Marketing Copywriter

Pixel Dreams; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package (family, health, etc)

Job summary

Pixel Dreams is seeking a Marketing Copywriter to craft compelling copy across channels in a hybrid Toronto setting. You will shape brand voices, write for social, decks, emails, and ebooks, and collaborate from ideation to delivery.

You must balance creativity with precision, strategize content, and translate briefs into cohesive narratives. The role demands five+ years of marketing copy experience, agency or client-side, with strong editing and storytelling skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in marketing copywriting on the agency or client side.

Responsibilities

• Write in a variety of styles and voices, formal to irreverent, and beyond.
• Copy edit with a balance of adaptability and attention to detail.
• Translate briefs and brands into effective copy, stories, and content.
• Collaborate with project teams from early ideation to final delivery.
• Craft social media blasts, keynote decks, ebooks, emails, and more.
• Champion the defined creative direction and messaging strategies.
• Lead copy discussions, presentations, and execution.
• Own the craft, quality, and coherence of the work.
• Report to and support the Story Team Lead.

Skills

Copywriting

Editing

Versatile writing

Brand voice

Collaboration

Content strategy

Communication

Storytelling

Education

Marketing/Communications degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

AI-assisted writing

Job description

Location: Toronto, hybrid (3 days in office) | Job Type: Permanent | Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 / year (CAD)

Casting Call

Marketing Copywriter who:

• Loves splashing around in the words, yours and theirs.
• Has a knack for living inside different voices.
• Knows when it needs wings and when it needs to walk.

ScopeWhat’s in the role.

Mission

Bring the words that sharpen insights, shape ideas, and solve briefs.

Responsibilities

• Write in a variety of styles and voices, formal to irreverent, and beyond.
• Copy edit with a balance of adaptability and attention to detail.
• Translate briefs and brands into effective copy, stories, and content.
• Collaborate with project teams from early ideation to final delivery.
• Craft social media blasts, keynote decks, ebooks, emails, and more.
• Champion the defined creative direction and messaging strategies.
• Lead copy discussions, presentations, and execution.
• Own the craft, quality, and coherence of the work.
• Report to and support the Story Team Lead.

Rewards

• Salary range of $70K – $90K
• Clear path to career advancement, salary increases, and bonuses.
• Benefits package (family, health, wellness, dental, vision, prescription, etc.).
• Paid time-off (holidays, vacation days, sick and wellness days, etc.).
• Work in a flexible hybrid model, with 3 days in-office.
• Friendly office environment, personal space, and a fully stocked kitchen.
• And more to support thewhole you.

Casting Criteria

Culture AlignmentWhat we aspire to.

• Team player in it for the long game.
• Lifelong learner with a growth mindset.
• Personal and professional development, supporting the same for others.
• Aim for excellence. Don’t be complacent.Go to 11.
• Welcome open, direct communication and feedback.
• Embrace the occasionally messy reality of a rapidly growing and dynamic workplace. Lean in with optimism and responsibility.
• Embody a strong back, soft front, open mind, light heart, high EQ, and enduring grit.
• Respect and reflect the company’s core values.

Competency + ProficiencyHow you rock the role.

• Ask timely, effective questions.
• Embrace ambiguity as raw materials for clarity.
• Simplify complexity into clear, concise, and compelling language.
• Write effectively for any purpose, audience, brand, and format.
• Understand enough behavioural psychology to nudge perceptions.
• Balance a rich vocabulary with the discipline to write simply.
• Edit your own work (and the work of others) fastidiously.
• Stand by your best ideas while staying open to better ones.
• Pay attention to every detail. Remove the ones that aren’t needed.
• Use AI to enhance deep thinking, not replace it.
• Present your work to clients with enthusiasm, grounded by solid rationale
• Work independently and collaboratively with equal enthusiasm.

SuitabilityHow to qualify for this role.

Must-haves

• Competency and proficiency as outlined above.
• A mix of inquisitive, creative, and critical thinking.
• A deep love and a keen eye for the written word.
• Portfolio with work samples showing craft, range, wisdom, and ingenuity.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in marketing copywriting on the agency or client side.
• Experience with creative marketing and communications.

Great-to-haves

• Expertise in B2B marketing and executive-level communications.
• Affinity for unconventional thinking and breakthrough strategies.
• Avid reader/writer on a range of topics, including thought leadership.

Nice-to-haves

• An inclination to play, do, and teach.
• A fascination with the uncommon.
• An oddity that is all your own.
• A degree useful to this role (Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Psychology, Philosophy, Journalism, English Literature, etc.).