Associate Creative Director & Writer: Impactful Campaigns

Wtads; Mission (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Health insurance (agency pays 90% of员工

Paid time off including volunteer days

Dental insurance

Job summary

Walz Tetrick Advertising in Kansas City seeks an Associate Creative Director, Writer to lead concept development across campaigns and client work. You will write, present and shape ideas from brief through execution while elevating the quality of work and the team around you.

You are a hands-on creative with strong instincts, capable of balancing big campaigns with craft, and you will mentor colleagues while pushing ideas beyond the expected. Health systems or pharma familiarity is a plus.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10+ years of agency or comparable creative experience with a portfolio that shows strong conceptual thinking, exceptional writing craft and work across multiple channels.
• The ability to move between big campaign ideas and highly crafted executions with strong creative judgment throughout.
• Strong storytelling and editing instincts with the ability to turn complex information into clear, engaging creative.
• Confidence presenting and defending creative thinking with internal teams and clients.
• Experience partnering closely with art directors, designers and production resources from concept through execution, with a collaborative mindset and a genuine interest in making the work and the people around you better.
• Experience with health systems, pharmaceutical brands, insurance or medical and legal review is a plus, but it is not required. More important is your ability to understand complex subject matter, find the human idea inside it and create work that makes people want to care.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept development across integrated campaigns, brand platforms and ongoing client work.
• Partner with art directors, designers and other agency partners to turn business challenges into strong creative ideas.
• Write and shape work across video, digital, social, experiential, web and print, from campaign platforms and messaging systems to headlines, scripts and brand voice.
• Make complicated subjects simple, human and emotionally relevant without losing strategic intent.
• Bring a strong point of view to the brief, identify opportunities and help push ideas beyond the expected.
• Lead creative presentations and sell in the work with confidence, connecting the idea back to the strategy, audience and business opportunity.
• Guide work through revisions and production while protecting the strength of the idea.
• Mentor other creatives through thoughtful feedback and contribute to pitches, proactive opportunities and work beyond your primary accounts.
• Stay curious about culture, technology and new ways brands can connect with people.
• Becoming a trusted creative lead across key assignments and accounts.
• Raising the quality of the work you touch.
• Building strong partnerships throughout the agency and earning client confidence.

Skills

Storytelling

Creative leadership

Writing craft

Concept development

Presenting

Mentoring

Collaboration

Job description

Walz Tetrick Advertising in Kansas City seeks an Associate Creative Director, Writer to lead concept development across campaigns and client work. You will write, present and shape ideas from brief through execution while elevating the quality of work and the team around you.

You are a hands-on creative with strong instincts, capable of balancing big campaigns with craft, and you will mentor colleagues while pushing ideas beyond the expected. Health systems or pharma familiarity is a plus.