Copy Supervisor (Health)

VML South Africa; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative agency is seeking a talented Copy Supervisor to join its Creative team. This role involves crafting compelling copy for healthcare marketing, requiring a deep understanding of medical terminology and regulatory guidelines. The Copy Supervisor will collaborate closely with Art Supervisors to develop winning concepts and ensure brand consistency across various platforms. With a focus on emotional appeal and strategic messaging, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the healthcare sector. Join a passionate team dedicated to bridging the gap between healthcare and meaningful communication.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k match up to 5%

Paid time off

Growth-oriented training opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in copywriting and healthcare advertising.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating strategic and conceptual thinking.

Responsibilities

• Write clear and accurate copy for healthcare marketing materials.
• Manage multiple projects and ensure message consistency across mediums.

Skills

Copywriting

Concept Development

Healthcare Knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, communication, science or related field

Job description

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

About VML Health:

VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency that partners with healthcare clients across a broad definition of health, from high science to wellness and everything in between. It operates fluidly within the VML agency, as a core group of health specialists (a ‘vertical’) that has the benefit of autonomy in management, but with support of non-health expertise.

At the heart of health is the story of life – all the highs and lows, ambitions, and possibilities. But facing a health challenge can suddenly pull people away from these stories, knocking them off course.

Our purpose is to bridge this gap, bringing people closer to life and all its meaning. We gain a deeper understanding of Healthcare Professionals’ and patients’ needs, behaviors and lived experiences through what we call ‘radical empathy’.

VML Healt creates connected brands that get to the heart, bringing people closer to the lives they want to live. Get to the heart. Connect for life.

What we’re looking for:

VML Health is seeking a talented and experienced Copy Supervisor to join our Creative team. The Copy Supervisor will be responsible for writing clear, concise, and accurate copy for a variety of healthcare marketing materials. This role requires a strong understanding of medical terminology, regulatory guidelines, and the ability to develop compelling concepts in partnership with an Art Supervisor.

What you’ll do:

• Write clear, concise, accurate, and well- organized copy appropriate to relevant format/medium (print, digital, online, social) and accurately annotates projects for fact check according to AMA style.
• Run day-to-day brand needs and oversees branded materials to ensure message consistency across tactics and develops "winning" concepts for brand and pitch concepting efforts.
• Write copy and develops concepts that establish brands, have emotional appeal, and compel actions in close partnership with Art Supervisor as part of a creative duo.
• Know brands and therapeutic categories inside and out and able to work with all cross-functional teams (Strategy, Medical and Account).
• Independently manages multiple projects, sometimes for variety of assignments with different levels of complexity.
• Demonstrates strategic understanding of the competitive landscape through partnership with Strategy and Medical teams.
• Develop materials and experiences for internal client meetings and medical congresses.
• Represents the agency during medical/regulatory reviews, providing solutions and recommendations.
• Manage junior members of the copy team, providing feedback and guidance.

Who you are:

• Able to create concepts aligned with the client's strategy, for multiple clients, brands, and audiences.
• Able to bridge the creative approach with client's Medical and Legal requirements.
• Ability to provide oversight and guidance on brand strategy and able to confidently present scientific and technical work in a highly regulated medical/regulatory review.
• Clearly and confidently presents work to internal teams (Creative and Account).
• Conceptual, strategic, and curious. Able to understand and act upon the "big picture" of the brand and the client's strategy to ensure consistent messaging across tactics.
• Passionate about healthcare advertising and crafting compelling copy.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, communication, science or related field.
• 5-7 years of equivalent experience.
• Strong portfolio that demonstrates strategic, conceptual thinking and broad range of tactics with short and long format writing.
• Experience in the healthcare/pharma industry is a plus but not required.

What we offer:

• Passionate, driven people|We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
• Consciously cultivated culture|We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusivecommunity that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.
• Competitive benefits| What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.
• Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.

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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

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$60,000 — $140,000 USD

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