Manager, Copy - West Elm

New York City, NY (On-site)

$100K/yr – $110K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand voice across all channels, turning positioning into practical guidelines and elevating copy from draft to final, with AI support that stays on brand.

  • Voice governance: define and scale brand voice across content, campaigns, and digital experiences.
  • AI-enabled content: train and refine tools, build guardrails, and maintain human-in-the-loop quality for consistency and authenticity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary steward and evolution lead for the brand’s voice and tone across all channels, ensuring consistency while modernizing how the brand communicates.
  • Refine and articulate a clear, differentiated brand voice that reflects current business strategy, customer expectations, and cultural relevance.
  • Translate brand positioning into actionable voice and tone guidelines for all content types, including editorial content, campaigns, and emerging digital experiences.
  • Embed voice and tone into every customer touchpoint.
  • Audit existing content ecosystems (e.g. catalog, social, site, retail, email, etc.) to identify gaps and opportunities for voice alignment and elevation.
  • Establish scalable frameworks that ensure all copy meets the highest editorial standards and aligns with brand voice guidelines.
  • Own copy from first draft through final execution, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency before stakeholder review.
  • Apply strong editorial judgment to adapt messaging for different audiences, channels, and objectives.
  • Identify and resolve inconsistencies in voice, messaging, and product information proactively.
  • Train and refine AI tools and models to accurately reflect the brand’s voice, tone, and storytelling principles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years writing experience in advertising agency copywriter/copy lead role is required
  • Experience working with all levels of business partners
  • Strong ability to influence others to ensure copy and voice align with strategy
  • Self-starter, ability to stay focused in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Excellent organization and prioritization skills, ability to handle multiple projects across several seasons /channels
  • Teamwork, project management skills and creativity a must
  • Possess a creative, positive and flexible attitude
  • This role requires being onsite in the Dumbo Brooklyn office

Preferred

  • Interest in home décor/entertaining preferred
  • Familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style and AP Style

Benefits

  • A generous discount on all WSI brands
  • A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
  • Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer
  • Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits
  • Tax-free commuter benefits
  • A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health
  • In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
  • Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
  • Resources for self-development
  • Advisor (Mentor) program
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Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.Read our Social Media Guidelines here: https://www.chubb.com/us-en/about-chubb/chubbs-social-media-guidelines.aspxNotre section « À propos » est également disponible en français, ici: https://www.chubb.com/ca-fr/about-chubb-in-canada/a-propos-de-chubb-au-canada.aspx

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