Communications Specialist

About the role

At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in. It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace!

Qualifications

• Be an inventive creative writer.
• Ability to adapt to our unique brand voice quickly.
• Have a cool, calm and composed demeanor in a high-energy, fast-paced retail environment. (This isn’t your regular desk job!)
• Detail oriented, deadline driven personality that can thrive in a fast paced, in-house retail operations department.
• Bachelor’s degree required in English, Journalism, Communications or comparable degree with a strong writing focus.
• Minimum 3 years experience in a corporate retail environment.
• Compile a professional writing portfolio demonstrating brand and retail expertise.
• Strong writing and proofreading skills are an absolute necessity.
• Ability to compute basic retail math. Must be able to interpret strategic and business metrics into a customer-facing message/advertising copy.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at one time. This is also an absolute must!
• Microsoft Office proficiency required, can work creatively on a MAC and Adobe Creative Suite skills are a BIG plus.

Responsibilities

• Write copy that is easy to consume and understand and by our field crew.
• Follow copy guides easily while adapting to the brand voice quickly.
• Negotiate effective solutions that reconcile occasionally conflicting business and brand demands.
• Review all projects for clarity, accuracy, legal compliance.
• Collaborate with all internal stakeholders to maintain brand standards and assure accuracy of information.
• Manage time efficiently to meet all project deadlines. Maintain strict adherence to production procedures, workflow and schedules.
• Perform copy-related administrative tasks like maintaining archives.