Principal Associate, Associate Creative Director-Brand

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4 Locations
Hybrid
110K-151K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
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The Role
Lead and mentor a team of copywriters and art directors to create SEO-driven long-form and short-form marketing content. Define creative strategy with data, edit for AP and brand standards, ensure legal/SEO compliance, manage agencies and freelancers, and contribute to art direction and UX-friendly visual assets. Portfolio required.
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Principal Associate, Associate Creative Director-Brand
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
McLean, VA: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Associate, Brand Copywriter
Richmond, VA: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Associate, Brand Copywriter
New York, NY: $131,800 - $150,500 for Principal Associate, Brand Copywriter
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or military experience
  • Portfolio for consideration
  • At least 3 years of experience in copywriting and editing
  • 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)

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The Company
HQ: McLean, VA
55,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1994

What We Do

At Capital One, we think and work like a tech company, using our digital fluency to transform everything about the customer experience. We’re bending data to our will, and turning a stodgy industry on its head. That’s reflected in our ranking as the number one business technology innovator in the U.S. in the 2016 InformationWeek Elite 100.

Why Work With Us

Here’s another question: What are you looking for? A place where curiosity is the starting point? Where data leads to human insights? Where humanity drives product development? We’re bringing breakthrough products and services to consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients. And each new idea makes life better for millions of people.

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