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Associate Creative Director - Copy

Big Spaceship

New York, NY · Posted November 10, 2026

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About the job

At Big Spaceship, we’re explorers, not settlers. We partner with ambitious brands ready to venture into new territory, push creative boundaries, and lead rather than follow.

We’re a full-service creative agency built for brands that want to break new ground. Our diverse team of entrepreneurial spirits, creative minds, and makers brings bold ideas to life for some of the world’s most innovative and culturally connected brands. If you thrive on exploration, creative risk-taking, and charting new paths, you belong here.

Big Spaceship is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copy with big brand experience who can bring strategic thinking, cultural fluency, and high craft to integrated campaigns. You’ll work on a financial services client, partnering with an Art Director and reporting into the Group Creative Director. Over time, your work will extend to other accounts within the agency.

This role requires a well-rounded book and exceptional writing ability, including for regulated industries. You’ll know how to do bold, original work within a box, and how to make the constraints work for the idea. We run lean, senior teams, so you’ll be close to the work and involved in it from start to finish.

You should be a confident, client-facing partner. A positive, adaptable attitude and a true team-player mindset is an absolute must.

Roles + Responsibilities

Develop integrated campaigns across channels and formats

Write compelling copy and help shape the voice and storytelling across all work

Write within the guardrails of regulated industries, balancing creativity with compliance

Concept, write, and craft work hands-on within a lean senior team

Work with the Group Creative Director to set and uphold high creative standards

Adapt to different brands, categories, and clients as the work evolves

Integrate AI tools and generative workflows into creative development and production

Present work confidently to clients and senior stakeholders

Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver strategically sound, culturally relevant creative

Support work through production from concept to final delivery

Stay current on culture, platform behaviors, and emerging technologies to ensure the work is resonant

7+ years of experience as a copywriter at an advertising agency

Big brand experience on high-visibility campaigns

Experience writing for regulated industries; financial services experience is ideal

A well-rounded portfolio across mediums

Experience working with creative teams through production

Comfortable integrating AI and generative tools into creative processes and workflows

Confident, client-facing presence with excellent presentation skills

Positive, adaptable, and collaborative, with a strong team-player attitude

Resilient, self-directed, and comfortable working with autonomy in a lean senior team

The salary band for this role is $130,000 - $160,000. Where a prospective new hire's base salary will fall within this band depends on several factors including their qualifications and experience, the skill level required in the role, market rates, and the salaries of existing crew members at Big Spaceship within the same role to maintain equity.