Associate Director, Creative

Digitas; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency seeks an Associate Creative Director (Copy) to shape impactful campaigns through compelling storytelling and creative leadership. The ideal candidate will have extensive agency experience, a diverse portfolio, and the ability to inspire junior creatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce transformative work.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

401K

Flexible Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 6+ years of agency experience focused on brand-building.
• A portfolio that shows range and conceptual clarity.
• Experience leading junior creatives while actively writing.

Responsibilities

• Craft big ideas that grow into campaign platforms.
• Direct teams across disciplines with clarity.
• Present work persuasively to clients.

Skills

Creative Thinking

Storytelling

Collaboration

Brand Development

Job description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Job Responsibilities

Your Role:

As an Associate Creative Director (Copy), you’ll shape the soul of the work — with words that stick, stories that sell, and ideas that endure.

You’ll be:
️ Crafting big ideas that grow into campaign platforms, brand voices, and culture-shaping moments.
Turning insights into goosebumps with storytelling that actually moves people.
Translating strategy into creative that doesn’t just check boxes — it changes minds.
️ Directing teams across disciplines with clarity, confidence, and that just-right line that pulls it all together.
Collaborating with media, strategy, data nerds, and techies to make ideas smarter, sharper, and impossible to ignore.
Presenting work with the kind of voice that makes clients lean in, nod hard, and say “let’s make it.”
Sweating the details while steering large-scale, integrated productions — from first spark to flawless launch.
Building trust and chemistry with clients and teammates (you play nice, but you’re not afraid to push for better).

Qualifications

What You Bring:
6+ years of agency experience with a focus on brand-building, integrated, and digitally fluent campaigns.
A portfolio that shows range, tone mastery, and the kind of conceptual clarity that makes other writers wish they’d thought of it.
Comfortably leading junior creatives while still rolling up your sleeves and writing when it counts.
A collaborative mindset — you’re a team builder, not simply a solo genius.
Curiosity, candor, and a point of view — all wrapped in respect for the work and the people who make it.

Why Us:
Because you want to work on iconic brands people actually know. Because you want to make work that lasts longer than a scroll. Because you believe that great copy can shift perception, create emotional stickiness, and build something bigger than a campaign.

If your gut says yes, trust it. Reach out.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva LaDifférence”meanswe’rebetter together, and we believe thatour differences make us stronger. It means wehonor and celebrate all identities, across all facetsof intersectionality, and it underpins all that we doas an organization.We are focusedon fostering belonging and creating equitable &inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail] .

Compensation Range: $105,165- $151,095 semimonthly. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.