Principal Associate, Associate Creative Director-Brand
Capital OneAbout the role
Principal Associate, Associate Creative Director-Brand
Brand is looking for an experienced creative professional to bring Capital One and its products to life across audiences and channels. If you’re a champion of strategic ideas with exceptional leadership chops and a customer-focused marketing background, we want to hear from you.
As an associate creative director with the long-form creative team, you’ll use evidence and data to define work, ground decisions and influence strategy—and then partner with creative teams to deliver elevated experiences.
Capital One is a Fortune 100 finance company that delivers credit cards, banking products and services, and best-in-class technology. But our brand is personable, fun and engaging as we aim to help customers feel at ease on their financial journey.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Partner with creative teams and internal clients to define intent and deliver marketing that makes Capital One easy to recognize, remember and choose.
Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment that adjusts based on the needs of business partners and strategic imperatives.
Lead a team of internal copywriters and art directors alongside external agency support—sometimes handling the work yourself.
Mentor team members and identify new opportunities to support their development.
Follow advertising and marketing trends to translate business intent into creative strategies and executions.
WHO YOU ARE
You’re an evidence-based marketer and creative leader who is:
Bold and confident with your point of view but willing to seek out broader opinions.
Encouraging and attentive to the work and your team.
Clever in pursuit of big ideas and unafraid of change and challenges.
Real but approachable and able to bring your full self to work.
WHAT YOUR TEAM DOES
You’ll lead creative professionals who write, edit and design digital content with a focus on SEO-driven long-form articles. You’ll be there to oversee the team’s day-to-day work, and sometimes you’ll lean in yourself to:
Write SEO-driven long-form content, short-form ads and other copy placements.
Edit long-form digital content for grammar, typos, AP style, tone and brand standards.
Fact-check content to ensure the work meets legal and SEO requirements
Hold your team, agencies and freelancers accountable based on enterprise and regulatory standards.
Source photography and create UX-friendly illustrations
Candidates must provide a portfolio for consideration
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree or military experience
At least 3 years of experience in copywriting and editing
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of experience leading creative teams or creative projects
4+ years of experience editing long-form digital content for websites or blogs
1+ years of experience with Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Understanding of art direction and UX/UI design principles
Experience in the financial services industry or highly regulated industry
Experience applying Enterprise and Associated Press Book (AP Stylebook)
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
Sales Territory: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Associate, Brand Copywriter
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