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About the Role
Our Copywriters play an essential role in the strategy, conception, and narrative framing of breakthrough ideas, non-traditional campaigns, and intelligent brand platforms. Balancing film craft writing with sharp conceptual thinking, they bring exceptional creative thought and craft output, developing and delivering projects from initial brief to end user across diverse media touchpoints. The Copywriter at AKQA will approach every brief with fresh eyes, looking beyond traditional advertising to create work that is distinctive, culturally relevant, and truly remarkable.
Responsibilities
- Deliver award-winning work that pushes creative boundaries, using story, interactivity, and emerging technologies to spark meaningful change.
- Create and write concepts for a diverse range of formats from rich film scripts and digital video to social activations, branded content, and non-traditional campaign ecosystems.
- Create and manage original, persuasive, conceptually compelling work for integrated campaigns and digital product experiences with light supervision.
- Consistently deliver innovative solutions and high-quality craft on time and to specification.
- Partner closely with Art Directors, Experience Designers, Creative Directors, and Strategy teams to unearth core narrative truths and build unified big ideas.
- Work alongside developers, creative technologists, project managers, and client leads to prototype and launch next-generation digital products, web platforms, and branded content ecosystems.
- Seamlessly combine strategic thinking with nuanced tone-of-voice design and sharp conceptual copy.
- Actively experiment with new creative tools, workflows, and mediums to redefine how stories are told and experienced.
- Drive high levels of internal team alignment and external client trust.
- Maintain rigorous attention to detail, nuance, and structural accuracy across all deliverables.
- Stay ahead of technological shifts, digital culture, and design developments, integrating modern techniques into day-to-day practices to elevate creative output.
- Participate in pitches and key presentations, articulating creative rationale confidently to clients and leadership.
Requirements
- A compelling portfolio demonstrating high-calibre conceptual thinking, film craft writing, and non-traditional campaign execution.
- A strong balance of big-idea concepting and detailed craft copy/scriptwriting.
- Prior experience working with luxury, premium, or lifestyle brands is a plus.
- A natural drive to challenge conventions, explore non-traditional formats, and craft world-first ideas.
- Fearlessly creative, highly adaptable, and relentlessly attentive to detail.
- A strong work ethic with a commitment to pushing creative executions beyond standard advertising formulas.
- Deep curiosity about culture, story craft, and evolving communication channels.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- German language skills are a plus.
Skills
- Conceptual thinking
- Film craft writing
- Non-traditional campaign execution
- Storytelling
- Interactivity
- Emerging technologies
- Digital video
- Social activations
- Branded content
- Tone-of-voice design
- Conceptual copy
- Creative tools
- Workflows
- Mediums
Location
- Berlin, Germany
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- Extensive range of benefits
About the Company
- Creatives at AKQA (part of WPP) apply artistry, emerging creative tools, and craftsmanship to strategic insight, bringing to life transformative ideas that shape culture and move the world.
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
Equal Opportunity
- AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
- We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.