6 months ago
Ad Copywriter
Kikoff
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)Temporary$83K/yr – $104K/yr
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Ad Copywriter
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
$83K/yr – $104K/yrMid Level4+ years expTemporary
Posted 6 months ago
Job Summary
Kikoff seeks a creative professional to ideate, script, and execute high-performing ads across digital and paid channels. The role emphasizes rapid testing, data-driven iteration, and collaboration with designers, with AI-assisted production. Requirements include 4+ years in advertising or copywriting, strong storytelling, and familiarity with AI tools. Nice-to-haves include direct response, fintech experience, and briefing content creators.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Lead the ideation, scripting, and creative development of high-performing creatives across digital and paid channels.
- Monitor creative performance, analyze results, and iterate quickly based on learnings to surface insights and optimize creative direction.
- Write high-performing ad copy and scripts across paid social, video, display, and emerging formats
- Translate creative briefs, performance data, audience insights, and winning hooks into new ad variants effectively and efficiently.
- Support ongoing creative testing by producing multiple versions of concepts, hooks, and messaging angles.
- Partner with designers, video editors, and content creators to bring ads from script to final asset.
- Use AI tools to accelerate copy generation, concept expansion, and variant creation.
- Maintain strong organization across multiple concurrent campaigns and deliverables.
- Contribute to brainstorms and concept development while primarily focusing on execution and output.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in advertising, performance marketing, social content, or copywriting roles.
- Strong creative writing skills and a passion for storytelling, the creative process, and solving puzzles.
- Proven track record of concepting, writing, and producing ads that convert.
- Familiar in using AI tools for creative production (e.g., VEO 3, Sora 2, Higgsfield, Midjourney, etc.).
- Understanding of social and performance marketing channels, from TikTok and YouTube to Meta and CTV.
- Creative and analytical in equal measure—you can identify what works and why, then scale it.
- Obsessed with culture, trends, and storytelling that connects with real people.
Preferred
- Experience with direct response creative, user acquisition campaigns, or B2C brands.
- Experience writing for fintech, financial services, or highly-regulated industries.
- Experience briefing content creators.
Kikoff
4.3 Glassdoor
Kikoff was founded in 2019 with a not-so-simple goal: make it easier for people to build credit. And it’s working. With 2 million customers, we’re helping people achieve their credit goals, so they can build the life they deserve. And we’re just getting started. We’re profitable, growing fast, and we’ve achieved Unicorn status. Our team is made up of data scientists, engineers, AI developers, product designers, & financial gurus. Credit is key to big milestones — from opening a credit card to getting better rates on loans. But there’s a catch: it’s easier to build credit, when you already have it.Co-founders Cynthia Chen and Christophe Chong understood this first hand, so they built a solution. Kikoff’s main product is our Credit Account, a reported tradeline exclusively focused on building credit. But we didn’t stop there. We’ve added accessible features like Rent & Bill Reporting and our AI-powered Debt Negotiation tool to take the time and headaches out of leveling up your financial health. AI is a game changer—and we’re using it to make our products future-proof. Check out our career site to see how you can help credit builders score.
Founded in 2019
San Francisco, California, USA
191 employees (42 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
Salaries
Posted range
$83K/yr – $104K/yr
Taken straight from the job posting.
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
32 (17% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3
People
Marketing Leadership
Kevin Otsuka
VP - Product Management (growth + core) and Head of Marketing
At the company for 4 years 3 months
Nathan Alexander
Head of Product Marketing
At the company for 1 year 11 months
Irene Lee
Sr. Director Lifecycle Marketing
At the company for 1 year 1 month
Libby Kusuma
Associate Director of Brand
At the company for 1 year 6 months
Funding
Total Funding
$42.5M
Last Raise
$30M
Series B, 5 years ago
Funding History
- Jun 2021Series B • $30M
- Jul 2020Series A • $10M
- Nov 2019Seed • $2.5M
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
1.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$94.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
24%
Direct
66.8%
Referral
5.7%
Social
1.6%
Paid
1.7%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~191