Sr Copywriter

Akcelo is an award-winning, independent brand experience agency founded in 2019. We have 200+ staff across offices in Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. Our agency builds brands for the experience era with in house capabilities to drive unique experiences across the entire customer journey. 

Our main North American office, located in beautiful Vancouver, BC is seeking a Senior Copywriter to join our office and work across the TikTok global ecosystem. This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual with a strong sense for design and visual language to take on a creative and challenging full time role in our organisation. Oh, and you have to be a great writer too.

The role involves:

• Taking creative ownership of projects from concept through to delivery
• Writing insightful, sharp, culturally tuned copy across a range of formats from social-first storytelling to global brand platforms
• Collaborating with designers, strategists, and producers to bring ideas to life
• Presenting confidently to clients and fostering strong, trusting relationships
• Mentoring and supporting junior creatives, contributing to an inclusive and high-performing team culture
• Being a champion for the creative product, continuously pushing innovation and staying ahead of what’s next by adapting new tools and insights
• Spotting and developing proactive creative opportunities with existing and prospective clients
• Translating complex ideas into simple, engaging messaging with clear tone-of-voice adaptation for different brands and markets
• Owning your ideas beyond the page—following through into production with craft and consistency

The Must Haves:

• 5+ years of copywriting experience in top-tier digital, advertising, or brand experience agencies
• Proven ability to lead creative projects across integrated platforms, especially social, digital, experiential, and content
• A strategic thinker who can unpack briefs and help shape them into brilliant creative platforms
• Demonstrated ability to write in multiple brand voices, shifting tone and language effortlessly
  
• An understanding of production realities—you know how to work with producers, editors, and creators to bring ideas to life
• Confident in presenting and defending your ideas in a compelling and collaborative way
• Familiarity with platform best practices for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and more
• Skilled in Google Slides, and comfortable crafting client-facing presentations
• A portfolio that showcases idea-led, original work with a high level of craft
• Ability to travel for production shoots internationally

What Will Set You Apart:

• Experience concepting for global brands and launching campaigns across multiple regions
• Experience working within or alongside multidisciplinary creative teams
• A love for culture, digital trends, and the ability to tap into internet-native storytelling

But why apply?

It’s okay if you haven’t heard of us… yet. Over the last five years we smashed the ceilings created by established agencies and created some larger than life campaigns, innovative retail-tech solutions, threw some epic events, and besides happy clients, we took home the B&T Emerging Agency of the Year, Mumbrella’s Experiential Agency of the Year, and a number of APAC Effies. And we are just getting started. We value the genuine, the experimental, the limitless, and the imaginative in all of us. We make, break and build things, without the fear of failure, and we share our time and our talents.  If that is something that excites you too, we want to hear from you!

Oh and we also have these cool benefits:

• 3 weeks vacation plus 1 week paid over New Years’ break, and 6 personal/sick days
• Competitive benefits, with the flexibility of Health Spending and Healthy Living Accounts
• Our global advantage means after your workplace anniversary, we provide opportunities to work for a week from our Sydney, Australia office, or from wherever you want to tack on to your personal travel plans!
• We are not perfect. But, we can solve anything, together.

Akcelo is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and abilities.