# Associate Creative Director, Copy at Kettle

Associate Creative Director, Copy at Kettle in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX. Remote, full-time, paying $140k–$180k. Posted September 11, 2026.

- Company: Kettle
- Location: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX
- Workplace: Remote
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $140k–$180k
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kettle/jobs/8801811002
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/associate-creative-director-copy-kettle-2e2vwn

## Description

Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients. 

We are hiring an Associate Creative Director, Copy, to oversee end-to-end digital website project execution for one of our largest clients, a Bay Area based creative tech company. In this embedded role, you’ll partner directly with our clients to create world-class digital experiences that both adhere to established standards and push the creative in new directions. You’ll be hands-on in the work as an experienced copywriter, while guiding other writers in your pod as a project lead. If the term conceptual digital creative resonates with you, then this role may be a fit.

These roles require team members to be onsite 5 days per week, for 2-3 months at a time, for specific projects. At other times during the year, the team is remote. 

**Candidates should have:**

- Significant experience in digital copywriting, and the ability to lead projects and workstreams within a rigorous environment

- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional partners, including design, motion, production, and client partners

- Excellent client collaboration and management skills, with the ability to present work internally and to senior level clients

- Experience managing or mentoring junior to senior copywriters, including formal and informal reviews and other talent development areas

- While not required, bonus if you have experience with similar global creative tech clients

**We’d like to know that you can:**

- Understand and challenge your clients’ needs across the board to ensure the integrity and excellence of our work

- Be the person the client looks up to be inspired and to get their creative questions asked. Help them understand the team’s perspective and align on the creative North Star

- Explore multiple unique, on-brand creative solutions to answer the brief and encourage your team to do the same

- Guide your team to create own-able experiences for the client through simple and relevant concepts, clear writing, and on-point tone & voice

- Work with cross-functional leads to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs

- Consistently demonstrate an expertise in the competitive landscape from a creative standpoint, and stay abreast of design culture and best-in-class creative across channels

- Manage and mentor writers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to grow

- Embrace challenges, not afraid to get your hands dirty and solution with fellow teammates and clients

*The target range of base compensation for this role is **$140k - 180k. **Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.*