About the Role
Join Dentsu Creative as a Senior Copywriter, contributing high-quality copy and concepts across campaigns. You will shape tone and messaging, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver thoughtful, inclusive, and effective creative work. This role offers endless opportunities for personal growth and development within a creative network that delivers impactful ideas.
Responsibilities
- Develop insightful, objective-driven concepts and copy that build brand voice, personality, and cultural relevance.
- Lead copywriting on assigned projects, ensuring clarity, craft, consistency, and strategic intent across executions.
- Collaborate closely with art directors, designers, strategists, and account teams to bring integrated ideas to life.
- Write and refine copy across social, digital, experiential, film, CRM, and traditional channels.
- Shape brand messaging and tone of voice across platforms, ensuring copy is cohesive and distinct.
- Contribute to creative workstreams that incorporate AI-enabled tools for ideation, drafting, iteration, and optimization, applying human judgment and editorial oversight.
- Stay curious about emerging creative technologies, language trends, and cultural insights, and share learnings with teammates.
- Respond thoughtfully and constructively to feedback, iterating work while protecting the core idea and creative quality.
- Support fast-moving timelines, cultural moments, and multiple briefs with flexibility and a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Partner with Creative Leads to uphold creative standards.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in copywriting, with experience across both social-first and integrated campaign work.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, storytelling, and polished copy craft across channels.
- Proven experience writing for branded campaigns, content ecosystems, and multi-platform experiences.
- Strong ability to translate strategic ideas into clear, compelling, and engaging language.
- Excellent writing, editing, and headline-writing skills, with a strong attention to tone, rhythm, and nuance.
- Curiosity and openness to exploring AI-enabled creative tools, with an understanding of their role in modern creative workflows.
- A collaborative mindset and comfort working across disciplines, perspectives, and feedback styles.
- Passion for culture, language, creativity, and continuous learning.
- A clear point of view on how social platforms, content formats, and emerging technologies shape modern brand storytelling.
- Automotive and Finance experience is an asset.
Skills
- Copywriting
- Conceptual thinking
- Storytelling
- Brand voice development
- Social media marketing
- Digital marketing
- Content creation
- Editing
- Headline writing
- AI-enabled creative tools
- Collaboration
- Cultural insights
- Language trends
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $95k-$110k
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- RRSP
- Paid time off
About the Company
- Dentsu Creative is a creative network delivering ideas that are brought alive in new ways.
- We foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and create their best work.
- We are an agency of dentsu.
- We are committed to working with our candidates from all ability levels throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity is embedded in who we are and all that we do: our mindset, our solutions, and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable environment.
- We put our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding, and learning so they can thrive.
- Our differences make us richer and enable stronger relationships with each other and foster greater impact for our clients.
- We engage with our communities to drive positive social impact by fostering equity and working to create a digital society that works for all.
- We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds foster a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better business results.
- We strive to create workplaces that reflect the clients we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
- If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact Canada.Recruitment@dentsu.com or to begin a conversation about your individual accessibility needs throughout the hiring process.
