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Senior Associate, Copywriter

Location: Richmond, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; McLean, Virginia
Job ID R214987 Updated date 07/15/2025
Senior Associate, Copywriter

Senior Associate, Copywriter - Brand Creative

Capital One Brand Creative is looking for a skilled Senior Copywriter to bring our brand to life. 

This role will support the Café creative team, concepting and writing for integrated experiences across the Café landscape. 

If you’re a champion of strategy-led copy, brand voice and proactively looking for ways to push your craft, we’d love to hear from you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Write!

  • Execute a broad range of integrated touchpoints including print, digital, OOH, campaign & toolkit creation, In-Café events and experiences and brand activations to name a few

  • Own your work through the end-to-end creative process—from white space to real life

  • Brainstorm big concepts one day and tackle detail-oriented copy projects the next

  • Think strategically about Café objectives and how your copy choices help accomplish those goals and elevate our work overall

Collaborate with a lot of smart people.

  • Work with your team—art directors, creative directors, project managers, etc.

  • Work with your partners—a range of marketing, business, product, design, and production partners, both internally and externally

Create marketing that cuts through the noise.

  • Use strategy to inform all creative decisions

  • Understand the importance of integrated thinking across channels, products and audiences, while staying true to the brand

  • Learn from consumer insights and let them influence your work

  • Be willing to push the process and mindsets of others to create great customer experiences and strengthen our brand

Get stuff done. On time. Every time.

  • Manage multiple deadlines on numerous projects happening at the same time

  • Deliver error-free work, using best practices with keen attention to detail

  • Listen to and incorporate feedback

  • Determine when to use existing solutions or start from scratch, so you can invest your time where it matters

  • Understand the goals of a project, take direction well, and ask questions when you need clarity

  • Present your work in a compelling way to create support across different audiences

WHO YOU ARE

You want to be an EVIDENCE-BASED MARKETER.

  • Your curiosity is endless. There’s always something else to learn!

  • You’re flexible and not afraid of change—in fact, you welcome the challenge

  • You share your point of view but seek out what might be missing and listen

  • You have big ideas and know the best ones are driven by proof, persistence and patience

  • You’re a storyteller. You simplify the complex and compel your audience to act!

  • You know how to enjoy yourself. While fun isn’t mandatory, it certainly seems to follow you!

  • You care—about the work, your team and the customers you serve

Candidates must provide a portfolio of their creative work for consideration

 Basic Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree or military experience

  • At least 3 years of copywriting experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience copywriting at an agency or client-side

  • Experience in the financial services industry or retail industry


 

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: $86,000 - $98,200 for Sr. Associate, Brand Copywriter


 

McLean, VA: $94,600 - $107,900 for Sr. Associate, Brand Copywriter


 

New York, NY: $103,200 - $117,800 for Sr. Associate, Brand Copywriter


 

Richmond, VA: $86,000 - $98,200 for Sr. 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.

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Who We Are

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.