Associate Creative Director, Copy

Avalere Health; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copy to lead innovative communication projects. This role involves collaborating with art directors and copywriters to deliver exceptional creative work that aligns with strategic insights. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in creative copywriting, particularly within the pharmaceutical sector, and will be responsible for mentoring junior creatives while managing multiple projects efficiently. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and empowers every employee to thrive in their career, making a significant impact in the healthcare landscape.

Benefits

Generous company pension/retirement plan

Private medical insurance

Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives

Compelling time-off policy

Flexible working practices

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of creative copywriting experience, with 3 years in pharma.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring junior creatives is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver breakthrough creative work while influencing peers.
• Lead projects from conception to completion, managing multiple teams.

Skills

Creative Copywriting

Team Leadership

Client Relationship Management

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Advertising or Marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

MS Office Suite

Job description

About Avalere Health

Guided by a single mission to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE, our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing capabilities move as one, ensuring every patient is identified, supported, treated, and cared for. Equally.

Avalere Health is a global strategic partner, perfectly formed to solve the biggest challenges in health—at pace and at scale. We are united across the product lifecycle, uniquely positioned to understand every angle of life, health, and the human condition. Partnering with our clients, we are building a world where healthcare is not a barrier. And no patient is left behind.

We are powered by our unique and proprietary model, SenseMaking. Combining strategic tools and human ingenuity, SenseMaking allows us to transform limitations into pathways, obstacles into possibilities, and intricacy into action. Our talented, diverse, and passionate team—known as SenseMakers—strive each day to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE.

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.

About the role:

The Associate Creative Director, Copy (ACD) works with teams of art directors, copywriters, and strategists to conceive and execute a variety of communication projects through a wide range of media. The Associate Creative Director is responsible for ensuring that design, copy and UX are greater than the sum of their parts and ladder up to strategic insights on all projects that they lead.

What you'll do:

• Deliver breakthrough creative work, while influencing your peers
• Lead projects from conception to completion
• Understand strategic and financial goals for clients and Avalere Health
• Master the clinical data and competitive landscape associated with your brands/account
• Actively participate in staffing and evaluating the scope of work
• Champion creativity by frequently sharing inspiring work
• Develop and/or strengthen client relationships
• Share the spotlight so that junior creatives can shine
• Manage delegation and workflow on multiple projects/brands
• Empower others to reach their full potential
• Manage multiple teams and multiple work streams efficiently, effectively, and profitably
• Communicate actively with project teams to keep deliverables on track and on schedule

About you:

• Bachelor’s Degree in advertising, marketing, writing or equivalent area of study (preferred but not required)
• Experience in leading teams and mentoring junior creatives
• Minimum 9 years creative copywriting experience, with at least 3 years in writing for pharma
• Pharmaceutical and/or medical device experience required
• Demonstrates ability to direct writing and design of interactive, motion and print projects.
• Strong customer service skills with a commitment to superior quality
• Must be self-motivated, professional, detail-oriented, and possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Can share a digital portfolio that includes a wide range of interactive work across multi-media channels and platforms
• Comfortable working under pressure within tight deadlines
• Advanced PC or Mac experience with all Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office Suite

Salary: $150,000 - $170,000 a year

We are committed to offering a competitive and fair salary that reflects your location, qualifications and the experience you will bring to our team. Salary ranges posted are DOE.

What we can offer:

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits.

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