Associate Creative Director

Position: Associate Creative Director, Copy
Company description

Digitas Health is the modern creative agency that takes on the biggest moments in healthcare, raises the standard of creative, and connects people, partners, and ideas to create work that earns its place in culture. Purpose-built for today’s complex and evolving landscape, we partner with some of the world’s largest healthcare brands to do big things by moving faster, connecting deeper, and unlocking new possibilities at the intersection of creativity, data, technology, and empathy.

Guided by our purpose, Connected for Good, and fueled by a vibrant, magnetic culture—we deliver meaningful work that drives relevance, changes behavior, and creates lasting impact, always grounded in humanity, not just technology. As part of Publicis Health and Publicis Groupe, we bring together entrepreneurial energy with the scale, stability, and depth of one of the world’s leading communications networks.

At Digitas Health, what sets us apart isn’t just who we work with, it’s how we work and how it feels to be here. Our culture attracts curious, driven people who want to make a difference and be part of something bigger. Our teams are intentionally crafted across disciplines, perspectives, and experience levels, bringing strategy, creativity, data, and technology together from the start.

We believe the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration, and healthy debate and we expect people here to be thoughtful, engaged, and eager to shape what’s next. If you’re energized by complexity, motivated by impact, and excited to help redefine how healthcare connects with people, we’d love to meet you!

Overview The Associate Creative Director (ACD) is responsible for leading the creative work that is produced on two or three accounts, depending on the account size. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently product exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs.

Responsibilities Creative/Hands-on Work (40%)Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration

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

Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish

Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects

Estimate copy hours

Participate in client meetings

Lead concept presentations

Attend market research as appropriate

Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding

Management (30%)Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload

Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable

Work closely with art, editorial and traffic departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
Identify and Interview prospective creative candidates

Leadership (30%)Become the creative voice for your accounts

Develop good relationships with your clients

Work with account management to grow our business at existing clients

Work with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the creative group

Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects

Assure that all copywriters are trained and, where needed, mentored to maintain the standards and expectations of the agency and the client, and to meet their own career goals

Demonstrate to clients that you…