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Publicis Groupe Associate Creative Director - Copy in New York, New York
Company description
For decades, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has provided consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting, and medical education to pharmaceutical and wellness brands. Our mission is to inspire a healthier, happier, well-er world through award-winning work.
If you google us (which you may have done already), you’ll see that spreading wellness is literally our mission. We don’t just talk about making your well-being the most important thing, we mean it. Having a flexible hybrid-work policy, plentiful time off, and colleagues who want you to do well are all part of the gig. Oh, and of course the opportunity to work on some of the good-vibiest campaigns on the planet with very caring, very resourceful people. So, if you’re a rockstar writer, aspiring strategist, jill—or jack—of all trades, or just an all-around nice person, let’s chat.
Overview
About the Role:
The Associate Creative Director (ACD), Copy is responsible for leading the creative work on one of our agency's largest client engagements. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently product exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs.
Responsibilities
Specifically, the ACD, Copy has the following responsibilities:
Creative/Hands-on Work (40%)
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
Management (30%)
Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload
Manage workloads to improve 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
Leadership (30%)
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
Qualifications
About You:
10+ years’ agency experience
BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)
Proven creative skills and good judgment. Experience engaging clients and working with account management. Excellent presentation skills. Successful at managing creative teams and multiple accounts. Dedication to focus time and effort to deliver top-quality work.
Additional information
Publicis Health is the largest health communications network in the world. We are one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising and media company in the world, giving us unparalleled global reach. We believe healthcare marketing is healthcare, fostering healthy conversations, healthy behaviors and healthy people.
Publicis Health is a world leading dynamic healthcare engagement platform—uniquely connecting data, content and technology to strengthen our clients’ marketing and business transformations. We offer our clients fluid access to world-class talent and groundbreaking capabilities by transforming healthcare marketing and communications into healthcare engagement across consumer, professionals and healthcare system collaborators. With 40 offices and 15 brands around the world, Publicis Health includes over 3,000 healthcare professionals who specialize in advertising and branding, data and analytics, planning, service development, digital media and technology, science, and medicine.
Web: www.publicishealth.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/publicishealth | Twitter: www.twitter.com/PublicisHealth/
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $106,780.00 - $170,937.00 Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 5/22/26.
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