Associate Creative Director, Copy (Life Science)

USA (On-site)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead creative across brand and product in healthcare advertising, shaping concepts, mentoring teams, and aligning with strategy.

  • Own or oversee development of high-caliber copy across brand and product deliverables.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in creative leadership with integrated teams.
  • Standout: Healthcare regulation fluency and mentoring creatives across cross-functional partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute high-caliber copy, from brief to delivery, across brand and product deliverables with a focus on craft, clarity, and accuracy
  • Lead concept development in collaboration with strategy and art, shaping work that is strategically grounded, creatively ambitious, and rooted in audience understanding
  • Present creative concepts and strategic rationale to internal teams and clients with confidence
  • Mentor and oversee creative contributors, including freelance support, providing actionable feedback that elevates creative quality
  • Drive creative ownership, workflow coordination, and delivery of high-impact work on time and within scope
  • Explore and utilize emerging creative tools, technologies, and AI-driven platforms to evolve content experiences, creative development, and team innovation
  • Contribute to new business initiatives, thought leadership, and collaborative planning efforts
  • Participate in creative reviews and contribute to team culture and creative best practices
  • Partner with strategy and analytics teams to interpret performance insights and strengthen creative effectiveness

Requirements

  • 8+ years of creative experience in advertising, marketing, or agency environments, including leadership experience within integrated teams
  • Strong portfolio that showcases concepting, storytelling, and critical thinking skills across a variety of channels (digital, social, print, video, environmental)
  • Skilled at translating complex scientific and technical information into engaging creative
  • Experienced in building effective creative partnerships across cross-functional teams
  • Proven organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Excellent and enthusiastic presentation and communication skills, with experience presenting to clients of all levels
  • Fluency of healthcare and pharmaceutical regulatory requirements, including referencing, annotations, compliance review processes, and AMA style
  • Familiarity with UX writing principles, modular content systems, and omnichannel content development
  • Passionate about mentoring creatives and investing in the creative process
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Figma, and Adobe Acrobat

Preferred

  • A background in B2B, life sciences, complex healthcare marketing, science communications, biotech, or science journalism, is a plus.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance. We cover a generous portion of employee contributions
  • 401K plan. We invest in present and future you, which is why we offer a generous match and immediate vesting on our plan
  • Parental Leave. Generous paid time off for parents to bond with their newest addition
  • Professional Development. Each employee has an annual budget to allocate to professional development opportunities. Employees are encouraged to take a workshop, attend a webinar, join associations, and do anything else that will help them grow in their careers.
  • And more! We offer flexible time off, life insurance, LTD, a robust employee assistance program, and more!
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CG Life

CG Life is a different breed of agency, built for the unique challenges of bringing precision medicine to market. Biopharma companies advancing therapies for rare and hard-to-treat diseases face a commercialization gap. They need a partner who has been there before, fluent in complex science, deeply attuned to rare disease ecosystems, and capable of orchestrating every step of commercialization. CG Life is more than an agency—we are defining a new class of partner that understands the full journey. We’re the locals, with expertise in scientific translation and market shaping, omnichannel activation, and patient/HCP engagement, all underpinned by data, AI, and deep domain expertise in rare and complex therapies.Let’s get to extraordinary. Together. Expert capabilities in:Brand StrategyPublic RelationsSocial MediaCreativeScientific CommunicationsOmnichannel Strategy & EnablementMedia PlanningAnalytics & Insights

Founded in 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
203 employees (49 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.8%
Direct
51.2%
Referral
6.8%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~203

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
38 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity