Associate Creative Director, Writer

New York City, NY (On-site)

$125K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Lead end-to-end creative for integrated campaigns, owning concept through execution while collaborating with art directors, designers, and strategists to craft human, distinctive stories across channels.

  • Own campaign idea generation, from concept to delivery
  • Drive brand voice, messaging systems, and cross-channel execution

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop big, ownable campaign ideas in partnership with art directors and designers, contributing equally to the concept as well as its expression.
  • Stay hands-on in the work, personally writing and developing key executions from concept through final craft.
  • Bring exceptional craft to headlines, scripts, manifestos, campaign platforms, brand voice, long-form and short-form copy.
  • Find simple, surprising, and memorable ways to communicate complex ideas and B2B narratives.
  • Build ideas that can extend coherently across film, digital, social, print, experiential, and other channels.
  • Turn early-stage thinking into compelling creative presentations that make clients want to buy it.
  • Guide creative development from concept through production and delivery, ensuring the idea remains as strong in execution as it was on the page.
  • Develop scripts, narrative structures, brand voice, and messaging systems.
  • Creative direct film, audio, content, and other forms of production.
  • Give clear, actionable creative feedback that makes the work better.

Requirements

  • Minimum 7+ years of agency experience in copywriting and concept development, with significant hands-on experience as a writer.
  • A portfolio demonstrating exceptional personal writing and conceptual work.
  • A background developing integrated campaign ideas from concept through execution.
  • Exceptional conceptual thinking and a highly developed point of view on language, storytelling, culture, and contemporary advertising.
  • The ability to find powerful, simple ideas inside complex business, brand, and audience challenges.
  • Exceptional command of language, with the ability to shift effortlessly between sharp headlines, emotionally engaging scripts, brand platforms, manifestos, and other forms of writing.
  • Strong understanding of brand voice, messaging systems and how campaign ideas extend across channels.
  • The ability to develop ideas collaboratively with art directors and designers, with a genuine appreciation for visual thinking and design craft.
  • Experience writing and producing film and other forms of content.
  • Fluency with contemporary creative workflows, including generative AI and emerging creative technologies.

Preferred

  • B2B experience is a plus. What matters most is the ability to bring consumer-level creativity, craft, and ambition to complex brands and businesses.
  • Experience developing creative for global brands and/or across multiple markets is a plus.
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Stein helps build the world’s most demanded B2B brands by unifying brand and demand — strengthening each to the benefit of both. Through its Brand-to-Demand Experience (BDX) model, highly awarded creativity, and full-funnel media capabilities, we drive differentiation, distinction and growth for clients worldwide. Stein was named ANA B2 and Global ACE Agency of the Year in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and has been named ANA B2B Agency of the Year 13 times over the past 15 years. Stein is the only B2B agency to have won WARC Awards for Effectiveness (Gold) across consecutive years. The agency also received an Investors in People Award in 2024 for our commitment to the advancement of our most precious resource, our people.

Founded in 2013
New York, New York, USA
128 employees (30 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $145K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (13% of company)
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
350
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.9%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
12.8%
Social
9.9%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~128
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Associate Creative Director, Writer

Stein. · New York City, NY · On-site