At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products, and services.
As a Senior Copywriter, you bring strategic insight and exceptional craft to storytelling, developing ideas that move the world. Working in close partnership with a Senior Art Director, you create compelling and beautifully constructed work that connects with audiences and delivers results. You own the brand voice, ensuring consistency, clarity, and emotional resonance across every touchpoint.
From sparring with strategists to final delivery, you ensure that every piece of communication cuts through, defines problems, finds solutions, and is wrapped in exceptional craft. You are a creative leader, inspiring teams while delivering world-class work with precision, passion, and purpose.
NOTE - this is a contract or freelance opportunity.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Craft compelling, strategically driven copy that is clear, persuasive, and beautifully constructed for a variety of clients and audiences.
- Collaborate as a team with a Senior Art Director, ensuring that ideas are conceptually strong, well-articulated, and executed with exceptional craft.
- Lead projects and clients with autonomy, taking full accountability for the creative direction and execution of your work.
- Write across a wide range of formats, including brand guidelines, manifestos, scripts, editorial content, experience copy, and campaign messaging.
- Deliver copy with speed, consistency, accuracy, and creative flair, adapting tone and style to suit different brands and platforms.
- Be a proactive team player, managing multiple projects with exceptional time management and attention to detail.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and creative best practices, continuously pushing boundaries and keeping work at the forefront of innovation.
- Ask the right questions, clarifying objectives and structuring work effectively to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Lead brainstorming and workshop sessions with senior stakeholders, shaping creative direction and fostering collaboration.
- Own the narrative and structure of presentations, ensuring storytelling is engaging, persuasive, and strategically sound.
- Build consensus around creative approaches, integrating feedback while maintaining the integrity of the work.
- Present with confidence, clearly articulating creative rationale and vision to internal teams and clients, winning hearts and minds.
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- Native English proficiency, with a mastery of language, tone, and storytelling.
- A compelling portfolio showcasing conceptual strength, meticulous craft, and a deep understanding of brand storytelling.
- Proven experience delivering creative success in collaborative, multi-functional teams.
- A work-in-progress mindset—you are passionate, driven, and always pushing your craft further.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with creative execution, ensuring copy is both insight-driven and emotionally resonant.
- A relentless pursuit of excellence, continuously refining and elevating your work.
AKQA is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe that diversity is vital to AKQA’s ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.