Associate Creative Director, Copy

Relevate Health • Union Township, OH

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About The Position

Relevate Health is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copy to lead their AOR oncology portfolio. This is a working leadership role where you will shape positioning and messaging, transform complex clinical science into compelling brand ideas, and execute them across traditional and omnichannel platforms. You will manage the copy team and collaborate with strategy, art, account, medical, and UX teams. The oncology clients are described as smart, strategic, and bold, with long-standing partnerships. This role offers an opportunity to lead at a high level within a company experiencing significant growth.

Requirements

• Pharma agency experience
• AOR oncology copy leadership experience
• Strong presentation skills: ability to articulate and defend ideas in the room with senior clients
• Demonstrated predisposition to collaboration, accountability, creative courage, and transparency
• Proven ability to write compellingly for both patients and healthcare providers
• Working knowledge of medical claim documentation, MLR processes, AMA style, annotating, and referencing
• BA degree in Advertising, Communications, Journalism, English, Fine Arts, or a related field required
• 10+ years of pharma advertising experience
• 7+ years of pharmaceutical communications
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating strategic range and conceptual excellence

Nice To Haves

• Experience across both diagnostics and therapeutic brands
• Track record of brand launches from concept through execution
• Comfort managing across a large, growing portfolio with multiple simultaneous deadlines
• Familiarity with omnichannel content strategy and digital/UX considerations
• Experience in high-science therapeutic areas (oncology preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead the copy team (ICs and staff) in close coordination with art, PM, account, and medical
• Develop standout campaigns and omnichannel experiences in partnership with Strategy, Art/Design, and UX
• Develop and review creative briefs that provide genuine strategic insight and creative inspiration
• Lead concept presentations internally and with clients, with confidence and conviction
• Own projects from strategy through execution and launch as a working creative leader
• Set up creative teams, timelines, and milestones for upcoming brand launches and conceptual development
• Partner with account management to grow the business and strengthen client relationships
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity and quality across the copy team
• Collaborate with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues

Benefits

• PACT Bonus Program
• Team Impact activities
• Team HOPE philanthropic opportunities
• Welcoming onboarding program
• Unlimited PTO
• 401K
• Pet Insurance
• Health, Dental & Vision
• Employer-paid STD, LTD, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital, and Life Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior