Job Description
Associate Creative Director, Copywriter
Hybrid
Marketing
Full time
JOBREQ0002001
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Description
At Resource Innovations, we're excited to welcome an Associate Creative Director, Copywriter to join our in-house creative team! In this writer-first leadership role, you'll get to blend your knack for conceptual brilliance with brand stewardship and people management.
Your mission will be to enhance and unify our brand voice across various campaigns, digital platforms, and corporate communications. A key focus will involve amplifying our corporate storytelling — encompassing impactful campaign messaging, executive communication, thought leadership, press releases, and speaking engagements. You'll collaborate closely with our CEO and senior leadership to ensure that our external voice is not only compelling and credible but also aligned with our strategic growth goals.
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to directly manage and mentor our talented copy team, setting high standards for craftsmanship while promoting teamwork, accountability, and professional growth.
The perfect fit for this position will bring agency-level conceptual expertise, experience in navigating both creative and corporate landscapes, and a collaborative, resourceful attitude.
Key Responsibilities:
Creative Leadership & Concept Development
Partner with the Associate Creative Director (Design) to co-lead integrated campaign concepting across digital, video, social, and multi-channel platforms
Collaborate with design leadership to ensure ideas are holistically developed — visually and verbally aligned, strategically grounded
Write high-impact headlines, campaign copy, scripts, and brand messaging that are clear, distinctive, and effective
Translate business and marketing objectives into compelling creative ideas
Evolve and steward brand voice across all touchpoints
Uphold exceptional standards of craft, clarity, and effectiveness
Brand & Corporate Communications
Lead the evolution of Resource Innovations’ corporate voice across external communications
Elevate executive messaging, ensuring clarity, credibility, and strategic narrative alignment
Support thought leadership, press materials, internal communications, and speaking engagements
Ensure consistency between campaign-level messaging and broader corporate positioning
Distill complex subject matter into clear, persuasive storytelling that reinforces industry leadership
Team Leadership & Development
Directly manage and develop members of the copy team
Provide thoughtful, actionable feedback and performance guidance
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Lead by example, elevating the quality of writing through mentorship and craft
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with design, account teams, and senior leadership
Contribute meaningfully to creative briefs and strategic discussions
Present work confidently and articulate clear creative rationale
Build alignment across stakeholders while protecting creative integrity
Execution & Ownership
Oversee copy development from concept through final delivery
Ensure all work is polished, accurate, and strategically aligned
Manage multiple projects with varying complexity and timelines
Serve as the senior editorial authority for corporate and executive-level communications
Requirements
Writing & Creative Expertise
10+ years of copywriting experience, including significant agency experience
Strong portfolio demonstrating campaign thinking, compelling ad copy, and short-form video scripts
Proven ability to craft, evolve, and steward brand voice
Experience writing for both consumer-facing campaigns and corporate communications
Ability to simplify complex subject matter into persuasive messaging
Experience partnering with C-suite leaders and translating strategy into compelling external narratives
Leadership & Collaboration
Experience managing and developing writers or creative team members
Strong coaching, feedback, and performance management skills
Confidence presenting to senior stakeholders
Collaborative, humble approach to creative leadership
Mindset
Writer-first mentality with high standards of craft
Growth-oriented and committed to continuous improvement
Resourceful, inventive, and solutions-driven
Calm under pressure with strong organizational discipline
Comfortable balancing conceptual exploration with business objectives
Benefits
About Resource Innovations
Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we’re constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we’re leading the charge to power change.
Resource Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Resource Innovations complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company does work.
Compensation & Benefits
Resource Innovations offers competitive salaries based on a candidate's skills, experience and qualifications for the position. The compensation range for the base salary for this position is $125K- $135K. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. The stated salary represents the expected compensation for this position. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, education and location.
In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. The stated salary represents the expected compensation for this position. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, education and location.
At Resource Innovations, we believe supporting our people is essential to delivering impact. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote health, financial security, and work-life balance. This includes three weeks of paid vacation annually, paid holidays, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, an employee assistance program, commuter benefits, and additional supplemental offerings.
Employment with Resource Innovations is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check and reference check. If applicable to the position, a pre-employment drug screen may also be required.
The above job description and job requirements are not intended to be all inclusive. Resource Innovations retains the right to make changes or adjustments to job descriptions and/or job requirements at any time without notice.
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