Sarah Grech
Copywriter

Sarah Grech

Award-winning copywriter from Weber Shandwick.

About

Sarah Grech is a creative copywriter with strong expertise in social media marketing and management. At Weber Shandwick, she has community-managed pages on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter and also written digital content, scripts, media materials, tone of voice documents, key messages, website copy, and speeches for clients across the agency. Sarah won the 2018 Guardian Young Lions in the digital category and her experience also includes editing press materials, media monitoring, and outreach for product launches and campaigns.

Employment

5 roles
Jun 2016 - Present 9 years 11 months
Writer
Independent

Pitched and wrote articles on everything from up-and-coming artists to online dating. 

  • Worked with them on a contest and partnership with digital publication She Does the City. 
  • Wrote for Sophomore Mag, Brick, and 29Secrets.
Sep 2017 - Jul 2019 1 year 10 months
Copywriter
MSLGroup UK

MSLGroup is a public relations (PR) network of companies specializing in strategic communications and engagement. The company is part of the French multinational Publicis Groupe.

  • Refreshed brands’ tone of voice, social content, and communications. 
  • Helped on both new business pitch concepts and campaigns for consumer, employee, and corporate clients and developed the agency’s tone of voice. 
Feb 2016 - Aug 2017 1 year 6 months
Copywriter
Weber Shandwick Toronto
  • Worked with account teams, art directors, and creative directors to turn creative briefs into national brand campaigns. 
  • Wrote digital content, scripts, media materials, tone of voice documents, key messages, website copy, and speeches for clients across the agency. 
  • Managed new business pitches and internal agency content. 
  • Developed several campaigns, one of which produced 150 unique pieces of social content and resulted in 5.7 million impressions and a $0.07 cost per engagement.
Dec 2014 - Feb 2016 1 year 2 months
Digital Coordinator
Weber Shandwick Toronto
  • Community-managed pages on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. 
  • Involved in the digital process from start to finish; beginning with content and campaign development, through to posting, paid media strategy and implementation, and finishing with results reporting. 
  • Ran influencer campaigns and managed content and contracts. 
  • Worked as a member of the improv team (which led to the eventual copywriting role) and brainstormed campaign ideas for clients across the agency. 
Aug 2014 - Oct 2014 2 months
PR Intern
Revlon Canada
  • Edited press materials, media monitored, and outreached for product launches and campaigns. 
  • Created and executed an influencer program involving 80 Canadian beauty influencers, resulting in over 200 pieces of content on ambassador channels. 

Education

Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 11 months
Post-grad Certificate, Public Relations
Humber College
Jan 2008 - Dec 2012 4 years 11 months
Bachelor of Arts & Science (Hons), English, Book & Media Studies
University of Toronto

Portfolio

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