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A Senior Copywriter leads the creative team in producing ad copies that assist clients to achieve their goals by producing a clear message from even the most challenging brief. He/she generates original content for advertising, promoting and educating the consumers about the goods and/or services of the organization.
Other related duties include analyzing the needs of the client for the products or services being promoted, producing an original ad copy and tailor it to the client's needs and the audience, liaise with product managers and design departments to create the copy, develop creative strategies to meet the campaign objectives, oversee the copies produced by team member and give feedback if required and give clients exciting and fresh ideas.
Employee Performance Review Sample | |
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| Employee's Name: | Title: |
| Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ | Employee SSN: |
| Work Location: | Supervisor's Name: |
Instructions |
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Rating Meaning | |
| The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies. | 1 |
| Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results. | 2 |
| The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work. | 3 |
Supervisor's Feedback | ||
Skill | Comments | Rating |
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| WRITING SKILLS: Written Communication involves the interaction that makes use of the written word with precision and logic making it the very common form of business communication. | Delivers work that has too many grammatical and punctuation errors. Does not do any thorough counterchecking to rectify the various writing errors such as spelling mistakes. | 1 |
| MOTIVATING OTHERS: Motivating is using persuasion, incentives and mental or physical stimulants to influence the way people think or behave individually or in groups. | Focuses primarily on own strengths in order to complete tasks or projects and feel more successful on the job Changes up own routine with a new, fun hobby in order to release tension after work | 2 |
| DELEGATION: Delegation is assigning responsibility or authority to another person a junior or subordinate to carry out specific activities while remaining accountable for the outcome. | Takes the project back when one is not satisfied with the progress instead of working with the employee to make sure that he/she understands the project to be his/her responsibility Is not clear about the vision, outcome, and timeline of the project; expects people to read one's mind on the same | 1 |
| PLANNING AND SCHEDULING: Planning and Scheduling are the act of establishing a plan for a set of tasks that needs to be completed and including when they should be done. | Spend hours looking for items that should take seconds to find Commits to formulate plans and schedules then does not follow up on them | 1 |
| ENTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm is an intense enjoyment or a lively interest in a certain thing with a zest and a strong belief that can be felt by those around you. | Looks for moments that positively transformed one's own life and uses the moments to draw strength and inspiration Regularly exercises and eats the right food in order to level self-energy up and feel good about oneself physically | 2 |
| CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Conceptual Thinking is the ability to recognize a situation or problem by identifying patterns or connections while addressing the underlying issues. | Identifies and shares with other employees short-term strategies to overcome problems or take advantage of opportunities Identifies and creates new strategies that will fulfill the changing needs of the customers in the future | 2 |
| ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Organizational Skills is the ability to make use of time, energy and resources available in the most efficient manner to achieve their goal. | Keeps an unorganized desk and clutter thus feels overwhelmed and makes it hard for one to concentrate Spends time doing tasks that do not add value to own goals rather than those that bring one closer to accomplishing own goals | 1 |
| ANALYTICAL SKILLS: Analytical Skills is the ability to collect and analyze information, solve problems and make decisions according to the policies and regulations of the business. | Lags behind in identifying a problem and is often unable to come up with an effective solution to a problem Makes little effort to search for the best sources of information | 1 |
| COMPUTER SKILLS: Computer Skills are the necessary computer working skills that each employee need to have while seeking to get admitted into the professional world. | Demonstrates little familiarity with computer security issues and copyright laws Hardly seeks for assistance when faced with a problem related to using a computer service | 1 |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS: Technical Skills are the abilities and knowledge mostly related to mechanical, IT, scientific and mathematical needed to perform specific tasks in the workplace. | Lags behind others in keeping technical skills current and has a negative attitude towards learning complex skills Does not understand how to follow technical specifications when designing new systems | 1 |
Self Evaluation | |
Self Evaluation Question | Employee Comments |
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| WRITING SKILLS: Do you get to draft or outline your writing first before you set out to write? How many languages can you comfortably use in your writing? | [employee comments] |
| MOTIVATING OTHERS: Can you give an example of a time when you overcame a significant problem, which made you very proud of yourself? How do you motivate others to accomplish their goals? Give an example of when this happened | [employee comments] |
| DELEGATION: Do you regard yourself a micro or macro manager? How do you delegate your tasks or projects? Would you train a new employee to perform a certain task for you or would you prefer an employee who already has the required skills to handle the task? Why? | [employee comments] |
| PLANNING AND SCHEDULING: Is there any area that takes additional time to plan and how do you intend to work on it? What help do you require to become better in your planning? | [employee comments] |
| ENTHUSIASM: Can you think of a situation where you were intensely motivated? When were you bored? Is there a time when a task had to be completed, and you were able to focus your efforts and attention to get it done? | [employee comments] |
| CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Can you give an example of when you integrated seemingly unrelated information in order to anticipate a problem or analyze a situation? Describe a time when you needed to develop and use a complex procedure in order to complete a task. What obstacles did you encounter when handling the task? | [employee comments] |
| ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: What are some of the tools that you have used to organize your tasks at work? Would you recommend these tools to other employees? In your opinion, which is the best time to work on complex tasks? Which time works best for you? | [employee comments] |
| ANALYTICAL SKILLS: Can you think of a small problem you ever identified and solved before it could turn into a big problem? How often do you encourage others to use appropriate oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis? | [employee comments] |
| COMPUTER SKILLS: What are you doing to improve your knowledge in installing, using, and troubleshooting computer software Have you ever tried to use computer aided design techniques and failed? What did you do to succeed? | [employee comments] |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS: Have you ever made suggestions that improved an existing technical system? How often do you train others in your area of expertise and how often do you share your knowledge? | [employee comments] |
Summary |
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Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor Section 5: To be completed by the employee |
1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations |
2. Areas to improve |
3. Goals completed since last performance feedback |
4. Goals for next period |
5. Employee comments |
Signatures | |
| I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal. | |
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| Supervisor: | Date: |
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