Associate Creative Director - Copywriter

Walker Sands is one of the fastest-growing integrated B2B marketing agencies in the world. We are looking for a high-impact Associate Creative Director - Copywriter to help fuel that continued growth. Total compensation for this role is expected to be between $84,000 - $93,000 per year.

As an agency, we exist to accelerate growth—for our clients, our people and the B2B industry. We partner with B2B technology and services companies, from high-growth Silicon Valley businesses to global Fortune 500 brands, to drive meaningful business results. At Walker Sands , curiosity sparks new ideas, collaboration makes the work stronger, and people are at the center of everything we do.

Walker Sands is looking for a talented Associate Creative Director - Copywriter to join our team. The Associate Creative Director – Copywriter is a senior creative leader who drives the conceptual direction, voice, and messaging of integrated B2B campaigns. They turn brand and audience insights into clear, differentiated platforms , guide the copy team, and ensure work is strategic, scalable, and creatively strong . They also support client relationships , new business , and cross‑disciplinary collaboration to deliver creative that drives real business impact .
What You Will Do:
Creative and Concept Leadership:

- Partner with art directors and strategists in the conceptual development of integrated campaign platforms rooted in strategic insight

- Serve as the creative leader for copywriter, art director, and designer teams on assigned clients and projects, elevating, guiding and reviewing work from cross-discipline creatives

- Inspire internal and client teams to push creativity boundaries, ensuring ideas are bold, differentiated, and deliver real business value

- Provide high-level creative and copy approvals, thoughtful feedback, and QC on assigned accounts

Copy, Content, and Messaging Development:

- Serve as the lead copywriter on high-profile accounts, translating complex B2B messaging into creatively compelling copy across all tactics in full-funnel campaign plans

- Work closely with the strategy team to define strategic messaging territories, brand narratives, and verbal frameworks

- Build scalable messaging platforms that translate across all channels throughout complex buyer journeys, from awareness and consideration tactics to evaluation and sales enablement deliverables

- Ensure voice and tone are consistent, ownable, and adaptable across multiple audiences and personas

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Collaborate closely with art directors and designers throughout all stages of the creative process

- Partner with strategists to ensure all creative work is aligned with brand positioning, audience insights and strategic messaging

- Work alongside PR, media, social and content teams to unify integrated activations into consistent campaign frameworks

- Present campaign concepts and messaging frameworks to senior internal and client stakeholders with persuasion, clarity and conviction

Team Leadership and Growth:

- Mentor, inspire and develop copywriters across all experience levels, including serving as a direct coach to assigned copywriters.

- Provide clear and thoughtful feedback in creative reviews that strengthens conceptual thinking and copywriting craft.

- Contribute to hiring, performance management and creative team planning.

- Help foster a department-wide culture of curiosity, creative excellence and accountability.

- Continuously strengthen your own craft across conceptual thinking, copywriting and emerging creative technologies.

- Stay current on advertising trends, B2B marketing innovation and AI-enabled creative workflows.

New Business and Agency Growth:

- Support department leaders in new business efforts, contributing strategic and conceptually compelling work to pitches and growth opportunities

- Help define and elevate Walker Sands ’ creative reputation within the B2B advertising community

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