21GRAMS- Creative Director, Copy

Real Chemistry•Boston, MA

2d•$200,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

Real Chemistry is hiring a Creative Director, Copy for 21GRAMS, its full-service healthcare advertising agency. The agency combines bold creativity, strategic rigor, and scientific understanding to create human-centered healthcare work intended to change behavior, improve outcomes, and make a meaningful impact. The role may be remote within the United States or based at a U.S. office in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Lambertville, New Jersey, San Francisco, or Carmel, Indiana. The Creative Director, Copy guides teams toward excellent creative work and oversees creative output across multiple brands. The role owns the brands assigned to the group, ensures creative standards and accurate, consistent, efficient copy execution, and contributes ideas to client presentations and larger workstreams such as concepting and tactical planning. The position also presents and defends ideas to internal and client stakeholders, supports organic business growth, and supervises the work and career development of one or more copy team members. The successful candidate is adaptable, accountable, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-changing environment. They are curious, resourceful, and proactive, use data to inform decisions, and explore responsible AI adoption to improve work and business impact.

Requirements

10+ years of healthcare/pharmaceutical copywriting experience.
Healthcare or pharmaceutical industry experience in an agency setting.
Portfolio or PDF of relevant work samples.

Responsibilities

Guide teams toward high-quality creative work and provide feedback and oversight on both art and copy.
Look for opportunities to grow business organically.
Oversee multiple brands, tailoring support to each brand's scope, creative potential, and business needs.
Own the brands assigned to the group and take responsibility for the work produced and its contribution to client growth.
Oversee creative work on assigned brands, ensure creative standards are met, and ensure copy is executed efficiently, consistently, and accurately.
Present ideas confidently and make a strong case for them to internal teams and stakeholders, including client marketing and PRC teams.
Contribute ideas, including tactics and concepts, for client presentations and provide input on larger workstreams such as concepting and tactical planning.
Supervise the work and career growth of one or more copy team members on assigned brands.