Creative Director, Copy (Global Brand Voice)

Aquent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a Creative Director, Copy (Global Brand Voice) to join a small, high-caliber team embedded with a leading Tech client. You will craft and polish copy that aligns the corporate brand with product portfolios, writing for international audiences and ensuring consistency across channels.

You'll bridge technical complexity with human storytelling, collaborating with design and product marketing to deliver on tight timelines for an 8-week project.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of agency, in-house, or studio copywriting experience at Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level.
• Ability to quickly digest brand architectures and deliver client-ready copy with minimal hand-holding.
• Proficiency in brand style guides, tone systems, and messaging frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Craft, refine, and edit copy across priority channels, including web, product storytelling, social, and event content.
• Connect the parent brand narrative to product brands with corporate consistency and product differentiation.
• Translate complex B2B and consumer tech concepts into clear, human language.

Skills

Copywriting

Brand voice

Editorial consistency

Campaign storytelling

B2B tech writing

Localization coordination

Job description

Aquent Studios is the creative agency delivering scalability and world-class execution to our leading Tech client’sin-house studio. This strategic collaboration helps shape how one of the world’s most innovative technology brands shows up globally in culture and across enterprise markets.

We have an urgent need for a Creative Director, Copy (Global Brand Voice) to join a small, high-caliber creative team embedded directly with the client. In this role, you will write and polish copy that seamlessly weaves together their foundational corporate brand with its sub-brands and product portfolios.

Working closely within established brand voice guidelines, you will bridge technical complexity with human storytelling, collaborating hand-in-hand with design leads to ensure copy and visuals land as a single, unified point of view on tight turnaround times.

This is a project-based, short-term role with an estimated duration of 8 weeks.

What You’ll Do

• Craft, refine, and edit copy across priority channels—including integrated campaign headlines, web/digital, product storytelling, social, video scripts, and high-profile event content.
• Connect the client’sparent brand narrative to its product brands, striking the precise balance between corporate consistency and product-level differentiation.
• Distill intricate B2B and consumer tech concepts—such as custom silicon, edge AI, wireless connectivity, and next-gen compute—into clear, compelling, and human language.
• Partner closely with the Managing Creative Director, art directors, designers, and product marketing stakeholders to turn briefs into final, polished copy on tight timelines.
• Identify gaps or edge cases in existing voice guidance, recommend pragmatic fixes, and compile clean handoff notes to support ongoing continuity at the contract’s conclusion.
• Author copy tailored for international audiences, ensuring tone, metaphors, and phrasing translate cleanly across global markets and localization pipelines.

What You Bring

• 6 – 8+ years of agency, in-house, or studio copywriting experience, with a track record operating at the Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level.
• Demonstrated capacity to hit the ground running, digest brand architectures quickly, and deliver client-ready creative with minimal hand-holding.
• Advanced mastery of established brand style guides, tone systems, and messaging frameworks, paired with a sharp eye for editorial consistency.
• A proven showcase of versatile work spanning high-level brand storytelling, crisp headline craft, and product-level marketing across digital and campaign channels.
• Elite writing and editing skills with the instinct to know when to push creative boundaries and when to lead with simple, direct clarity.
• Comfort navigating fast-paced review cycles, receiving direct feedback, and collaborating in a high-tempo enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background writing for semiconductor, AI, enterprise hardware, mobile, or consumer electronics brands.
• Experience crafting copy within multi-tiered enterprise or B2B brand architectures.
• Prior experience writing with international audiences, global campaigns, or localization workflows in mind.