Associate Creative Director, Copy

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.

Job Description

About the Role:

Associate Creative Director (ACD), Copy is responsible for leading the creative work on one of our agency's most creative client engagements. This role includes working closely with the creative director to assign teams, guiding those teams to consistently produce 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.

Specifically, the ACD, Copy has the following responsibilities:

Creative/Hands-on Work (50%)

• Have a strong sense of what culturally resonates with women in the US.

• Write and oversee advertising copy for print, broadcast/video, radio, digital/social.

• Knowledge of social platforms and how women communicate on them.

• Help establish a brand voice.

• Review briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration.

• Partner with an ACD, Art to produce standout concepts and campaigns.

• Come with the organization and dexterity to manage multiple tasks or projects at once.

• Help estimate hours for the team.

• Participate in client meetings and lead concept presentations.

• Attend market research as appropriate.

• Understand how to use approved claims, know how to fact check and annotate.

• Slay us with your ideas.

Management (30%)

• Be human.

• Help manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team.

• Work closely with art, editorial and traffic departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.

• Provide input on how to improve process, creative output, and workflow for the team.

• Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, and ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested).

• Identify and interview prospective creative candidates.

Leadership (20%)

• Develop good relationships with our clients. They're nice people.

• Lead creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects.

• Ensure copywriters are trained and 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 need.

• Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate.

Love advertising. Love this team. Love what get to do every day

Qualifications

• 10+ years' agency experience
• 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.

Additional Information

Compensation Range: $98,500 - $165,000 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. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact hrcompliance_usms@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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