Freelance Campaign Copywriter

Idea Peddler

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Austin, TX Until 9/21/2026 4+ years exp First posted July 23, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

Idea Peddler is seeking a freelance Campaign Copywriter with agency experience to support destination, tourism, hospitality, and place-based marketing initiatives.

We are looking for a builder.

Someone who understands agency life, can work quickly, and knows how to take a partially developed concept and expand it into a campaign.

This role is less about creating the original strategy and more about helping bring strategic and creative ideas to life through language.

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with destination, tourism, hospitality, hotel, resort, or travel industry experience.

Experience

  • 4–7 years of advertising agency experience
  • Portfolio demonstrating campaign development and advertising work
  • Experience developing headlines, campaign extensions, and messaging systems
  • Hospitality, destination, travel, tourism, lifestyle, or experience-based brands preferred

What You'll Do

  • Develop campaign headlines and advertising copy
  • Create hooks, messaging territories, and campaign extensions
  • Build tone-of-voice systems and messaging frameworks
  • Expand strategic and creative concepts into executable campaigns
  • Develop multiple routes, options, and variations
  • Write across digital, print, social, video, outdoor, experiential, and presentation formats
  • Support Creative Directors and Strategists throughout concept development



The Right Candidate

You are comfortable receiving:

  • A strategic insight
  • A campaign territory
  • A positioning statement
  • A creative concept
  • A rough idea on a whiteboard

And turning it into:

  • Headlines
  • Hooks
  • Messaging frameworks
  • Campaign extensions
  • Tone systems
  • Advertising executions
  • Long-term campaign language

You are not expected to lead the strategy.

You are expected to help build the work.

You know how to generate options, explore possibilities, and help ideas become campaigns.

Portfolio Requirements

Please submit:

  • Portfolio website or PDF
  • 3–5 examples of advertising campaign work
  • Examples demonstrating headline development and campaign expansion
  • Brief description of your role on each project
About this role

Summary

Create advertising copy, develop campaign messaging, and support creative work for tourism clients.

Job title

Freelance Campaign Copywriter

Experience level

4-7 years

Minimum experience

4+ years exp

Industry

advertising

Location requirements

remote possible, based in Austin, TX

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

campaign developmentadvertisingheadline writingmessaging frameworksdigital and print advertising

Preferred skills

destination marketinghospitalitytravel industrycampaign expansion

Specializations

copywritingcampaign developmentadvertising
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Austin, TX, USA

Remote City