Creative Copywriter

monks; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks is seeking a Creative CopyWriter on the Continuous Reinvention Model team to craft high-volume, compelling copy across email, banners, paid media, and store openings.

You will embrace change, collaborate with design and strategy, and maintain editorial integrity while enabling future concepting and storytelling for upcoming campaigns.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional copywriting experience in agency, in-house, or start-up.
• Proven portfolio across digital channels including email marketing and paid media.
• Ability to manage many projects under tight deadlines.
• Strong collaboration with designers, strategy, and project management.
• Impeccable editing and proofreading with high attention to detail.
• Growth mindset with openness to feedback from creative leaders.

Responsibilities

• Create high-volume, compelling copy for email, paid media, and store openings.
• Maintain brand voice and editorial integrity across channels.
• Collaborate with designers and art directors to align copy with visuals.
• Iterate content rapidly based on feedback and performance data.
• Support future concepting and storytelling for campaigns.

Skills

5+ years of copywriting

Strong portfolio

Project management

Collaboration with design & strategy

Editing & proofreading

Growth mindset

Tools

AI-driven platforms

Job description

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.

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