Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness · 9 hours ago
Associate Creative Director - Copy
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$105K/yr - $165K/yr
10+ years expSaatchi & Saatchi Wellness has been a leader in consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting, and medical education for pharmaceutical and wellness brands. The Associate Creative Director (ACD), Copy will lead creative work on major client engagements, focusing on HCP projects while managing teams and ensuring high-quality deliverables for clients.
Marketing & Advertising
Responsibilities
Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
Work with ACD, Art to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish
Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects
Estimate copy hours
Participate in client meetings
Lead concept presentations
Attend market research as appropriate
Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding
Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload
Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
Work closely with art, editorial and traffic departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met
Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
Identify and Interview prospective creative candidates
Become the creative voice for your accounts
Develop good relationships with your clients
Work with account management to grow our business at existing clients
Work with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the creative group
Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects
Assure that all copywriters are trained and, where needed, mentored to maintain the standards and expectations of the agency and the client, and to meet their own career goals
Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs
Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate
Qualification
Required
10+ years' agency experience, preferably at a Health & Wellness or pharma-forward agency
HCP-focused writing experience, pharma DTC experience nice to have
BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)
A proven track record of creative ability and judgment, successful client contact experience, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, excellent presentation skills, successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts, and the commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work
Benefits
Medical coverage
Dental
Vision
Disability
401K
Parental and family care leave
Family forming assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible time off
Company
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Proud to be an Ad Age Best Places to Work 2024 & 2025. We’re about making wellness happen. It's how we partner with our clients.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Margot Grover
Chief Strategy Officer
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