Creative Strategy Lead - Copy (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level8+ years exp

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the creative strategy for Enova's brands, guiding a copywriting team and turning performance insights into compelling campaigns and briefs across channels.

  • Lead a small copy team and translate data into creative direction
  • Partner with marketing to turn performance insights into briefs and concepts

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Youll own the creative strategy behind Enova's portfolio of brands and the loop that connects performance data to the work. Storytelling sits inside that loop: you'll define the story from the data, then manage and coach a small team of copywriters to tell it well.
  • Insight in: Pull performance data and business insights from marketing and channel partners.
  • Strategy set: Turn insight into the narrative and messaging direction.
  • Coach execution: Guide writers to bring that story to life, editing for both craft and strategic fit.
  • Measures back: Absorb results, learn what worked and feed it into the next brief.
  • Insight to Creative: Partner with marketing and business teams to gather performance results, customer insights and channel learnings, then translate them into creative strategy, briefs and recommendations. Give creative leadership a clear view of what's working, what isn't and what to prioritize next.
  • Testing Strategy: Work with channel owners and marketers to develop testing strategies and learning agendas. Shape concepts built to be tested, iterated and scaled, and feed results into the next round of work.
  • Creative & Brand Strategy: Ground campaigns in clear strategic pillars and messaging frameworks across channels, keeping each brand distinctive and on-voice.
  • Paid Social Evolution: Drive how we build paid social campaigns partnering with design, marketing and business teams to concept ideas from the ground up and optimize them based on performance.
  • Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a small team of copywriters, using data and AI tools to sharpen and accelerate their work. Own team processes and resources and evolve how the team operates as needs change.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in creative strategy, content strategy, or copywriting leadership
  • Experience using performance marketing data to shape creative strategy and testing
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry, preferably banking or financial services
  • Proven experience operating across both strategy and creative execution
  • Strong copywriting and editing skills, with a portfolio that shows conceptual thinking and results
  • Direct experience managing, mentoring, and developing copywriters or creative team members
  • Comfort with tools such as Asana, Figma, Adobe Analytics, Meta Ads Manager and Snowflake

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance including mental health benefits
  • 401(k) matching plus a roth option (U.S. Based employees only)
  • PTO & paid holidays off
  • Sabbatical program (for eligible roles)
  • Summer hours (for eligible roles)
  • Paid parental leave
  • DEI groups (B.L.A.C.K. @ Enova, HOLA @ Enova, Women @ Enova, Pride @ Enova, South Asians @ Enova, APEX @ Enova, and Parents @ Enova)
  • Employee recognition and rewards program
  • Charitable matching and a paid volunteer day…Plus so much more!

Enova International

3.7 Glassdoor

Enova International (NYSE: ENVA) is a leading online financial services company that serves small businesses and consumers who are underserved by traditional banks. For over 20 years, Enova has provided over $65 billion in loans and financing to more than 13 million customers by offering a suite of market-leading products powered by the company's world-class analytics, machine learning algorithms and proprietary technology. You can learn more about the company and its portfolio of businesses at www.enova.com.

Founded in 2004
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.5K employees (54 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $115K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Copywriting median pay in the United States

$89K/yr

Most earn $73K to $105K. Based on 1,207 salaries, including bonus and equity.

See all Enova International salaries

Funding

Total Funding
$900M
Last Raise
$500M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $500M
  • Dec 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $400M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
46.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.7%
Direct
55.1%
Referral
5.8%
Social
0.9%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Creative Strategy Lead - Copy (Hybrid)

Enova International · Chicago, IL · Hybrid