Associate Creative Director

Associate Creative Director, Copy

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payment transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

We’re looking for a Visionary ACD Copywriter to join us in our continued mission to build a best-in-class global creative studio for Visa and the clients we serve.

• Lead by example by putting the craft into writing no matter what brief.
• Pitch ideas that are breakthrough in creativity, but still answer the strategic brief.
• Build and maintain key relationships with marketing executives by demonstrating a deep understanding of campaign needs and a commitment to driving creative excellence across all touchpoints.
• Consistently deliver best-in-class creative campaigns for the Visa brand and all client marketing.
• Consistently innovate and stay ahead of advertising trends and capabilities to ensure Visa is always a future-forward brand.
• Influence and inspire teams across the globe with beautifully crafted and strategic creative campaigns.
• Care deeply about every part of the funnel – upper funnel, middle and lower funnel – every asset matters.

• Help lead, inspire and collaborate with internal teams and client partners.
• Help build client relationships with a skill set of strong presentation skills to influence creative decisions.

• Contribute to an environment that fosters remarkable creativity by providing inspiration and a love and passion for what you do.
• Be a part of a culture where people love to work (and want to come and work), feel they can flourish, and are proud of what they contribute.
• Ensure quality output in all creative work.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD.

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
• Deep agency-side or brand-side experience working with or at global brands.
• Thought leader of highly successful (award-winning a plus) creative, brand development, and multichannel marketing campaigns.
• Experience working on campaigns that have driven outsized business results and won recognition in the industry.
• Experience working on successful pitches.
• Willingness to be pro-active in ideation.
• Excellent communication with proven ability to present to clients and leadership.
• Role models and influences aspirational behaviors of leading courageously, obsessing about customers, collaborating as one Visa, and executing with excellence.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present with impact.
• Strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Resourcefulness with strong sense of accountability and results-oriented drive.
• Ability to initiate and drive opportunities independently across multiple complex projects that have strategic implications for the brand and company, while operating in an environment that changes quickly.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

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Physical Requirements:

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at…