Creative Copywriter

Monks; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks is seeking a Creative Copywriter to drive high‑volume, high‑impact copy across email, banners, paid media, and store openings. You will collaborate with designers and strategists in a fast‑paced, AI‑driven environment to craft compelling narratives while maintaining brand integrity and editorial quality.

You will contribute to early‑stage concepts and scalable campaigns, benefiting from a growth mindset and cross‑functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• 5+ years copywriting experience in agency, in-house, or startup environments.
• Proven portfolio across digital channels including email, paid media, and localized promotions.
• Ability to manage many projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Strong collaboration with designers, strategy, and project management.
• Impeccable editing and proofreading with strong grammar and brief adherence.
• Growth mindset with openness to feedback from creative leaders.

Responsibilities

• Embrace a DNA of Change; test new formats, tools, and processes.
• Suggest fresh creative angles and participate in workshops to push brand boundaries.
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities and fast-turnaround requests.
• Deliver high-volume copy with strong creative standards and brand alignment.
• Write email marketing copy with subject lines, body, and CTAs.
• Create email banners with punchy, concise headlines.
• Develop paid media copy for social and digital campaigns.
• Support store openings with signage and localized promo copy.
• Iterate content based on senior feedback and performance data.
• Ensure brand voice consistency across platforms and guidelines.
• Collaborate with designers to align copy and visuals.
• Proofread materials to ensure clarity and correctness.
• Contribute to early-stage brainstorming and storytelling for campaigns.
• Help build narrative foundations for upcoming campaigns.

Skills

5+ years copywriting

Portfolio evidence

Multi‑project management

Collaboration

Editing & proofreading

Growth mindset

Job description

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website monkeys.com/careers

As a Creative Copywriter on the Continuous Reinvention Model team, you drive the creation of compelling, high-volume copy while embodying our DNA of change. You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, bringing the creative 'muscle' needed to deliver outstanding results across our highest-request channels - especially email, email banners, paid media, and store openings. You maintain an adaptable, growth-focused, AI-driven mindset, always open to trying new things and looking beyond simple delivery. While your day-to-day focus is high-efficiency execution, you will also collaborate on laying the copywriting groundwork for exciting conceptual campaigns projected for the near future.

Responsibilities

CONTINUOUS REINVENTION & ADAPTABILITY

Embrace a DNA of Change:
Actively participate in a team environment defined by continuous reinvention, showing openness to testing new formats, tools, and creative processes.

Go Beyond Delivery:
Contribute fresh thinking that extends beyond standard copy requests, proposing new creative angles and participating in workshops to push brand boundaries.

Maintain an Agile Mindset:
Adapt quickly to shifting priorities, fast-turnaround requests, and evolving market trends with a constructive, growth-oriented attitude.

HIGH-VOLUME EXECUTION

Deliver with Creative "Muscle":
Manage and execute a high volume of copy deliverables under tight deadlines, maintaining exceptional creative standards, accuracy, and brand alignment throughout.

Master Key Deliverables:
Write compelling, high-converting copy for our most requested channels, including:

• Email Marketing:
  Engaging subject lines, body copy, and call-to-actions (CTAs).
• Email Banners:
  Punchy, character-limited headlines that capture attention and drive clicks.
• Paid Media:
  High-performing paid social and digital copy designed to convert.
• Store Openings:
  On-the-ground signage, localized promotional copy, and launch campaign collateral.

Iterate Efficiently:
Revise and refine content rapidly based on feedback from senior creative leads and performance data.

BRAND VOICE & EDITORIAL INTEGRITY

Ensure Tone Consistency:
Write copy aligned with distinct brand tones and goals, adapting language to suit various platforms, audiences, and guidelines.

Collaborate on Asset Creation:
Partner closely with designers and art directors to ensure that copy and visuals work together seamlessly.

Uphold Quality Control:
Proofread and edit all materials under guidance from senior copywriters to ensure copy is clear, grammatically impeccable, and aligned with client briefs.

NEAR-FUTURE CONCEPTING & STORYTELLING

Support Early-Stage Ideation:
Contribute to brainstorms and collaborative sessions, bringing sharp, tactical ideas to the table for upcoming conceptual briefs.

Build Narrative Foundations:
Engage with campaign narratives and storytelling frameworks as the team prepares to scale up high-level campaign projects in the near future.

Must have skills

• 5+ years of professional copywriting experience in an agency, in-house, or start-up environment.
• Proven portfolio demonstrating copy written across diverse digital channels, with strong execution in email marketing, paid media, and localized promotions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a high quantity of projects simultaneously, working efficiently under tight timelines without sacrificing quality.
• Strong collaborative skills with a track record of partnering successfully with designers, strategy, and project management.
• Impeccable editing and proofreading skills, with high attention to grammatical detail and brief requirements.
• A growth mindset, with an openness to receiving and implementing feedback from creative leaders.

Nice to have skills

• Prior copywriting experience in the retail or e-commerce sector (e.g., store launches, physical signage, commerce campaigns).
• Experience or interest in leveraging modern workflows and AI-driven platforms to streamline copywriting processes.

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This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range

$70,000 - $80,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents and resonates with the world around us.