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# Mid-level Conceptual Copywriter at KAYAK

- **Company:** KAYAK
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kayak/1e9fbb2c-3002-47bb-93f8-eda68b314ad5

## Job description

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business. As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. KAYAK is seeking a Mid-level Conceptual Copywriter to join a newly forming idea-first creative hub in London covering UK and EMEA. We’re looking for a mid-weight creative to generate and craft bold, format-ready concepts from brief to delivery. You’re a modern, channel-agnostic team player who thinks big, even in the smallest formats. With a keen eye for tone, wit and an understanding of idea and execution, you’ll write for the channel, the audience and the moment. You may have worked at an advertising or creative agency, an in-house creative team, or somewhere entirely unexpected. However you got here, you understand the power of language and how to wield it to tell stories and connect brands and people. This role is based in our London office 3 times a week.

In this role, you will:

- Conceive and develop original campaign ideas across multiple formats — from OOH and social media to short-form video scripts — ensuring each concept is tailored to the specific channel, audience, and communication objective.
- Write compelling hooks, headlines, scripts, and briefs that are sharp, format-aware, and built to earn attention — whether in three words on a billboard or thirty seconds on screen.
- Collaborate with designers, video editors and production partners to execute a range of campaign assets, digital and social media.
- Adapt copy and concepts across formats with a strong understanding of how message, tone, and structure must shift between OOH, paid social, organic content, and short-form video.
- Partner with cross-functional teams — including campaign managers, brand strategist and performance marketers — to ensure creative concepts are both ambitious and executable within real-world constraints.
- Be comfortable working solo or as part of a larger team — bouncing ideas, building on others' thinking, and helping the wider team unlock stronger creative directions.
- Leverage and champion AI tools as part of the creative process — using them for ideation, storyboarding, and rapid concept exploration — with the taste and judgment to know when they enhance the work.
- Maintain a strong visual aesthetic and sensibility, understanding how copy and design work together to shape the overall creative direction of a campaign.

Please apply if you are:

- Up to 7 years into your creative career, with strong thinking, craft, and a portfolio that shows what you can do - with a background rooted in campaign ideation and short-form copy, not long-form editorial.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, format-aware copy, and integrated campaign work across multiple channels.
- Deep knowledge of advertising formats — you understand how to write for OOH, social media, and short-form content, and know that a great idea must be tailored to the format and audience, not simply repurposed.
- Script and brief writing ability — you can write a tight video script and a clear, actionable creative brief with equal confidence.
- Strong aesthetic and visual understanding — you can think in images as well as words, and understand how copy shapes the overall visual and creative direction of a campaign.
- A collaborative, ego-free mindset — you're a natural thinker who takes feedback constructively, understands that great work serves business and communication goals, and thrives in a cross-cultural team environment.
- Confidence presenting and defending ideas — you can pitch a concept clearly to stakeholders and adapt it with grace when the brief evolves.
- Experience writing for short-form video formats (e.g., Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts) is a must — familiarity with how copy and pacing work together in short-form storytelling is valued.
- Experience in film production processes is advantageous.

Benefits and Perks:

- 5 weeks of paid vacation
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
- Private health & dental insurance
- Income protection and life assurance
- Pension plan contributions
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Focus on mental health and well-being:
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to Headspace
- Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- No meeting Fridays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid volunteer time
- Focus on your career growth:
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice
- Discounted gym membership
- Bike2Work
- Season ticket loan
- Social events & Thursday happy hours
- Free lunch 2 days per week

Inclusion At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here. Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

## #LI-AS1

## About KAYAK

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: KAYAK is the world’s leading travel metasearch engine, enabling travelers to compare flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages from hundreds of sites in one place.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Booking Holdings Inc., NASDAQ: BKNG)
- **Headquarters**: Stamford, Connecticut, USA (with 15 international offices)
- **Founded**: 2004
- **Founders**: Steve Hafner (former CEO until February 2026) and Paul English

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Online travel, travel technology, metasearch.
- **Target customers**: B2C (leisure and business travelers) and B2B (travel providers, advertisers, and corporate clients via KAYAK for Business).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help travelers make confident travel decisions by providing transparent, comprehensive search results that put control back in their hands. KAYAK believes “travel makes the world better.”

## Products & Services
- **KAYAK Metasearch**: Core product allowing comparison of flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages from hundreds of travel sites.
- **KAYAK for Business (K4B)**: Free corporate travel solution for business travelers.
- **KAYAK Mobile App**: iOS and Android app offering seamless travel planning, price forecasts, price alerts, trip management, and AI-powered search.
- **KAYAK.ai**: AI-powered travel assistant providing personalized tips, live pricing, and conversational booking.
- **Explore Tool**: Inspires spontaneous travel by showing destinations within a chosen budget.
- **Trips**: Personal travel assistant for organizing, managing, and sharing itineraries with real-time flight status.
- **Price Forecast & Alerts**: Predicts price trends and notifies users of changes for flights, hotels, and car rentals.
- **KAYAK for Partners & Advertisers**: Commission-based and advertising revenue models.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a subsidiary; parent Booking Holdings has a market cap of ~$150+ billion (as of mid-2025).
- **Key Metric**: Processes billions of searches annually; 800+ team members; 60+ international sites in 25+ languages.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Owned by Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), which acquired KAYAK in 2013. Partners with hundreds of airlines, hotels, online travel agencies, and car rental companies.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Named #1 Best Airfare Search Site by Frommer’s (2024, 2025).
  - Won World’s Best Flight & Hotel Comparison Website at World Travel Tech Awards (2022–2024).
  - Recognized by Statista & COMPUTER BILD as a Top Online Platform 2025.
  - First mainstream travel company to introduce AI-powered conversational search (KAYAK AI Mode).
  - Expanded portfolio of 7 travel search brands globally.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in travel metasearch**: Pioneered the concept in 2004, creating a trusted, comprehensive comparison platform.
- **Unbiased results**: Displays fares from all major providers without favoritism, clearly labeling booking sources.
- **Massive data advantage**: Processes billions of searches, enabling powerful AI/ML tools like Price Forecast and AI Mode.
- **Global brand portfolio**: Manages 7 brands (KAYAK, SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi, HotelsCombined) with a global footprint.
- **Strong financial backing**: Part of Booking Holdings, providing stability and resources for innovation.
- **High trust & recognition**: Consistently ranked #1 by leading travel publications and awards.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & personalization**: Leading with AI-powered search and conversational planning to improve user experience.
- **Expanding corporate travel**: Growing KAYAK for Business as a free, self-service corporate travel tool.
- **Global scale**: Continuing to expand international sites and language support.
- **Innovation in search tools**: Developing new features like Price Forecast, Explore, and real-time trip management.
- **Maintaining transparency**: Strengthening trust through clear labeling and fair marketplace practices.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, data-obsessed team of 800+ passionate about travel technology; emphasis on career growth, skill development, and individual learning.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid model – team members work from the office three days a week, with flexibility to come in more often. Some roles are fully remote (US-based).
- **Perks**: Part of a global network including OpenTable and a portfolio of travel metasearch brands; employee-resource groups for under-represented communities; global equal-pay policy.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on data, AI, and scalable systems (billions of queries); tech stack includes modern Java, frontend frameworks, and ETL tools.
- **Global opportunities**: 15 international offices with opportunities to work across teams.
- **Recognition**: Named a top employer by Built In and industry awards.
- **Caution**: KAYAK warns of fraudulent job ads – all genuine recruitment ends with @kayak.com, and no payment is ever requested from candidates.

## Sources
1. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/careers/)
2. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/about)
3. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/c/help/about/)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kayak)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kayak)

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