Freelance | Associate Creative Director OR Creative Director (Copy)

The Kitchen North America; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a talented bilingual Copywriter to join their dynamic creative team. This freelance role offers the chance to lead high-impact campaigns that resonate across English and French-speaking audiences in Canada. If you have a strong portfolio, storytelling skills, and a passion for innovative creative development, this opportunity allows you to collaborate with diverse teams and contribute to exciting projects. With the potential for ongoing work or full-time, this is a fantastic chance to make your mark in a vibrant agency environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of agency experience as a writer at ACD/CD level.
• Strong portfolio showcasing work across TV/video, digital, and social content.

Responsibilities

• Lead ideation and execution for campaigns across commercial and social content.
• Develop insight-driven, emotionally resonant creative tailored to diverse Canadian audiences.

Skills

Bilingual (French/English)

Creative Development

Storytelling Skills

Cultural Fluency

Agency Experience

Job description

ROLE: Freelance Associate Creative Director OR Creative Director(Copy)

TEAM: Creative, SALT XC

LOCATION: Montréal, Québec

DURATION: Freelance, starting late May – with potential for ongoing work or full-time

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Salt XC is a full-service agency with an ambition to earn the world’s attention. Our core philosophy of Connected Creativity grounds us in a cross-disciplinary collaborative approach to ideation and planning that helps unlock the power of different perspectives, delivering new and effective solutions. The best results start with different ideas.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We’re looking for a bilingual (French/English) Copywriter at the ACD or CD-level based inMontréal.with a strong grasp of creative development across broadcast and social platforms. This is a freelance role, beginning late May, for a campaign that spans TV and digital content with the potential for additional work to follow.

You’ll help lead the creative development and execution of high-impact work that resonates across both English and French-speaking audiences in Canada. Strong storytelling skills, deep cultural fluency, and experience navigating production timelines are essential.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead ideation and execution for campaigns spanning commercial and social content.
• Attend in-person meetings inMontréal.
• Develop insight-driven, emotionally resonant creative tailored to diverse Canadian audiences, with a focus on Quebec.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams including strategy, production, and account leads.
• Present ideas and creative work to clients and stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Support the Creative Director or Executive Creative Director in concept development, strategy, and presentations.
• Ensure brand consistency and alignment with client objectives, budgets, and deadlines.
• Lead and contribute to brainstorming sessions to drive non-traditional creative thinking.
• Review and proof creative work for accuracy and quality.
• Build and maintain strong, respectful client relationships.
• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and innovations.

REQUIREMENTS

• 8+ years of agency experience as a writer, currently at the ACD/CD-level.
• Bilingual in French and English is a must – both written and spoken.
• Strong Portfolio: You demonstrate originality, innovation, and multi-disciplinary thinking through your work.
• Familiarity with Canadian and Quebec-specific markets and cultural nuances.
• Proven experience developing bilingual or multicultural campaigns.
• Strong portfolio showcasing work across TV/video, digital, and social content.
• Ability to work independently and jump into projects quickly.
• Highly collaborative, culturally curious, and passionate about great creative.

SALT’S VALUES

• SALT OF THE EARTH: We aspire to be good people. People who are humble, hardworking, honest and kind to one another. People who are fun to work with, who trust and are respectful of each other
• DO WHAT IS RIGHT: We don’t believe in taking shortcuts. We believe in doing what is right, not what is easy or expected
• EARN IT: We believe in rolling up our sleeves and not being afraid of hard work. We want to earn the respect of others, the results we deliver and the praise we receive
• MAKE THINGS BETTER: We aspire to leave things better than we found them and are always looking for a better way. Great ideas come from anywhere, they come from being curious, passionate, solutions-oriented people who care deeply about what we do
• SEEK DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: We believe in embracing difference; the perspective it brings, how it challenges us, how it spurs creativity, and its ability to make us better

Salt XC is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.

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