Associate Creative Director, Copy

Responsibilities

• Lead the copy team (ICs and staff) in close coordination with art, PM, account, and medical
• Develop standout campaigns and omnichannel experiences in partnership with Strategy, Art/Design, and UX
• Develop and review creative briefs that provide genuine strategic insight and creative inspiration
• Lead concept presentations internally and with clients, with confidence and conviction
• Own projects from strategy through execution and launch as a working creative leader
• Set up creative teams, timelines, and milestones for upcoming brand launches and conceptual development
• Partner with account management to grow the business and strengthen client relationships
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity and quality across the copy team
• Collaborate with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues

Requirements

• Pharma agency experience
• AOR oncology copy leadership experience
• Strong presentation skills: you can articulate and defend ideas in the room with senior clients
• Demonstrated predisposition to collaboration, accountability, creative courage, and transparency
• Proven ability to write compellingly for both patients and healthcare providers
• Working knowledge of medical claim documentation, MLR processes, AMA style, annotating, and referencing
• Education: BA degree in Advertising, Communications, Journalism, English, Fine Arts, or a related field required
• 10+ years of pharma advertising experience
• 7+ years of pharmaceutical communications
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating strategic range and conceptual excellence

Preferred

• Experience across both diagnostics and therapeutic brands
• Track record of brand launches from concept through execution
• Comfort managing across a large, growing portfolio with multiple simultaneous deadlines
• Familiarity with omnichannel content strategy and digital/UX considerations
• Experience in high-science therapeutic areas (oncology preferred)

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• 401K
• Pet Insurance
• Health, Dental & Vision
• Employer-paid STD, LTD, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital, and Life Insurance
• ...and more!