Temporary Sr Copywriter

Monks; United States; Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks is seeking a Sr. Copywriter to craft clear, persuasive copy for a major ecommerce brand.

You will adapt trends to fit the client’s tone of voice, incorporate feedback, and proofread a high volume of creative assets, ensuring messaging aligns with the client’s brand vision. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, present work to clients, and drive campaign messaging across channels while maintaining high standards under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 2+ years copywriting experience in advertising and marketing.
• Ability to adapt to multiple tones of voice across brands.
• Collaborate with creative leads, designers and copywriters to ensure brand-aligned messaging.
• Understand client placement specs and tailor copy to channel requirements.
• Present work with well-reasoned rationale to senior leaders and clients.

Responsibilities

• Participate actively in ideation and copy development ensuring innovative, consistent deliverables.
• Critically evaluate major projects for creative excellence and client goals.
• Present work to clients with messaging rationale and strategic intent.
• Build and nurture strong client relationships through listening and understanding objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance projects and identify enhancements.
• Lead campaign messaging across paid, social, email, onsite, and lifecycle channels.

Skills

Copywriting

Adapt to TOVs

Collaboration with designers

Channel-specific copy

Professional presentation

Critical thinking

Brand voice management

Strategic discussions

E-commerce experience

Digital portfolio

Tools

Google Docs

Figma

Slack

Job description

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (monks.com/careers).

About the Role

As a Sr. Copywriter at Monks, you will write clear and persuasive copy for a large e-commerce brand. You’ll adapt trends to fit our client’s tone of voice, apply feedback with agility, and proofread a large volume of creative assets. Your focus is delivering clear, compelling messaging aligned with the client’s brand vision.

Responsibilities:

• Creative Ideation & Copy Development: Participate actively in ideation and creation, ensuring innovative and consistent deliverables.
• Quality Assurance: Critically evaluate major projects, maintaining creative excellence and alignment with client goals.
• Effective Presentation: Confidently present work to clients alongside Producers, articulating messaging rationale and strategic intent, enhancing brand messages and asking applicable questions.
• Client Engagement: Build and nurture strong client relationships through active listening and understanding their objectives and feedback.
• Hands-on Collaboration: Work seamlessly with cross-functional teams to advance projects and identify areas for enhancement.
• Campaign Direction: Lead campaign messaging development across paid, social, email, onsite, and lifecycle channels.
• Innovation and Creativity: Set new industry benchmarks, ensuring all work remains intelligent, impactful, and scalable.
• Adaptability to Deadlines: Thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment, prioritizing tasks while maintaining professionalism.
• Global Collaboration: Work effectively across time zones with a diverse team on local and international projects.
• Content Development: Partner with other creatives to produce captivating content across various formats, including social.
• Cultivate Positive Culture: Show genuine commitment to fostering a healthy culture for colleagues and clients.

About You

The essentials:

• Copywriting Experience: 2+ years in copywriting within advertising and marketing. Must showcase the ability to adapt to multiple TOVs.
• Resilience Under Pressure: Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and meet stringent deadlines consistently.
• Collaboration: Work effectively with creative leads, designers and copywriters to achieve brand-aligned, strategic messaging.
• Adaptability: Understand the client’s placement specs and tailor copy to channel-specific requirements.
• Professional Presentation: Present work effectively with well-reasoned rationale, especially to senior leaders and clients.
• Critical Thinker: Leverage creative and analytical skills to evaluate messaging effectiveness, clarity, and audience alignment.
• Brand Consistency: Experience managing brand voice and ensuring proper application.
• Strategic Discussion: Contribute positively and constructively to discussions from conception through production.
• Industry Experience: Background in e-commerce, retail, or high-volume production environments preferred.
• Digital Portfolio: A modern, digital-centric portfolio demonstrating copywriting experience across formats.
• Software Proficiency: Skilled in Google Docs, Figma, Slack, and other copywriting collaboration tools.

Your Work Style

• Detail-Oriented: Meticulous focus on spelling, grammar, and consistency.
• Self-Starter: Resilient and adaptable, thriving in quick-paced environments, and able to manage your own workflows.
• Collaborative: Successfully manage fast turnarounds as part of a committed team.
• Solution-Focused: Client-centric with a strong work ethic and positive approach.
• Efficient Project Management: Streamline projects for maximum productivity and minimal friction.
• Feedback Receptive: Open to constructive feedback with a readiness to offer alternative solutions.
• Independent and Team Player: Comfortably shift between independent work and collaboration.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Driven to deepen expertise in brand storytelling, content strategy, and emerging digital platforms.
• Problem-Solver: Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.
• Trend Awareness: Stay informed on emerging creative trends, terms, and pop culture.
• Commitment to Inclusion: Uphold equity, inclusion, and accessibility in all work aspects.

Working Conditions

Expect flexible working hours with tight deadlines, necessating a commitment to high standards. Collaboration across various locations and time zones is a regular part of the role.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws.

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This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range

$90,000 — $100,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with the world around us.