Creative Lead, Copy (Remote Canada)
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QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience & Portfolio
- Creative Expertise
- 4–6 years of professional creative experience, with a meaningful portion in an agency, professional services, or B2B marketing environment
- A portfolio that shows range across brand work and performance creative — we need to see both a visual system you built and an ad campaign you designed that drove measurable results
- Experience developing campaigns from concept through execution.
- Ability to maintain and evolve brand standards across multiple channels.
- Strategic and Business Skills
- Understanding of creative strategy and storytelling.
- Ability to translate ICP, positioning, personas, JTBD insights, proof points, objections, and funnel-stage context into creative hypotheses and campaign concepts.
- Executive presence and confidence presenting creative strategy in new-business, portfolio-sales, client-facing, or leadership settings.
- Strong understanding of performance creative, testing methodology, message iteration, pipeline influence, and revenue-oriented creative measurement.
- Ability to partner effectively with production designers, paid media strategists, Account Directors, Growth, and Sales without needing to personally execute design production.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and helping shape the brief when the request is not fully formed.
- Technical and Industry Knowledge
- Digital marketing and social media
- UX/UI design
- Video and motion graphics
- Content strategy
- Creative software such as Adobe Creative Cloud
- AI-assisted creative tools and emerging technologies
- Tools — Required
- Adobe Creative Suite — Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign (expert level)
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro — proficient; you can produce and deliver without a separate editor
- Figma — design systems, component libraries, collaborative handoff
- Familiarity with A/B testing and CRO tools — Optimizely, Unbounce, Crazy Egg, or equivalent
- Heavy reliance and comfortability with generative AI and a recommended tool-set day 1.
- Tools — Preferred
- Project management tools — Asana, or similar; you will work within an existing PM workflow
- Familiarity with a marketing analytics stack — GA4, Looker, or similar; you can read a dashboard and extract creative implications independently
- WHAT WE OFFER
- 🏠 We have a set living wage at Directive; The annual base salary range for this position based in Canada is $115,000-$125,000 CAD. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on Directive's compensation practices, job related skills, and depth of experience.
- 🙏 Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
- Including a 100% employer-paid plan for you and a 50% employer contribution for your dependents
- 🧠 Mental - Access to certified therapists through Spring Health, membership to Headspace
- 💪 Physical - Physical therapy through Omada, fertility support through Carrott, thousands of Aaptiv virtual workouts, complimentary One Medical membership for primary and virtual care
- 🛫 Time Off - Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), Paid Company Holidays, Your Birthday Off, End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1), Paid Parental Leave
- 💰 Financial - Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
WHAT WE OFFER
- 🏠 We have a set living wage at Directive; The annual base salary range for this position based in Canada is $115,000-$125,000 CAD. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on Directive's compensation practices, job related skills, and depth of experience.
- 🙏 Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
- Including a 100% employer-paid plan for you and a 50% employer contribution for your dependents
- Benefits to Support the Whole Person:
- 🧠 Mental - Access to certified therapists through Spring Health, membership to Headspace
- 💪 Physical - Physical therapy through Omada, fertility support through Carrott, thousands of Aaptiv virtual workouts, complimentary One Medical membership for primary and virtual care
- 🛫 Time Off - Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), Paid Company Holidays, Your Birthday Off, End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1), Paid Parental Leave
- 💰 Financial - Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
- 🌟 Bonus - Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time
- WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Directive is a remote-first company. This role operates 100% virtually from your home office. We collaborate through Zoom and Slack. You will need a reliable setup, high-speed internet, and a professional working environment capable of running Adobe Creative Suite and video production software without interruption.
- We accommodate global candidates in markets where Directive has established business operations, including Canada, Mexico, and the UK. Current, permanent work authorization in that country is required. Due to the nature of this role, you must be able to remain stationary for extended periods, operate design and video software on Mac or PC, and observe and interpret written and verbal communication consistently. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities — contact [email protected].
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- At Directive, one of our core values is People First. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture in the digital landscape. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
- If you require reasonable accommodations in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].
Preferred Qualifications
- Tools — Preferred
- 🌟 Bonus - Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time
About Directive Consulting
Performance marketing agency for B2B technology and SaaS companies.
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