Full-Time
Copywriter
Posted on 10/31/2025
Tombras
201-500 employees
Ad agency blending data and creativity
No salary listed
Knoxville, TN, USA
Hybrid
Relocation assistance may be provided.
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- 3–6+ years of experience in copywriting including branding, email, CRM and direct response
- Strong interest in the beauty space from hair and skin care to nail care
- A strong portfolio showcasing work evoking both emotion and brand voice, as well as short, punchy, high-performing copy
- Deep understanding of the email channel: constraints, best practices and writing for opens and clicks
- Desire and willingness to learn, grow and be mentored by senior team members across disciplines
- Experience collaborating with creative, design, strategy and data teams
- Ability to recognize creative ideas and see them through to completion
- Independent spirit, entrepreneurial attitude and a drive for innovation
- Culture junkie who loves a good idea
- Desire to create award winning advertising with a team of highly motivated creatives
- Pizzaz
- Responsible for ideating and concepting for national consumer brands
- Write advertising copy from concept to completion for broadcast, email, direct response and social and digital media to promote the sale of goods and services
- Write in a variety of styles, when needed
- Ability to write a tight headline, killer body copy, and viral tweets
- Collaborate in a respectful team forward way with other creatives
- Receive and activate feedback and constructive criticism from Creative Directors.
- Partner with an art director and designers to execute your ideas
- Outside the box thinking is a must.
Tombras is a 450+ person, full-service advertising and marketing agency with a digital mindset. It works with a wide range of national brands and combines data insights with creative campaigns to drive business results. The company distinguishes itself as one of North America’s top independent agencies, emphasizing the integration of data and creativity across channels rather than relying on a single medium. Its goal is to help clients grow by delivering measurable outcomes through integrated, data-informed marketing and communications.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1946
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Grown 2x in five years to 550+ employees and $1B annual media billings.
- Offers in-house capabilities spanning Strategy, Creative, Media, Data Science, and PR.
- Recognized as 2026 A-List Agency with largest U.S. family-owned status.
What critics are saying
- Opinionated leaders Fitzloff, Adams, Palmer, Daines defect, losing adidas and Hinge clients.
- Integration clashes cause 20-30% turnover in Opinionated's 40-person team within 12 months.
- WPP or Publicis buyout forces sale, ending independent edge in 18 months.
What makes Tombras unique
- Tombras is the only data-led, full-service independent agency growing without funding.
- Acquisition of Opinionated creates bi-coastal footprint from Knoxville to Portland.
- Holds equity in Worldwide Partners, world's largest independent network across 50 countries.
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Benefits
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Generous parental leave
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
401(k) Retirement Plan
Company News
Amidst massive industry disruption and consolidation, deal puts Tombras in a category of one as the only data-led, full-service independent growing without outside funding KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Knoxville-based Tombras today announced the most significant move in its mission to become the world's leading independent agency by acquiring Opinionated, the reigning Ad Age A-List Standout and Small Agency of the Year honoree. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and known for its ability to steward marquee blue chip brands, the agency's creative pedigree perfectly complements Tombras' data-led, full service creative and media capabilities. While already serving clients nationally, the strategic move cements Tombras' coast-to-coast footprint and makes it the only bi-coastal agency rooted in the heartland
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins' son joins the National Diaper Bank Network to shine a spotlight on diaper need, which impacts 1 in 2 US familiesNEW HAVEN, Conn., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) — a nonprofit organization and foremost expert on diaper need dedicated to ensuring that individuals, children and families have access to the basic necessities they require to thrive — has teamed up with writer-director/actor Jack Henry Robbins in a PSA that asks society to focus less attention on nepo babies and more on the fact that 1 in 2 U.S. families with young children can't afford diapers
The news of the award comes on the tail of Tombras winning the Agency Standout Award in 2022 and 2023. The ad agency is run by Dooley Tombras, the current... The post Knoxville-headquartered Tombras is named 2024 Independent Agency of the Year appeared first on Teknovation.biz.
Spirit Charitable Foundation hosts seventh annual Spirit Open with more than 200 participants. Event photos are available for download here. DANIA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spirit Charitable Foundation's seventh annual Spirit Open was in full swing earlier this week, raising more than $1.2 million for nonprofit organizations throughout Spirit Airlines' (NYSE: SAVE) network. The Foundation hosted the annual charity event with more than 200 participants whose generosity helps advance its mission and the meaningful work of its nonprofit partners