Lead Copywriter, Creative Studio

Irvine, CA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Lead and own copy for high-priority campaigns and brand initiatives, shaping voice and messaging across channels, while guiding cross-functional teams and mentoring writers.

  • Define concepts, platforms, and messaging architectures.
  • Partner with design, product, and marketing teams to ensure clarity and impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own copy and narrative direction for high-priority integrated campaigns, launches, and brand initiatives from brief through delivery.
  • Develop creative concepts, campaign platforms, messaging architectures, headlines, taglines, product stories, and other customer-facing copy across channels.
  • Establish and evolve voice, tone, and messaging principles that create a connected customer experience and strengthen Rivian’s brand distinctiveness.
  • Partner with art directors, designers, creative leads, strategists, producers, and cross-functional stakeholders to turn briefs into compelling, strategically grounded work.
  • Translate Rivian’s mission, products, technology, and customer experience into language that is clear, inviting, differentiated, and on-brand.
  • Write and oversee writing across a range of formats and audiences, including website, email, newsletters, social, retail, CRM, film and video, experiential, and launch materials.
  • Lead the extension of creative ideas across touchpoints, balancing consistency with the needs of each audience, channel, and moment.
  • Influence briefs, creative approaches, and go-to-market narratives by bringing a clear perspective on the customer, the product, and the business challenge.
  • Research unfamiliar subjects, work closely with subject matter experts, and build deep product understanding to communicate with accuracy and confidence.
  • Present creative thinking to senior stakeholders, articulate the rationale behind the work, respond constructively to feedback, and advocate for ideas that improve clarity and impact.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in copywriting, brand writing, advertising, editorial, content design, or a related creative discipline; experience in an agency or in-house creative studio environment preferred.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating strategic concept development, campaign leadership, brand voice, messaging systems, and polished execution across multiple formats and channels.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to make complex subjects clear, engaging, and emotionally resonant.
  • Strong conceptual and strategic thinker who can develop a range of ideas, connect creative decisions to broader objectives, and bring a clear point of view to the work.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead copy direction across integrated, cross-functional initiatives from early strategy through final production.
  • Collaborative, trusted partner who is comfortable influencing designers and creative teams, as well as product, marketing, communications, legal, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Comfortable moving between high-level creative development, messaging architecture, and detail-oriented production copy.
  • Experience giving clear, actionable creative feedback and helping others do their best work.
  • Relentlessly curious, proactive, and willing to dig beneath the surface to understand the customer, the product, and the problem.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Preferred

  • Experience with automotive, mobility, technology, sustainability, or mission-driven brands is a plus.
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Rivian

3.5 Glassdoor

Doing something different is never easy. It requires courage, optimism and grit. Core to our mission is building a team of adventurous individuals determined to make a positive impact on the world. This means challenging ourselves constantly. Stretching beyond the bounds of conventional thinking. Reframing old problems. Seeking new solutions. And operating comfortably in a space of uncertainty. While our backgrounds are diverse, our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Do you like doing the impossible? We’d love to hear from you.

Founded in 2009
Irvine, California, USA
12K employees (382 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend
69% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$21.9B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Equity, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Equity • $1B
  • Nov 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $6.6B
  • May 2024
    Grant • $827M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$22.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.6%
Direct
45.3%
Referral
5.4%
Social
3.5%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11.8K

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