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Direct-Response Copywriter

AI Acquisition · New York, NY, USA ·

Pay:
$120,000-$180,000/yr
Job type:
Full Time

About AI Acquisition
We help entrepreneurs build AI-powered businesses. $50M+ ARR, high-volume Meta campaigns, scaling fast. We don't make pretty content — we make ads that convert.
THE WORK
You’ll write the ads for a $50M ARR AI-education business running multiple active funnels, with more launching. This is not a content role. This is not a brand voice role. This is a direct-response copywriting seat inside a performance-marketing machine where ads go live fast and results are measured in days.
You are not here to write clever copy that wins awards. You are here to write ads that stop the scroll, build desire, handle objections, and make people click.
This role sits alongside our Head of Media / Creative Director and our creative strategy team. They supply the angles, hooks, and strategic direction. You own turning those into finished ad copy that ships.
Your output:


Facebook and Instagram video ad scripts (hooks, body, CTA)


Static ad copy (headline, body, CTA)


UGC-style scripts for on-camera talent


Short-form ad variants and angle iterations


Landing page and funnel copy support as needed
If you need two weeks to write one ad, this is not your role. If you can read a brief, understand the buyer, and ship five ad scripts by end of day — keep reading.
HOW WE WORK


Volume + iteration > one “perfect” ad


Hooks are the job. Body copy follows. CTA closes. In that order, every time.


Direct-response cadence: brief → write → ship → test → iterate


Speed matters. We run 100+ ads per week. Slow writers block the machine.


Small senior team. Direct line to operators. Zero bureaucracy.
Requirements
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Must-have


3+ years writing performance ads — Facebook and Instagram specifically, not emails, blogs, or organic content


A portfolio of real ads you personally wrote that actually ran in a paid account


You understand hooks, mechanisms, objections, proof, and buyer psychology at a deep level


Experience in info-product, coaching, online education, agency-services, or ecommerce


You write fast. Multiple complete ad scripts in a single working session.


Highly fluent in English — native or near-native level


You can take an angle brief and execute it without needing the concept explained three times
Strong signals


Portfolio shows hooks that would actually stop a scroll — not headlines that open a brochure


You have written UGC-style scripts, talking-head scripts, B-roll voiceover scripts, and static ad copy


You have worked on high-ticket offers ($1K+) where the ad has to do serious persuasion work


You use AI to produce faster but your final copy has your commercial instinct on it, not GPT’s


You have swipe files, inspiration sources, and a real research process
Not right for you if


Email copywriters or content writers with no paid ad creative experience


Brand copywriters with no direct-response or performance marketing orientation


Writers who produce one polished ad per week — this machine needs volume


Anyone who cannot show ads they personally wrote that ran in a paid account
WHAT YOU’LL ACTUALLY DO


Write complete Facebook and Instagram ad scripts from creative briefs — hook, body, CTA


Produce multiple angle variations per brief for testing


Write UGC scripts for on-camera talent, formatted for easy delivery


Write static ad copy (headlines, primary text, CTAs) across formats


Iterate quickly on underperforming copy based on performance data


Collaborate with the creative strategy team so your copy executes the intended angle cleanly


Review your own output against the funnel it feeds so the copy is consistent
Benefits
COMP & BENEFITS



$120,000–$180,000 total comp (base + performance bonus, geography-adjusted)


100% remote


High-volume testing environment with real spend behind your work


Direct access to operators, offers, performance feedback, and customer data
HOW TO APPLY
Step 1 — Portfolio (required)
Share 3 Facebook or Instagram ads you personally wrote that ran in a paid account. For each one tell us the brand and offer type, what the hook was trying to do, and any performance data you have (CTR, CPA, ROAS, revenue). Links, screenshots, or a Google Doc are all fine.