Creative Director

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Creative Director (Writing) based in Canada.

This is a senior creative leadership opportunity for an exceptional writing leader who can shape the voice, narrative, and campaign strategy behind high-profile technology brands.

• Lead copy strategy and creative writing direction across major campaigns, digital platforms, product launches, and brand experiences, setting the narrative vision and ensuring the work is strategically and creatively compelling.
• Serve as the primary client-facing leader for copywriting, messaging architecture, and narrative strategy, building trust with senior stakeholders and confidently guiding conversations around creative direction.
• Present campaign concepts, creative copy frameworks, hooks, and messaging hierarchies to senior client executives, clearly articulating the strategic thinking and narrative rationale behind the work.
• Lead, mentor, and develop copywriters, junior writers, and multidisciplinary creative teams, establishing high standards for voice, tone, storytelling, strategic thinking, and editorial excellence.
• Establish, protect, and evolve global brand voice guidelines, creating systems that maintain consistency while allowing appropriate flexibility across audiences, channels, markets, and campaign contexts.
• Oversee the end-to-end writing process across multidisciplinary teams, partnering closely with Design, Art Direction, Strategy, Motion, and Product to integrate copy seamlessly into broader creative concepts.
• Navigate complex and sometimes competing client feedback with confidence, protecting the integrity of the narrative while adapting creative strategy to meet commercial and business objectives.
• Shape editorial direction for high-impact brand campaigns, long-form storytelling, product narratives, scripts, digital experiences, and other content designed to strengthen brand connection and engagement.
• Drive innovation in messaging and campaign copy, exploring new storytelling approaches across emerging technologies, digital platforms, and evolving consumer touchpoints.
• Champion rigorous editorial quality control by reviewing written deliverables for narrative precision, messaging hierarchy, grammatical accuracy, tone consistency, brand alignment, and overall craft.
• Guide multi-market localization and regional adaptations, ensuring campaigns remain culturally relevant, authentic, compelling, and consistent with the underlying global brand voice.
• Partner with project management and creative leadership to optimize copy production workflows, prioritize deliverables, and meet demanding timelines without compromising creative quality.

• 10+ years of writing leadership experience within leading creative agencies or in-house creative organizations, supported by a strong portfolio of high-impact campaign copy, narrative design, and brand storytelling.
• Proven experience as a senior client-facing creative leader, with the executive presence and communication skills required to pitch, defend, refine, and secure approval for major creative concepts with senior stakeholders.
• Deep expertise in voice and tone architecture, including the development of comprehensive brand voice systems, editorial guidelines, messaging frameworks, and scalable narrative structures for complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop copywriters and creative talent, helping individuals strengthen their craft, strategic thinking, narrative structure, and overall creative impact.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex products, technical concepts, product innovations, and abstract ideas into clear, human, emotionally resonant stories that connect with consumers.
• Extensive experience directing multi-channel copy across major campaigns, product launches, video scripts, digital ecosystems, brand platforms, and other high-visibility creative initiatives.
• Exceptional editorial judgment and attention to detail, with a strong command of messaging hierarchy, grammar, tone, narrative flow, consistency, and overall written quality.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with Design, Art Direction, Strategy, Product, Motion, and other creative and business leaders to build unified experiences.
• Strategic and data-informed approach to creative writing, using audience research, testing insights, performance data, and other evidence to shape, validate, and defend copy strategies.
• Experience overseeing multi-market localization and regional adaptations, with a strong understanding of how to preserve core brand voice while making storytelling culturally authentic and relevant.
• Strong ability to operate in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment while balancing creative ambition, client expectations, business objectives, and tight production timelines.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.