VP, Associate Creative Director, Copy (New Business & Growth)

New York City, NY (Remote)

$170K/yr – $230K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end high-stakes new business pitches for healthcare clients, shaping strategy, narrative, and visuals across multi-disciplinary teams to win multi-million opportunities.

  • Lead multi-workstream pitch programs with Strategy, Medical, Account, and Exec teams to align on a shared vision.
  • Translate complex clinical and regulatory info into persuasive client stories and integrated recommendations.
  • Present confidently in client meetings and workshops, owning execution quality from concept to production-ready decks.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative development of new business opportunities, including pitch strategy, messaging, concept development, and presentation creation.
  • Partner closely with agency leadership, Strategy, Account, and Medical teams to identify and pursue growth opportunities across existing and prospective clients.
  • Develop compelling narratives and agency positioning that effectively communicate BGB's value proposition, capabilities, and strategic thinking.
  • Lead and coordinate multiple workstreams within each pitch opportunity, including briefing cross-functional teams, managing timelines, facilitating creative reviews, driving stakeholder alignment, and ensuring all contributors remain focused on a unified strategic and creative vision.
  • Build consensus across Creative, Strategy, Medical, Account, Business Development, and Executive Leadership teams, ensuring all contributors remain aligned against a shared vision and business objective.
  • Demonstrate strong entrepreneurial ownership of opportunities, proactively identifying needs, removing obstacles, and driving projects forward from initial pursuit through final presentation.
  • Serve as a confident and polished presenter in client meetings, pitch presentations, workshops, and agency marketing initiatives.
  • Ensure all pitch materials and business development deliverables are exceptionally buttoned-up, accurate, strategically sound, and visually cohesive.
  • Maintain exceptionally high standards of execution across all deliverables, ensuring presentations, narratives, and supporting materials are modern, visually refined, and fully production-ready for client-facing environments.
  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of healthcare communications, therapeutic area dynamics, industry trends, and client business challenges.

Requirements

  • Exceptional storytelling, conceptual thinking, and writing abilities.
  • Outstanding presentation and communication skills with the ability to engage and influence senior clients and agency leadership.
  • Strong executive presence and comfort representing the agency in high-stakes situations.
  • Deep understanding of the healthcare communications landscape, including pharmaceutical marketing, scientific communications, and regulatory considerations.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering polished, high-quality work.
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to identify opportunities, solve problems, and connect creative thinking to business objectives.
  • Proven ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary workstreams within high-stakes pitch opportunities while balancing competing priorities, stakeholder expectations, and aggressive deadlines.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with exceptional project leadership and organizational skills.
  • Strong understanding of modern presentation design, storytelling, and client-facing communications, with a commitment to flawless execution and craftsmanship.
  • Highly organized and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have

  • Global experience a plus
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BGB Group

In 2005, two young entrepreneurs set out to build the agency of the future...Where scientific acumen and creative innovation would seamlessly merge.Today, BGB is an independent agency of ~ 500 employees with headquarter offices across the US and UK delivering the best in healthcare advertising, medical communications, strategic consulting, and payer & market access. We foster a team culture that brings a passion for transformational science, encourages curiosity, inspires creativity and instills the value of collaboration and teamwork.BGB's core solutions include a unique blend of data-driven strategy, creative prowess and agile execution. We leverage our strengths in 3 dimensions of science - medical science, behavioral science, and data science to provide a comprehensive approach to supporting brands. BGB is known for best-in-class medical support integrated into all capabilities, delivering expertise, agility, collaboration, and innovation. BGB is customer obsessed and results driven with a proprietary, AI-driven approach to strategic, creative, and performance processes. The agency uses this approach across medical communications, promotional advertising, scientific consultancy, payer and market access, and creating compelling scientific stories that ultimately change customer beliefs and behaviors to drive brand growth.

Founded in 2005
New York, New York, USA
537 employees (155 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.5%
Direct
44.3%
Referral
7.7%
Social
4.5%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~537

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
112 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2021
    Private Equity Round