Associate Creative Director

Moon Rabbit; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Moon Rabbit is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copy to lead creative engagements across healthcare and pharma accounts in New York. You will turn complex clinical science into emotionally resonant, scientifically accurate messaging and guide a team of writers to deliver integrated campaigns across digital, print, video, and social.

You will craft concepts, mentor writers, and partner with Art to ensure campaigns land emotionally and intellectually while navigating regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of copywriting and creative leadership experience in advertising.
• Portfolio showing range and ability to lead integrated campaigns.
• Experience in healthcare/pharma agency environments (HCP and DTC).
• Mentor writers while delivering hands-on creative output.
• Comfort operating within regulated, MLR-reviewed healthcare brands.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of strategic, scientifically sound creative concepts, copy, and integrated campaigns.
• Translate clinical information into clear, medically accurate messaging aligned to brand strategy.
• Partner with Art counterparts to build concepts from brief to final execution across media.
• Mentor and direct copywriters, providing clear creative feedback and career guidance.
• Present creative work to clients with confidence and clarity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Strategy, Accounts, Medical/Regulatory, and PM to stay on strategy.
• Maintain MLR review processes and ensure copy clears compliance without losing edge.
• Contribute to new business pitches and creative presentations.

Skills

Copywriting

Creative leadership

Healthcare advertising

Mentoring

AI-assisted ideation

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AI-assisted ideation tools

Job description

We’re looking for an Associate Creative Director, Copy — a creative leader and writer by trade who can turn complex clinical science into work that moves people. You’ll lead creative engagements across multiple healthcare and pharma accounts, partnering closely with an ACD/Art counterparts to conceive and shape campaigns that are strategically sound, scientifically accurate, and genuinely human.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll concept alongside your team, not just above it — writing when the work demands it, directing when it doesn’t, and always pushing for the idea that makes the science land emotionally as well as intellectually.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development of strategic, scientifically sound creative concepts, copy, and integrated campaigns across HCP and consumer/patient channels
• Translate complex clinical and scientific information into clear, compelling, medically accurate messaging aligned to brand strategy
• Partner with an Art counterparts to build integrated concepts from brief to final execution across digital, print, video, and social
• Mentor and direct copywriters, providing clear creative feedback, craft development, and career guidance
• Present creative work to clients with confidence
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Strategy, Accounts, Medical/Regulatory, and Project Management to keep work on strategy
• Maintain command of medical, legal, and regulatory (MLR) review processes and ensure all copy clears compliance without losing its edge
• Contribute to new business efforts, including pitch concepting and creative presentations
• Stay current on therapeutic area science, competitive landscape, and industry trends across assigned brands

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of copywriting and creative leadership experience in advertising, with significant time in healthcare/pharma agency environments
• A portfolio that demonstrates conceptual range, strong writing craft, and the ability to lead integrated campaigns — not just individual assets
• Experience across HCP and DTC/patient marketing; multi-therapeutic-area exposure (oncology, rare disease, eye care, dermatology and/or neurology) is a strong plus
• Proven ability to mentor and elevate writers while maintaining your own hands-on creative output
• Comfort operating within regulated, MLR-reviewed healthcare brands
• A collaborative, low-ego approach to partnering with Art, Strategy, client services, project management, media and engagement
• Curiosity about and comfort with AI-assisted ideation and production tools as part of a modern creative workflow
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent experience

What Sets Us Apart

• A senior, close-knit creative department where all levels shape the work directly rather than managing it from a distance
• Real investment in craft development and career growth for writers and teams alike
• A culture built on being good to each other while being hard on the work