Associate Creative Director, Art & Copy (Team)

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 8 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end creative development for global brands and issue campaigns, guiding concepts from ideation to execution while mentoring teammates and aligning with cross-functional teams to ensure measurable results.

  • Lead multi-channel campaigns across TV/OLV, social, and OOH, adapting tone for diverse audiences.
  • Collaborate with Account, Media, and Insights to test and defend creative against campaign objectives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • This ACD team will be responsible for both high-level conceptual development and hands-on execution.
  • Develop and execute high-impact, conceptual ad campaigns designed to deliver measurable results on global brands and major issue advocacy clients. We want you to own your work, from script to screen.
  • Produce attention-grabbing, persuasive copy and art across all media (video scripts, social content, headlines, OOH, etc.), consistently adjusting tone for diverse channels and audiences.
  • Help mentor and guide more junior members of the creative team, creating an environment of creative problem-solving and excellence.
  • Stay attuned to cultural, social, and industry trends, leveraging real-time insights to ensure creative ideas are relevant, earned-media worthy, and highly impactful.
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Account, Media, Insights) to ensure that creative output directly tests well against campaign objectives and strategic insights.
  • Prepare and pitch creative concepts to internal teams and clients, articulating and defending your ideas with clarity and passion.

Requirements

  • 6-9 years of creative copywriting, art direction, and / or creative directing experience, preferably at a competitive creative advertising agency.
  • 6–9 years of experience in a creative advertising agency environment, with a strong background in either copywriting or art direction.
  • A strong individual or team portfolio with 360-degree campaign ideas that demonstrate a range of writing for various clients across multiple channels (TV/OLV, social, OOH, digital, experiential, etc.).
  • Proven experience writing multi-channel campaigns for brand reputation, corporate social responsibility, public affairs, and/or issue advocacy campaigns.
  • Fluency in advertising across digital and traditional channels, with a deep understanding of platform-specific best practices, especially on social media.
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to strategically sell your ideas to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Agility and the ability to work on multiple clients and projects simultaneously, quickly delivering smart, strategic ideas under tight deadlines.
  • Comfortable working together or independently with your partner
  • You have a sense of humor. You like working with humans. You have an openness to solving brand problems with effective creative ideas, and not just chasing awards (but you also like winning awards).

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%
  • generous time off for vacation
  • $50 monthly phone reimbursement
  • unlimited sick time
  • 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents
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Bully Pulpit International

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Bully Pulpit International (BPI) is an outcomes agency at the intersection of business, politics, and policy. Born in politics and founded by leaders of the Obama campaign, we apply our unique expertise from these experiences to create sophisticated and customized strategies for companies, causes and candidates. Our clients include established market leaders, new economy firms, philanthropists, CEOs, and elected officials. What these varied brands share in common is the growing need to establish differentiated and lasting bonds with their consumers in a world of fragmented media, deep skepticism, and rapidly changing culture. Reputation has never been more relevant to business ROI, and in our view requires consumers to believe — not only in what a brand is saying, but also in why. We combine proprietary technology and deeper insights to build believers with the speed and agility that today’s market requires.At Bully Pulpit International, we make change possible. To us, this is more than a commitment—it's a passion. Because we truly believe in the work we do.

Founded in 2009
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
270 employees (95 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
46%
Referral
5.7%
Social
15%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~270

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
77 (29% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2023
    Series Unknown
  • Sep 2016
    Series Unknown

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