Associate Creative Director - Copy

Real Chemistry is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Copy to join our growing team!   

21GRAMS, part of Real Chemistry, takes an innovative approach to advertising, and focusing on making healthcare more human.  Not just in our work, but in the way we conduct business, approach client relationships, and treat each other. It’s a place where people subscribe to the adage, “Be good to each other, but hard on the work.” A place where people are not just in it for the paycheck, but to make a dent in the universe. Sound like you? 

The Associate Creative Director, Copy is responsible for leading the creative engagements across multiple healthcare client accounts. With promotional HCP experience in therapeutic categories, oncology, cardiology, rare disease etc. You will be the digital translator of the brand’s strategy and creative platform and bring to life how it will support the full consumer and HCP journey. You will lead a team to unpack how to demonstrate existing and new technologies and ways of engaging audiences anywhere at any time.  

You will be working closely with our engagement strategy teams to use the insights driving healthcare professionals and consumers and develop experiences that transform our clients’ brands. Partnering with account and project management to ensure that our clients are surprised and delighted with the quality of our creative work across all digital channels.  

This position requires the ACD, Copy to have prior health care experience. 

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.  

What you’ll do:  

• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration  

• Can structure a complete narrative and be able to write in different voices to suit client and audience 

• Work with ACD, Art to produce standout and strategically focused campaigns and experiences  

• Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish  

• Lead and work independently, under tight deadlines, while prioritizing multiple projects  

• Estimate copy hours  

• Participate in client meetings  

• Lead creative presentations  

• Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload  

• Lead workloads to improve efficiency of the team, ensuring that everyone is lively and billable  

• Work closely with art/design, tech, editorial, and project management departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met  

• Provide performance reviews 

• Identify and interview prospective creative candidates  

This position is a perfect fit for you if:  

• Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.  

• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.  

• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.  

• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.  

What you should have:   

• Healthcare marketing writing experience for consumer/patient and HCP audiences 

• 5-7+ years of health care/pharma experience in an agency environment 

• BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts, or related field preferred)  

• A consistent record of creative ability and judgment, successful client contact experience, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, excellent presentation skills, successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts, and the commitment to embrace technology and new channels for engagement 

Pay Range: $160,000 - $180,000
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 job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. 

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients.  We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including options for medical, dental, and vision plans, a generous 401k match, and flexible PTO. Other perks include student loan debt contributions, mental wellness coaching and support, and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Additional benefits for those just starting or continuing with their family building journey include access to enhanced fertility support, Bright Horizons family support programs, as well as expanded paid leave for new parents including personalized coaching support through Your 4th Trimester ®. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.