Senior Creative (Ideation/Copy)

Shape the Narrative. We need a Senior Creative who lives for the "big idea." If you're a master of copy, ideation and campaign strategy and are looking for a fast-paced agency home, apply today!

Here at MATTA, we believe that sports have the power to change people and communities for the better. We are passionate about making brands and campaigns matter to more people, more often by engaging fans with big, bold creative thinking and world-class execution.

We are an independent creative agency built specifically for sports and lifestyle brands. Our work has won multiple awards and we have been Agency of the Year several times.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Senior Creative, specialising in copy and ideation, to join the team. You'll likely be a midweight or senior creative within an agency, with several years' experience and a portfolio that clearly demonstrates your ability to generate ideas, platforms, taglines, scripts, content and campaigns.

What You'll Be Doing

• Ideation: Be an ideas factory.
• Creative Excellence: Turn insight into compelling creative concepts, and concepts into standout work.
• Copywriting, Scriptwriting & Storytelling: Create taglines, scripts, headlines and narratives that cut through.
• Brand Resonance: Develop campaign platforms and content ideas that live in culture.
• End-to-End Ownership: Take ownership of briefs from initial thought through to execution.
• Strategic Presentation: Build clear, persuasive presentations that bring ideas to life, from insight, to concept, to execution.
• Client Facing Excellence: Confidently articulate, sell and defend your work to clients and internally.
• Visual Direction: Shape the creative vision, including art direction, and create moodboards and storyboards for film and content.
• Collaboration: Work seamlessly with art directors, designers and the wider team to bring ideas to life.

Job Requirements

What We're Looking For:

• Outstanding Portfolio: A portfolio that shows strong conceptual thinking and copy craft.
• Strong Presentation Skills: Proven ability to sell creative work with clarity and confidence.
• Multichannel Expertise: Experience across social, digital, and earned, across both integrated campaigns and content.
• Sector Awareness: Strong awareness of sport, culture and entertainment, and how to turn that into ideas.
• Leadership & Collaboration: A collaborative mindset, with the ability to lead, challenge and inspire others.
• Creative Integrity: High standards, strong opinions, and the judgement to know when to push.

Desired But Not Required:

• Sport Sector Experience: Hands on experience working within the sports sector or with sports brands.

What We Offer

• 23 days annual leave + extra 3 days off at Christmas.
• MATTA Sports Day: an extra day off every year for the purpose of either watching or playing sport.
• Generous Sabbatical Policy: for those with longer term leave options to travel, volunteer, study or generally having a reset.
• Health & Financial Wellbeing: comprehensive health and dental insurance, 24/7 virtual GP access, and a range of financial tools, including life assurance and income protection.
• Regular Socials: Thursday Drinks at our offices every week and PayDay Pizza at the end of each month.
• Hybrid Working: staff can work from home and from our London Bridge offices.
• Discounts: exclusive access to benefits platforms with thousands of discounts on shopping, food, beauty, travel and more.
• Dog Friendly Office.

Our clients include Uefa, The International Cricket Council, Armani, Clinique, Budweiser, ATP Tour, England Football, England Rugby, England Cricket and many others. We have launched fitness equipment, kits, and nutrition brands, created new competitions, leagues and tournaments, rebranded, revitalised and repositioned existing ones, sold out multiple World Cups and European Championships, pushed women's sports forward, and led campaigns for equality and against discrimination and drugs.

At MATTA you can expect a fast-paced, relaxed atmosphere where everyone is passionate about sport in some way. We believe happy and healthy people produce the best work, which is why you'll get private health insurance, regular team away days and generous annual leave.

We believe sport has the power to change the world.