Associate Creative Director, Campaign Copy & Strategy

Directive; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with company match

Annual bonus

Remote-first

Job summary

Directive is seeking an Associate Creative Director to translate Moments that Matter into creative territories, messaging hypotheses, and campaign concepts. This individual will shape briefs, drive creative direction, and contribute to strategic pitches in a fast-moving, digital-first environment.

The role emphasizes copywriting-led, campaign-minded thinking with executive presence to participate in client and leadership discussions while staying hands-on in copy, briefs, and messaging.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of professional creative experience in an agency, professional services, or B2B marketing environment.
• Portfolio showing range across brand work and performance creative with measurable results.
• Experience developing campaigns from concept through execution.
• Ability to maintain and evolve brand standards across multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Own the idea, message, and creative direction before production begins.
• Support new-business and portfolio-sales with speculative creative and campaign narratives.
• Translate strategic inputs into territories, concepts, and copy direction for production.
• Partner with designers by providing strong concept and copy direction to execute.
• Build early proof points and campaign-style case studies to support revenue growth.

Skills

Copywriting-led

Campaign-minded

Executive presence

Creative strategy

Storytelling

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Figma

A/B testing tools

Job description

Directive is seeking an Associate Creative Director to translate Moments that Matter into creative territories, messaging hypotheses, and campaign concepts. This individual will shape briefs, drive creative direction, and contribute to strategic pitches in a fast-moving, digital-first environment.

The role emphasizes copywriting-led, campaign-minded thinking with executive presence to participate in client and leadership discussions while staying hands-on in copy, briefs, and messaging.