Associate Creative Director (Copy)

Overview

As Associate Creative Director (Copy), you will lead senior copy thinking for healthcare and pharmaceutical campaigns across multiple channels. You’ll collaborate with Art Direction, Strategy, Medical, Regulatory, and Client Services to ensure medically accurate, strategically grounded work. You’ll elevate copy quality, mentor writers, and present concepts to senior stakeholders. This role sits at the intersection of creative ambition and regulatory discipline, shaping outcomes for complex life sciences clients. You’ll help drive high-impact, integrated campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept and copy development for integrated healthcare campaigns across digital, social, CRM, print, and other channels from brief to delivery
• Direct copy quality across projects, shaping messaging frameworks, headlines, long-form copy, and channel adaptations while aligning with strategy and brand objectives
• Collaborate with Art Direction, Strategy, Medical, Regulatory, and Client Services to balance creativity, audience relevance, science accuracy, and regulatory requirements
• Present concepts, copy rationale, and campaign thinking to senior stakeholders and clients, incorporating feedback while preserving strategy and creative integrity
• Mentor copywriters through concept development, reviews, and feedback; contribute senior creative thinking to pitches, new business, and account growth initiatives
• Support development of ideas that meet client needs while maintaining deadlines and quality standards

Key requirements

• 7+ years of copywriting experience in advertising, healthcare communications, or a related agency environment with a proven progression from concept to execution
• Demonstrated experience leading conceptual creative work for healthcare/pharma/life sciences with integrated campaigns across multiple channels
• Portfolio showing strong copy craft across campaigns and multi-channel deliverables, with evidence of shaping messaging platforms
• Experience presenting creative work to senior stakeholders and clients, including rationale and audience relevance, and handling feedback
• Experience guiding copy across concurrent projects within agency workflows and regulatory approval processes while meeting deadlines
• Experience mentoring writers through concept development and copy reviews, with a track record of improving creative quality

• Comfort with AI as part of workflow
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work cross-functionally
• AI-assisted copy development
• Multichannel copy development (digital, social, CRM, print)
• Regulatory/compliance-aware writing

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