Junior Creative Copywriter (Contract-To-Hire)

Job description

We’re looking for an English Junior Creative Copywriter to help turn growth strategy, audience insight and brand narrative into sharp digital creative that performs in feeds, inboxes and landing pages.

This is not a role for someone who just wants to write lines once the idea is already finished. We want someone who wants to work closely with the creative team to help shape ad concepts, messaging angles, hooks and narratives from the start.

• Employment Type: Contract-to-hire (initial contract with intent to convert to full-time)
• Location: Remote (UK/EU preferred)
• Experience Level: Junior (2 to 3 years)

About Ladder

Ladder builds outsourced digital growth teams for some of the most ambitious companies in the world.

We partner with high-growth startups and global brands to solve complex growth problems by embedding strategy, performance marketing, creative and technology into an integrated team. Our teams operate as an extension of our clients’ businesses, combining strong strategic thinking, digital execution and creative problem-solving to help brands grow in modern performance environments.

As our client mandates continue to grow, we’re investing further in creative capability to ensure our messaging, ideas and execution match the ambition and complexity of the brands we serve.

The Role

We’re hiring a Junior Creative Copywriter to support creative development across Ladder’s client portfolio.

This is a digital-first copywriting role for someone early in their career who is excited by the challenge of making ideas clear, compelling and commercially effective across modern growth channels.

You’ll work closely with members of Ladder’s creative team, including creative strategists, designers and growth specialists, to help develop new ad concepts across a range of brands and categories. That means contributing to the thinking, not just the final wording. You should enjoy exploring angles, shaping hooks, building out narrative territories and helping turn strategy into creative people actually respond to.

Just as importantly, this role requires a real affinity for brand narratives. The right person will understand that a strong creative is not just about punchy copy. It is about expressing a brand’s point of view, positioning and story in ways that feel natural to the platform and relevant to the audience. We are looking for someone who cares about how brands show up in the world, and can translate that into creative that still performs.

You’ll be writing across paid social, paid search, landing pages, CRM/lifecycle and other digital formats. You’ll be exposed to high-quality strategic and creative work, expected to think as well as write, and given the opportunity to develop quickly.

Contract-to-Hire Structure

This role will start as a contract engagement, with clear intent to convert into a full-time role.

We are looking to make a permanent hire, but we want to find the right candidate and validate the role through real client work before making a long-term commitment. We believe the best way to do that is by working together in practice first.

The initial contract period will be hands-on and embedded in live projects. If there is a strong mutual fit, the intention is for the role to become full-time.

What You’ll Do

• Write clear, compelling copy across paid social, paid search, landing pages, CRM/lifecycle and other digital formats
• Work closely with the creative team to develop new ad concepts, messaging angles, hooks and creative territories
• Turn strategy, briefs and audience insight into channel copy that is sharp, relevant and performance-minded
• Help bring brand narratives to life in ways that feel distinctive, coherent and commercially effective
• Contribute to messaging frameworks, creative briefs and concept development across client work
• Adapt messaging across audiences, offers, funnel stages and platforms without losing clarity or brand coherence
• Review performance insights and use them to improve copy and creative output over time
• Maintain a high bar for clarity, accuracy and craft across all written work
• Learn quickly from feedback and apply it across multiple brands and categories

Who This Role is For

This role is for someone early in their career who:

• Has at least 1 year copywriting experience in an agency, startup, in-house team, or relevant freelance projects
• Has perfect level command of written UK & US English, including spelling, phrasing, tone and cultural nuance
• Can write for English-speaking audiences in a way that feels natural, precise and unforced
• Loves writing and has strong instincts for language, clarity and persuasion
• Wants to help come up with ideas, not just fill in copy after the thinking is done
• Has an instinct for brand narrative, or a strong interest in learning how narrative and positioning should shape creative work
• Understands that the best ads usually come from a strong strategic story, not just a clever line
• Is excited by digital creative, performance marketing and how ideas actually work in feeds and on platforms
• Can shift between tones, audiences and formats without losing sharpness
• Has strong attention to detail and takes pride in getting copy right
• Wants to build craft fast by working closely with experienced strategists and creatives
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with high standards and lots of variety

Nice to Have

• Experience writing for paid social, landing pages, email or other performance-focused channels
• Familiarity with creative testing, audience messaging or conversion-focused copywriting
• Interest in how creative performance, testing and iteration can improve results over time

Who This Role is Not For

• Traditional long-form content writers focused mainly on blogs, articles or editorial
• Brand copywriters looking only for big campaign or above-the-line work
• Candidates who only want to execute tasks and not contribute to the thinking
• People who are not interested in performance, testing, iteration or digital channels
• Anyone who struggles with pace, feedback or switching between multiple brands and briefs

Why Join Ladder

• You’ll work on real growth problems for ambitious startups and global brands
• You’ll learn from a team spanning strategy, paid media, creative and AI-enabled systems
• You’ll get hands-on experience across multiple channels, formats and categories
• You’ll work closely with strong creative and strategy teammates to shape ideas, not just assets
• You’ll develop quickly in an environment that values both creative quality and commercial impact
• You’ll help make work that lives in the real world and is judged by what it does

How to Apply

Apply via LinkedIn with your CV plus a small selection of work that shows how you think and write. This could include ads, landing pages, email, social content, spec work, freelance projects or anything else that demonstrates strong creative and copy instincts.

We care less about polished credentials than we do about strong writing, clear thinking and evidence that you can grow fast.