Develop ways to communicate unique messages
• Develop clear, engaging, persuasive and on-brand copy for: marketing emails, retail/POP signage, Home Chef web pages, digital advertisements, social channels, company collateral, campaign videos and other endeavors as needed
• Leverage our existing style guide and help evolve it to accommodate the growing needs of the company
• Work closely with the design, marketing, retail, and product teams to create content, develop workload efficiencies and collaborate on output
• This position requires 0-10% travel.

• Completion of a four-year degree program.
• Ability to write persuasively in both a formal and social voice
• Ability to communicate in the Home Chef brand voice
• Comfortable with multiple formats and lengths
• Ability to write with engaging, emotive tone as well as a transactional/directive copy tone
• Proofreading and editing skills
• Responsible attitude, confidence, autonomy, proactivity, attention to details and the ability to cast ahead for future projects
• Easily move between solo work as well as team collaboration
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner while balancing time, multitasking and interruptions
• Highly creative and imaginative, and ability to produce innovative and original ideas
• Experience with 360 marketing campaigns as well as direct and transactional digital channels
• Openness to receiving feedback
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize strategic messages and multiple opinions into consumer-friendly copy
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college
• 1+ year of experience in copywriting for a brand or consumer-facing company
• Food industry experience a plus
• Ad agency experience a plus

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
• We are humble team players.
• We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
• We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
• We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
• We take ownership.
• We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
• We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
• Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.
• Illinois Pay Range
• $57,000—$63,000 USD
• To view the California Applicant Notice click here