Associate Creative Director, T Brand

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$135K/yr – $145K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead branded content concepts for The New York Times brand studios across healthcare and other sectors, ensuring editorial alignment and client outcomes.

  • Own concept development from brief to delivery for multi-market campaigns.
  • Must-have: 6+ years in branded content, agency, or in-house environment.
  • Standout: translate complex, regulated subjects into credible stories aligned with NYT voice.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop compelling creative concepts for brands across major markets, including healthcare, hospitals, advocacy, education, innovation, energy and more.
  • Ensure your work aligns with The New York Times' editorial tone, while also meeting category-specific goals.
  • Collaborate with disciplines across T Brand Studio ranging from video producers, strategists, PMs and sales teams to editors, writers, art directors and designers.
  • Develop collaborative relationships with the Strategy, Media and Sales partners to navigate complex client structures.
  • Map creative solutions to category insights across industries
  • Craft creative storytelling solutions to solve clients' biggest communication challenges. This includes translating complex, technical or regulated subject matter.
  • Facilitate the creative and the conceptual framework for all projects.
  • Guide a creative vision for a client to fruition.
  • Manage the concept strategy which meets the goals of the clients.
  • Revise, pivot and rework ideas.
  • Ensure that branded content maintains the authenticity, credibility, and tone consistent with The New York Times' editorial environment.
  • Partner with Program Management to build scopes of work and project plans that set the team up for success against creative deliverables.
  • Provide clear and objective critiques of creative work.
  • Present internally and externally to clients.
  • Stay informed of innovations, trends and latest discoveries across multiple therapeutic areas.
  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
  • Establish clear parameters around brand and product integration.
  • Master NYT ad products and formats to pitch work and creative ecosystems that harness the scope of the full portfolio of brands.
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The New York Times is powered by the idea that independent, deeply reported journalism fuels a healthy and engaged society. Our reporters, columnists, editors, engineers, designers, data analysts, developers and marketers breathe life into the most important topics of our time and tell stories that might otherwise go untold. Whether bringing new truths to light with our reporting, building innovative products that deliver a best-in-class digital experience, or analyzing data to understand how we can best serve our readers, our people power the world’s top destination for journalism. Working at The Times means envisioning and developing the future of journalism. Bring your passion, perspective and experience and join us as we seek the truth and help people understand the world. Check out our career opportunities (nytco.com/careers) and follow our page to connect with Times employees, journalists and readers.

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