Associate Creative Director (Copy)

Klick; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Klick Group seeks an Associate Creative Director (Copy) to provide senior copy leadership across healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, shaping ideas, messaging systems, and integrated campaigns from brief through final execution.

The role partners with Art Direction, Strategy, Client Services, Medical, and Regulatory teams to ensure creative work is strategically grounded, medically accurate, and compelling across channels.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of copywriting in advertising, healthcare or related agency work.
• Experience leading conceptual work for healthcare/pharma with integrated campaigns.
• Portfolio showing copy across multiple channels and formats.
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders and clients.
• Experience reviewing copy across projects within agency workflows and approvals.
• Experience mentoring writers and improving creative quality.
• Comfort using AI as part of how work gets done.
• Experience creating work for HCP/patient/payer audiences.
• Experience contributing to pitches/new business in healthcare.
• Knowledge of healthcare brand challenges and market dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept and copy development for integrated healthcare campaigns across digital, social, CRM, print, and more.
• Direct copy quality across projects, shaping messaging frameworks, headlines, and channel adaptations.
• Partner with Art Direction, Strategy, Medical, Regulatory, and Client Services to balance ambition with accuracy and regulations.
• Present concepts, copy rationale, and campaign thinking to senior stakeholders; respond to feedback while preserving integrity.
• Mentor copywriters and contribute senior creative thinking to pitches and growth initiatives.

Skills

Copywriting

Healthcare advertising

Campaign development

Leadership

Mentoring

AI in workflows

Presenting to clients

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Writing

Job description

The Klick Group - comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting - powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognised for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year - Health.

About Our Creative Craft

Our Creative Craft brings Klick's ideas to life through storytelling, design, and experience. This craft blends imagination with strategy to create work that is emotionally resonant and culturally relevant. Creative teams collaborate across disciplines to simplify complexity and humanise healthcare. Their work drives engagement, understanding, and meaningful action across channels.

Job Description

The Associate Creative Director (Copy) provides senior copy leadership across healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, shaping conceptual ideas, messaging systems, and integrated campaign work from brief through final execution. The role partners closely with Art Direction, Strategy, Client Services, Medical, and Regulatory teams to ensure creative work is strategically grounded, medically accurate, and compelling across channels. The Associate Creative Director (Copy) also helps raise the standard of copy craft across teams by guiding writers, reviewing work, and presenting creative thinking to senior internal and client stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead concept and copy development for integrated healthcare and pharmaceutical campaigns across digital, social, CRM, print, presentation, and other client-facing channels, from initial brief through final delivery.
• Direct copy quality across multiple projects and workstreams, shaping messaging frameworks, campaign narratives, headlines, long-form copy, and channel adaptations while ensuring consistency with strategy and brand objectives.
• Partner with Art Direction, Strategy, Medical, Regulatory, and Client Services to develop ideas that balance creative ambition, audience relevance, scientific accuracy, and regulatory requirements.
• Present creative concepts, copy rationale, and campaign thinking to senior internal stakeholders and clients, responding to feedback while protecting the strategic and creative integrity of the work.
• Mentor and guide copywriters through concept development, reviews, and feedback, while contributing senior creative thinking to pitches, new business opportunities, and broader account growth initiatives.

Qualifications

Required:

• 7+ years of copywriting experience in advertising, marketing, healthcare communications, or a related agency environment, including portfolio examples showing progression from concept development through final execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading conceptual creative work for healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated and complex clients, with examples of integrated campaigns across multiple channels.
• Portfolio showing strong copy craft across campaign concepts, headlines, long-form copy, digital, CRM, social, presentations, and other multi-channel deliverables, with evidence of shaping overarching messaging or creative platforms.
• Experience presenting creative work to senior internal stakeholders and clients, including explaining concept rationale, messaging decisions, audience relevance, and responses to feedback.
• Experience reviewing and directing copy across multiple concurrent projects, including working within agency creative workflows and medical/regulatory approval processes while maintaining quality and deadlines.
• Experience mentoring or guiding writers through concept development, copy reviews, and feedback, with evidence of helping improve creative quality or team capability.
• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Experience developing work across HCP, patient, payer, or disease awareness audiences, including adapting messaging while maintaining strategic and medical accuracy.
• Experience contributing senior creative thinking to pitches, new business presentations, or client growth opportunities within healthcare, pharma, or life sciences.
• Working knowledge of healthcare brand challenges, audience needs, therapeutic area considerations, and market dynamics, with examples of applying that understanding to creative work.
• Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Writing, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Information

Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analysing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us.

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.