Associate Creative Director, Copy

Primary Duties

• Partner with creative and brand leaders to translate strategy into distinctive, culturally relevant, and highly impactful creative concepts.
• Lead the development of elevated copy and storytelling across the full ecosystem including brand campaigns, product launches, retail, social, experiential, editorial, digital, and film.
• Champion the craft of copywriting setting a high bar for language, voice, narrative structure, and emotional resonance across all touchpoints.
• Play a key role in defining, shaping, and evolving Saucony’s tone-of-voice across both performance and lifestyle communications.
• Develop globally relevant ideas and narratives that translate authentically across regions, audiences, and cultures.
• Guide work from ideation through execution, ensuring creative excellence at every stage of the process.
• Present work with clarity, conviction, and a strong strategic foundation to internal stakeholders and partners.
• Stay deeply connected to culture, storytelling trends, and the evolving worlds of running, sport, fashion, design, and entertainment.
• Contribute to and help raise the bar within a highly collaborative, curious, and creatively ambitious team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 8+ years of copywriting experience within a leading creative agency or brand
• Exceptional storytelling ability, with a demonstrated mastery of voice, tone, and narrative craft
• A portfolio that shows the ability to concept and execute breakthrough, culturally relevant work
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and leadership skills
• Advanced understanding of modern brand building across performance and lifestyle spaces
• Deep curiosity for culture, emerging storytelling formats, and the evolving media landscape
• Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Passion for running culture and its intersection with style, creativity, and community
• Self-starter mentality with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-output environment where priorities shift and momentum matters
• Embrace collaboration across disciplines, with a team-first mindset
• Take ownership of work from concept through execution
• Operate with a high level of accountability, curiosity, and creative ambition
• Be energized by building new ways of working and raising the standard together