Sr. Manager, Copywriting

Santa Monica, CA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $135K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative direction and process for Roku's brand, leading a copy and strategy team to translate briefs into cohesive, high-quality campaigns that move business metrics.

  • Creative Leadership: mentor writers and strategists while shaping concept directions across campaigns with art partners.
  • Narrative craft: develop messaging frameworks and full-funnel storytelling that stay on brand.
  • AI-enabled workflows: collaborate cross-functionally to speed production without sacrificing quality.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor a team of copywriters and strategists, fostering a culture of curiosity, craft excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
  • Lead concept development and oversight across campaigns and initiatives — partnering with art directors and designers to generate multiple, distinct, on-brief creative territories rooted in strategy and insight.
  • Translate briefs into big ideas — ensuring all creative work ladders up to a clear creative north star and delivers against business and brand objectives.
  • Champion a strong creative process — bringing structure, clarity, and rigor to briefing, concepting, feedback, and execution in a way that reflects best-in-class agency workflows.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with creative directors, designers, marketers, product teams, and stakeholders to develop AI-driven creative workflows and automation to enhance speed without compromising quality.
  • Write and oversee copy development across channels — including campaign concepts, video scripts, brand messaging, product marketing, lifecycle, and retail experiences.
  • Develop messaging frameworks and narratives that support full-funnel storytelling and ensure consistency across touchpoints.
  • Elevate creative quality by providing clear, actionable feedback and direction.
  • Guide work through review and approval processes, effectively presenting and defending creative rationale to senior stakeholders.
  • Act as a brand steward, ensuring consistency in voice, tone, and messaging across all outputs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in creative copywriting, with significant time in agency or agency-like environments
  • Proven experience developing concept-driven campaigns, with a portfolio that demonstrates multiple creative directions and strategic thinking, not just execution
  • Experience collaborating closely with art directors and designers to produce integrated creative work
  • Strong understanding of creative briefs, positioning, and insight-driven ideation
  • Experience leading or mentoring writers and contributing to a high-performing creative team culture
  • Ability to present and sell ideas clearly and persuasively to cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders
  • Well-rounded writing background including video, digital, product marketing, and integrated campaigns
  • Strong instincts for brand voice and storytelling, with the ability to flex across tones and audiences
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative environment with shifting priorities
  • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred (fluent in speaking, reading, and writing)

Benefits

  • This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.
  • Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families.
  • Global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources.
  • Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension).
  • Not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.
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Roku

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With the #1 platform for streaming television in the U.S., Roku wants to revolutionize the way the world watches TV. Our Roku-branded TVs, Roku TV models, Smart Home system, streaming players, audio equipment, and the purpose-built operating system that powers it all can turn any home into a home theater, with seamless integration of hardware and software. Our commitment to our users extends to our brand studio, which creates innovative Roku Originals exclusively for The Roku Channel, a free channel that reaches approximately 80 million households in the U.S. and Mexico. Join us and you'll have the chance to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. Be a part of shaping the future of streaming at weareroku.com.

Founded in 2002
San Jose, California, USA
4.2K employees (551 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
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