Sr Copywriter

Akcelo Australia; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global brand experience agency in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Copywriter to create compelling content across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of copywriting experience, a strong visual design sense, and the ability to mentor junior creatives. This full-time role offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment focused on innovation.

Benefits

3 weeks vacation plus 1 week over New Year’s

Health Spending and Healthy Living Accounts

Opportunities to work from Sydney office

Qualifications

• 5+ years of copywriting experience in top-tier agencies.
• Proven ability to lead creative projects.
• Ability to write in multiple brand voices.

Responsibilities

• Taking creative ownership of projects from concept through to delivery.
• Writing culturally tuned copy across various formats.
• Collaborating with designers and strategists.

Skills

Copywriting

Creative ownership

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Mentoring

Cultural insights

Tools

Google Slides

Job description

Akcelo is an award-winning, independent brand experience agency founded in 2019. We have 200+ staff across offices in Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. Our agency builds brands for the experience era with in-house capabilities to drive unique experiences across the entire customer journey.

Our main North American office, located in Vancouver, BC, is seeking a Senior Copywriter to join our team and work across the TikTok global ecosystem. This full-time role is ideal for a talented individual with a strong sense of design and visual language, combined with excellent writing skills.

The role involves:

• Taking creative ownership of projects from concept through to delivery
• Writing insightful, culturally tuned copy across various formats, including social storytelling and global brand platforms
• Collaborating with designers, strategists, and producers to bring ideas to life
• Confidently presenting to clients and building strong, trusting relationships
• Mentoring junior creatives and contributing to an inclusive, high-performing team culture
• Championing the creative product by pushing innovation and adopting new tools and insights
• Identifying and developing proactive creative opportunities with clients
• Translating complex ideas into simple, engaging messages with appropriate tone-of-voice for different brands and markets
• Following ideas through into production with craft and consistency

The Must Haves:

• 5+ years of copywriting experience in top-tier digital, advertising, or brand experience agencies
• Proven ability to lead creative projects across platforms such as social, digital, experiential, and content
• A strategic mindset capable of shaping briefs into compelling creative platforms
• Ability to write in multiple brand voices, shifting tone and language effortlessly
• Understanding of production processes and collaboration with producers, editors, and creators
• Confidence in presenting and defending ideas collaboratively
• Familiarity with platform best practices for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and others
• Skilled in Google Slides and comfortable creating client-facing presentations
• A portfolio showcasing original, idea-led work with high craft
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally for production shoots

What Will Set You Apart:

• Experience conceptualizing for global brands and launching multi-region campaigns
• Experience working within or alongside multidisciplinary creative teams
• A passion for culture, digital trends, and internet-native storytelling

Why apply?

Over the past five years, we have achieved significant recognition through innovative campaigns, retail-tech solutions, and epic events, earning awards like the B&T Emerging Agency of the Year, Mumbrella’s Experiential Agency of the Year, and APAC Effies. We value the genuine, experimental, limitless, and imaginative. We build and break things without fear of failure, sharing our talents and time. If this excites you, we want to hear from you!

Benefits include:

• 3 weeks vacation plus 1 week paid over New Year’s, and 6 personal/sick days
• Competitive benefits with Health Spending and Healthy Living Accounts
• Opportunities to work from our Sydney, Australia office, or anywhere during your work anniversary
• We are committed to an equitable and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities.