Senior Creative - Ideation/Copy

MATTA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

MATTA Sports Day

Sabbatical Policy

Health & Financial Wellbeing

Regular Socials

Hybrid Working

Discounts

Dog-Friendly Office

Job summary

MATTA is seeking a Senior Creative specialising in copy and ideation to join our London team. You’ll generate big campaign platforms, taglines and scripts, and shape social-first ideas with craft at the core.

You’ll lead ideas across briefs and channels, present confidently to clients, and collaborate with art directors and strategists to deliver high-impact work that resonates in sport and lifestyle brands.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to craft compelling copy across platforms.
• Strong concept development and idea generation skills.
• Experience delivering campaigns for sport/lifestyle brands.

Responsibilities

• Ideation: generate strong, original creative thinking across briefs, audiences and channels.
• Creative Excellence: turn insight into standout concepts and executions.
• Copywriting, Scriptwriting & storytelling: write taglines, scripts and headlines for campaigns.
• Social-First Creativity: create native social and digital content across formats.
• Integrated Thinking: develop ideas that travel across channels and touchpoints.
• Client Confidence: present and defend creative thinking to clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Copywriting

Ideation

Storytelling

Social-first

Leadership

Collaboration

Presentation

Campaign thinking

Job description

Here at MATTA, we believe that sports have the power to change people and communities for the better. We are passionate about making brands and campaigns matter to more people, more often by engaging fans with big, bold creative thinking and world-class execution.

We are an independent creative agency built specifically for sports and lifestyle brands. Our work has won multiple awards (from Clios to Sports Industry Campaigns of the Year), we have been Agency of the Year several times over, and we are one of the most exciting sports businesses in the country.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Senior Creative, specialising in copy and ideation, to join the team.

You’ll likely be a midweight or senior creative within an agency, with several years’ experience and a portfolio that demonstrates brilliant conceptual thinking, strong copy craft and genuine social fluency.

You’ll be able to generate everything from big campaign platforms, taglines and scripts to social-first ideas, short-form content and culturally reactive work. You’ll understand how ideas behave differently across channels, rather than simply adapting the same campaign for each one.

We’re looking for an ideas machine: someone capable of generating high-quality creative thinking at pace, without compromising on craft.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Ideation: Be an ideas factory, generating strong, original creative thinking across briefs, audiences and channels.
• Creative Excellence: Turn insight into compelling creative concepts, and concepts into standout work.
• Copywriting, Scriptwriting & Storytelling: Create taglines, scripts, headlines, narratives and campaign copy that cut through.
• Social-First Creativity: Create ideas that are native to social and digital platforms, understanding how audiences consume, share and participate in content, from short-form and reactive work to creator-led ideas and larger social campaigns.
• Integrated Thinking: Develop big creative ideas that can travel intelligently across channels, knowing when an idea should start in social, when it needs a broader campaign platform, and how different touchpoints can work together.
• Cultural & Social Relevance: Develop campaign platforms and content ideas that understand culture, conversation and communities, and give people a reason to engage, share or participate.
• End-to-End Ownership: Take ownership of briefs from initial thought through to execution.
• Creative Storytelling: Build clear, persuasive presentations that take clients from insight and opportunity through to creative idea and execution.
• Client Confidence: Articulate, sell and defend your creative thinking confidently with clients and internally.
• Visual Direction: Help shape the creative vision, including art direction, moodboards and storyboards for film, content and campaigns.
• Collaboration: Work seamlessly with art directors, designers, strategists and the wider team to bring ideas to life.
• Outstanding Portfolio: A portfolio that shows strong conceptual thinking, excellent copy craft and an ability to create ideas across multiple formats and channels.
• Social & Digital Native: A deep understanding of social platforms, formats, behaviours and communities, with a portfolio demonstrating ideas conceived specifically for digital and social environments, not simply adapted for them.
• Integrated Campaign Experience: Proven ability to develop ideas across social, digital, content, earned and broader campaign channels, understanding how each plays a different role within an integrated creative idea.
• Platform & Cultural Fluency: Natural curiosity about emerging platforms, creators, formats, trends and online behaviours, with the judgement to distinguish genuine creative opportunities from simply chasing what is trending.
• Strong Presentation Skills: Proven ability to sell creative work with clarity, conviction and confidence.
• Sector Awareness: Strong awareness of sport, culture and entertainment, and an instinct for turning that knowledge into ideas.
• Leadership & Collaboration: A collaborative mindset, with the ability to lead, challenge and inspire others.
• Creative Integrity: High standards, strong opinions and the judgement to know when to push.
• Strong Visual Instincts: Although this is a copy-led role, you will have a good visual eye and be comfortable helping shape the look, feel and creative direction of your ideas.

Desirable Experience (but not essential):

• Sport Sector Experience: Hands-on experience working within the sports sector or with sports, fitness or lifestyle brands.

What We Offer:

• 23 days annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days, plus an extra 3 days off at Christmas.
• MATTA Sports Day: An extra day off every year for the purpose of either watching or playing sport.
• Sabbatical Policy: Longer-term leave options to travel, volunteer, study or simply have a reset.
• Health & Financial Wellbeing: A holistic support package including comprehensive health and dental insurance, 24/7 virtual GP access, life assurance, income protection and access to financial advice and support platforms.
• Regular Socials: Quarterly team events, Thirsty Thursday drinks, and PayDay Pizza at the end of each month.
• Hybrid Working: The flexibility to work from home alongside time with the team in our London Bridge offices.
• Discounts: Exclusive access to benefits platforms offering hundreds of discounts across shopping, food, beauty, travel and more.
• Dog-Friendly Office.

Making It MATTA:

Our clients are some of the most recognised and prestigious global brands in sport and lifestyle and include Uefa, The International Cricket Council, Armani, Clinique, Budweiser, ATP Tour, England Football, England Rugby, England Cricket, to name a few.

We’ve launched fitness equipment, kits, and nutrition brands. We’ve created new competitions, leagues, and tournaments - as well as rebranding, revitalising and repositioning existing ones. We’ve sold out multiple World Cups and European Championships, pushed women’s sports forward (we created the Lionesses), driven participation, and led campaigns for equality and against discrimination and drugs. We’ve worked up close and personal with some of the most iconic sports stars and sports teams on the planet, shooting campaigns all over the world.

At MATTA you can expect a fast-paced, but relaxed atmosphere, where everyone is passionate about sport in some way. We believe happy and healthy people produce the best work - which is why you’ll get private health insurance, regular team away days - and generous annual leave.

We believe sport has the power to change the world.

Come and work somewhere where, whatever you do - it matters.