Associate Creative Director, Copywriter, Creative Development - Temporary Worker

Merkle Italia; New York (NY); Remote; USD 212,814,000 - 283,904,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu in New York is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copywriter for a highly collaborative role handling integrated brand campaigns, retail and shopper marketing, CRM and lifecycle communications, and AI-enabled production. This project-based position offers exposure to healthcare, pharmacy, and consumer wellness brands.

You will lead the look and tone across media, mentor teams, and drive high-impact creative ideas while maintaining strategic alignment, deadlines, and budgets across

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in the creative advertising industry.
• Bachelor's degree in advertising, Marketing or related field.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Professional, outgoing, fearless, and resilient.
• Demonstrated creative success on a wide range of client work.

Responsibilities

• Provide superior writing to concept against different deliverables, including but not limited to; manifestos, scripts, digital and content, developing campaigns, activations, social posts, and more across multiple projects, deliverables and clients simultaneously
• Self-edit and review all deliverables for grammatical and formatting issues, ensuring strategy alignment as well as clients’ tone, style, audience, and objectives
• Develop superior creative solutions that successfully live across all forms of media and reflect a firm understanding of the communications objective, client nuances and timing/budget parameters

Skills

Writing skills

Editing

Creative leadership

Client relations

Presentation

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising or related field

Job description

Job Description

Job Description: Temporary assignment starting ASAP through 12/30, with the potential to extend or convert to a permanent role; however, neither is guaranteed at this time. W2 only. Candidates must be authorized to work and reside in the United States. Preferred location: Fully remote, with a preference for candidates based in or near Boston, Hartford (CT), Rhode Island, or New York. Must be available to work during Eastern Time (ET) business hours. The ideal candidate will bring a broad mix of experience across integrated brand marketing, retail, CRM, content, social, commerce, retail media, and highly regulated customer communications. This role requires leadership across both high-volume creative production and strategic customer engagement initiatives.

Role Purpose

Role Purpose We serve our clients from offices around the world. Passionate about building brands in diverse categories, we handle accounts of all sizes, from local to global, crossing all communication channels. We're currently hiring an Associate Creative Director, Copywriter for one of our newest wins, one of the largest healthcare, pharmacy, and consumer wellness brands in the US. You will concept and execute a variety of deliverables including integrated brand campaigns, retail and shopper marketing, CRM and lifecycle communications, healthcare enrollment and member communications, patient education, social and content creation, retail media and commerce assets, in-store experiences, personalization programs, and AI-enabled creative production. This high conceptual thinker is responsible for generating, co-managing and co-directing the look, tone and feel of all on-strategy creative ideas across multiple mediums. This role is project by project so you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of clients.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide superior writing skills to concept against different deliverables, including but not limited to; manifestos, scripts, digital and content, developing campaigns, activations, social posts, and more across multiple projects, deliverables and clients simultaneously
• Self-edit and review all deliverables for grammatical and formatting issues, ensuring strategy alignment as well as clients’ tone, style, audience, and objectives
• Develop superior creative solutions that successfully live across all forms of media and reflect a firm understanding of the communications objective, client nuances and timing/budget parameters

Person Specification

• 7+ years of experience in the creative advertising industry
• Bachelors degree in advertising, Marketing or related field
• Demonstrate strong leadership, presentation, and client relationship skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Professional, outgoing, friendly, fearless, and resilient
• Demonstrated creative success on wide range of client work

Additional Information

Additional Information: At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office. The hourly pay range for this position is $74.27 - $99.08. The hourly pay rate for the successful candidate is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Temporary employees are eligible for paid holidays in accordance with dentsu policy, as well as safe and sick time. This position is not eligible for any other benefits or other compensation.

Location and Contract

Location: New York Brand: Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Temporary

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation

Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to [e-mail].

About dentsu

About dentsu For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering – exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences. Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact. Be a force for good. Sustainability is a vital part of our business and an important area of focus for our clients. We’re leading the way – helping to build a more sustainable planet. Dream loud. In this moment of transformation, we need our people to be fearless, embracing change and ambiguity, driven by the love for our work and excitement for the future. Team without limits. We create opportunities for connection and collaboration between our colleagues and clients, building a sense of belonging and having some fun along the way. Find out more about us Who we are Our Social Impact Our work