Copywriter

Monks • San Francisco, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Copywriter, you’ll create compelling ideas, stories, and copy for a global sports brand, helping bring a recognizable consumer brand to life across digital experiences, campaigns, content, social, and commerce. You’ll work closely with art directors, designers, strategists, and other creatives to turn briefs into ideas and craft polished work. The role calls for a curious, culturally aware writer who can think conceptually, write with precision and personality, and adapt their voice across audiences, channels, and moments. You’ll contribute ideas, collaborate with others, and explore how emerging technology and AI can improve both the creative process and the work.

The Copywriter develops concepts and copy across consumer touchpoints, translates briefs and strategy into engaging ideas, and partners with creative and cross-functional teams from concept through final delivery. The role involves using AI tools thoughtfully, presenting creative thinking, editing and proofreading, responding to feedback, managing multiple assignments and deadlines, and staying current on advertising, digital culture, technology, sport, fashion, entertainment, and creative trends.

The position is subject to Monks’ Return to Office policy. Employees who live within commuting distance of an office are expected to work there a set number of days per week, as determined by the company’s current policy. The listed salary range is $80,000–$95,000 USD.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of professional copywriting experience within an agency, studio, in-house creative team, or similarly fast-paced creative environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and writing across digital, campaign, social, content, and brand work.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with strong command of grammar, voice, tone, structure, and storytelling.
• Ability to move comfortably between big-picture concepting and detailed copy execution.
• Experience writing for digital-first experiences such as websites, e-commerce, social, mobile, or interactive platforms.
• Ability to understand a creative brief quickly and translate strategic and business objectives into engaging consumer-facing ideas and copy.
• Strong collaborative instincts and experience partnering closely with art directors, designers, strategists, and other creative disciplines.
• Experience using AI tools for research, ideation, exploration, or iteration, paired with sound judgment about output quality and originality.
• Cultural curiosity and awareness of changes in language, consumer behavior, digital platforms, and creative trends.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain quality across multiple projects and deliverables.
• Confidence receiving, interpreting, and responding to creative feedback without losing sight of the core idea.
• Strong communication, organization, and time-management skills.
• A collaborative, curious, and low-ego approach to making great work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with athletic, apparel, footwear, fashion, lifestyle, retail, or other culturally relevant consumer brands.
• Experience working within established global brand voices, guidelines, or messaging systems.
• Experience across product launches, seasonal campaigns, e-commerce, social, or high-volume consumer marketing.
• Experience writing scripts for film, video, social, audio, or other storytelling formats.
• Familiarity with UX writing or content design for digital products and experiences.
• Experience using AI for advanced creative exploration, prototyping, personalization, or emerging content workflows.
• Understanding of SEO and digital performance principles and how they can inform copy without compromising brand voice.
• A strong interest in sport, style, entertainment, technology, and youth culture.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and write clear, engaging, brand-right copy across digital campaigns, websites, e-commerce, social, content, product experiences, presentations, and other consumer touchpoints.
• Translate creative briefs, brand strategy, audience insights, and business objectives into compelling ideas, messaging, and stories.
• Write headlines, campaign copy, digital experiences, product storytelling, social content, scripts, calls to action, and longer-form brand narratives.
• Partner with art directors and designers to develop ideas that integrate copy and visual thinking from the beginning.
• Adapt voice, tone, and messaging for different audiences, channels, products, and cultural moments while maintaining broader brand consistency.
• Contribute to brainstorms, concept development, creative reviews, and other collaborative working sessions.
• Develop multiple creative routes and copy approaches, responding to feedback while strengthening the work.
• Own assigned copy projects from initial concept through revisions, production, and final delivery.
• Collaborate with strategy, design, UX, production, account, technology, and other disciplines to ensure copy supports the broader consumer experience.
• Use AI and emerging creative tools for research, ideation, exploration, iteration, and content development, applying editorial and creative judgment to the output.
• Present and explain creative thinking clearly to internal teams and, as appropriate, client stakeholders.
• Edit and proofread personal and other team members’ work as needed, maintaining accuracy, consistency, and craft.
• Incorporate feedback from creative leadership and client teams while protecting the clarity and strength of the work.
• Manage multiple assignments and deadlines, communicating proactively about timing, feedback, and potential roadblocks.
• Stay current on advertising, writing, social and digital culture, technology, AI, sport, fashion, entertainment, and emerging creative trends.

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays.
• 401(k) with company contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being.
• Career growth in a disruptor space and entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network.
• Globally diverse and inclusive culture with employee resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed