Copy Lead, creative, fintech, Limassol

Emerald Zebra on behalf of our client, a global regulated trading and fintech group, is looking to hire a Copy Lead to be based in Limassol, Cyprus.

The Role

Do you know the difference between copy that's correct and copy that's unmistakably ours? Could you defend a line in a creative review and then go write a better one yourself? Then we'd like you to lead our Copy pod.

As Copy Lead, you'll own tone of voice and editorial standards across all the group's brands, working closely with the Design Lead and the Creative Strategist's creative teams to shape ideas from the earliest stages of a brief. You'll lead and mentor our Copy pod, reviewing and elevating their work, while staying hands-on enough to write the pieces that matter most yourself.

This is a genuine creative leadership role, not a QA function. You'll be setting the standard through your own writing as much as through the direction you give others.

What You'll Do

• Own tone of voice, editorial standards and messaging consistency across the group's brands.
• Write and edit high-impact work yourself: campaign platforms, headlines, brand voice guidelines and the pieces that set the bar for everyone else.
• Lead and mentor the Copy pod, reviewing their work and giving direct, constructive feedback that raises the standard over time.
• Partner with the Design Lead and the Creative Strategist's creative teams to develop concepts together from the earliest stage of a brief, not after the fact.
• Build and maintain practical tone-of-voice guidelines that scale across our multiple distinct brand audiences.
• Review and elevate copy from agency and translation partners, so everything that ships sounds like it came from one team.
• Help establish the foundations of a proper copywriting practice within the group as the Creative team grows.

Qualifications and Experience

• 8+ years' copywriting experience, with real experience leading, mentoring or informally directing other writers.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking alongside excellent execution, not only copy written against someone else's brief.
• Confidence developing creative concepts collaboratively with designers and strategists, not working in isolation.
• Strong editing instincts, with the judgement to know when consistency matters and when the guidelines should flex.
• Experience in financial services, trading or another regulated sector is an asset, but not essential.

The Type of Person We're Looking For

• A natural authority on language, who people go to when they're not sure if something sounds right.
• A generous editor, who'd rather make someone else's work better than just rewrite it themselves.
• Comfortable moving between big-picture brand thinking and a single stubborn headline.
• Collaborative, and genuinely enjoys developing ideas with designers and strategists rather than writing to a finished brief.
• Organised enough to keep our multiple brands sounding distinct without chaos.
• Confident giving direct feedback, and equally comfortable taking it.

Package and Benefits

• Salary: EUR 4,000 to 5,000 gross per month
• 12% annual performance bonus on the annual salary
• EUR 4,500 yearly cash allowance (EUR 375 per month, taxable)
• Hybrid working: 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• 30 days per year remote working policy
• 40 days annual leave including public holidays
• Private medical insurance, 100% covered for the employee and 50% for dependents
• Work permit support and costs covered for candidates based in Cyprus who need one

To apply, send your CV and portfolio to donna.stephenson@emeraldzebra.cy or apply at the link