Copywriter

About Protect Life Michigan

Thousands of lives are on the line every day due to abortion. Are you ready to stand up and change hearts to stop it? We are defenders on a mission to recruit, equip, and deploy students around Michigan to become passionate and professional social reformers. We won’t stop until abortion is unthinkable. Since 2005, we have grown from a group of volunteers to a team of dozens of powerhouse activists. Each team member is bright, strategic, and dedicated to protecting the unborn. 

Join our team to help us recruit even more talent, expand our mission to make abortion unthinkable in Michigan!

About the role

Protect Life Michigan is seeking a hardworking, innovative, and vision-driven individual to join our Communications and Marketing Team as an integral member. This individual will assist the Director of Communications and Marketing with various writing projects including emails, website copy, outreach literature, press releases, op-ed articles, and Protect Life Michigan’s annual report.

What you'll do

• Help ensure consistency of branding and messaging across various channels and to different audiences such as student advocates, donors, and persuadable pro-choice people
• Assist in maintaining Protect Life Michigan’s language & style guide
• Research relevant trends and apply them to Protect Life Michigan's email marketing content and strategy.
• Assist with regular event marketing for events such as the Life Advocate Intensive, March for Life, Summer Internship Program, and Student Celebration.

Qualifications

●  Commitment to the pro-life movement and the mission of Protect Life Michigan. 

● Ability to commit to the position for at least one year. 

● Strong ability to communicate effectively in writing

● Positive view of support-raising and/or fundraising.

● A positive attitude, attention to detail, and ability to organize effectively. 

● Proficiency in Google Applications, Canva, Mailchimp, popular social media platforms, and graphic design (preferred).
● Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and productively.

Salary/Benefits

Salary and benefits are determined by the needs of the individual, commensurate with education and experience. Benefits include: 

• After completing 1 year of work, eligibility for employer-matched Simple IRA.
• Ample professional development opportunities.
• Ample paid vacation time, holidays, and sick days.
• Semi-flexible schedule to be set with the employee and supervisor
• Ability to work from home.
• Health Insurance Benefit: Eligible employees receive a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) to help cover medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums. Annual reimbursement limits range from $3,000–$5,000 for individual coverage and $5,000–$10,000 for family coverage, depending on weekly hours worked. Employees working fewer than 10 hours per week are not eligible.

Support Raising

• Protect Life Michigan is a support-raising organization. The salary and all expenses associated with this position will be fundraised by the candidate. Protect Life Michigan will provide training and coaching in order to help the candidate reach full support and will pay the candidate while they raise support. We have an excellent track record of helping job candidates reach full support: 85% of our candidates have reached full support within 2-3 months.
• You will complete support raising prep work over the first 1-3 weeks, then you will attend a support raising bootcamp around week 4 of your employment with PLM. Subsequently, you will spend the next 6-13 weeks support raising before beginning your job duties.
• All applicants must be supportive of this approach and open to engaging in it.
• More information can be found on our website.