Publicis Groupe is hiring : Associate Creative Director, Copy in Philadelphia

Company description

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now : the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers.  With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world’s largest healthcare communications network,

Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris : FR0000130577), the world’s third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.

Web : www.digitashealth.com | Facebook : www.facebook.com / digitashealth| Twitter : www.twitter.com / digitas_health

Overview

The Associate Creative Director (ACD) of Copy is responsible for leading the creative work on as many as two or three accounts, depending on scopes and projects. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently produce exceptional concepts and final work through both hands-on and managerial approaches, 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

Improve efficiency of the copy team by managing workloads to ensure 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

10+ years’ agency experience that includes roles within the pharma agency setting, on DTC-focused brands and projects; HCP experience, a plus

BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)

A proven track record of creative ability and judgment

Successful client-facing experience

The ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams

Excellent presentation skills

Successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts

The commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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

Compensation Range : $105,165 - $151,095 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 10 / 28 / 2025.

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

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