Associate Creative Director, Copy

Fingerpaint Group; Cedar Knolls (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerpaint Group in Cedar Knolls, NJ is seeking an experienced creative leader to guide pharmaceutical advertising concepts from brief to execution. The role requires leading a copy team, collaborating across disciplines, and presenting concepts to clients under tight deadlines.

You will mentor writers, estimate copy hours, and help shape strategic briefs while upholding the agency’s people-first culture. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• 8-11 years of pharmaceutical advertising experience a must.
• Experience managing teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with art partner to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns.
• Ability to work collaboratively with all other disciplines at the agency (account management, digital strategy, etc.).
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable.
• Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs of their business.
• Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration.
• Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects when necessary.
• Estimate copy hours.
• Lead concept presentations.
• 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.
• A sense of humor that is actually funny.

Skills

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Time management

Client interaction

Copy hour estimation

Education

Pharmaceutical Advertising Experience

Job description

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It's that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally - we attract top talent and collaborate.

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It's that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally - we attract top talent and give them a space to grow and collaborate.

Objectives Of This Role

What it takes:

• Work with art partner to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
• Ability to work collaboratively with all other disciplines at the agency (account management, digital strategy, etc.)
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
• Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs of their business
• Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate
• Strong presentation skills
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
• Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects when necessary
• Estimate copy hours
• Lead concept presentations
• 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
• A sense of humor that is actually funny

Know-how

• 8-11 years of pharmaceutical advertising experience a must
• Experience managing teams preferred

Don't meet every single requirement? That's okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity. Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.