Creative Director - Copy

  • Full-time

Company Description

Heartbeat is the full-service marketing agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. It’s our lifeblood to help these brands overcome their competitive challenges and rise above the expectations. That means we never take the easy road. We are a crew of optimists and activists who believe that “Never Been Done” doesn’t mean “Don’t Ever Do.”

That’s the philosophy, here are the creds: 250+ employees between NYC & LA; strategy, creative, media, & technology under a single roof; a pile of industry awards for our work (Clio, OMMA, MM+M, MANNY) and our agency (4x Best Place to Work from Ad Age & MM+M). We are especially proud of our industry-leading commitment to diversity & inclusion, with recognition from Med Ad News as a D&I Champion.

If you want to surround yourself with partners who are insightful, inventive, and courageous—well, you just hit the motherload.

Job Description

Responsibilities: 

  • Lead client engagements in partnership with Account Directors 

  • Lead Creative to conceive and create compelling, on-strategy marketing ideas and executions 

  • Manage and own creative output on assigned engagements across design, copy and UX  

  • Partner with Account & Strategy to strengthen engagement strategies and Creative Briefs 

  • Project fluent knowledge of interactive and print capabilities, animation, and user experience 

  • Be an expert on Heartbeat and Client process, able to navigate great work through any and all obstacles 

  • Lead, mentor, and develop your Copy and Design reports to be successful members of your team and the wider Heartbeat community 

  • Provide feedback, support, and guidance to grow your people in their craft, and empower them to take risks 

  • Successfully lead creative output for business development opportunities & pitch as necessary 

Qualifications

Requirements: 

  • 10+ years of interactive or traditional ad agency experience (significant digital chops and non-healthcare campaigns mandatory) 

  • Ability to understand the “big picture” of the project and how it fits with the full consumer experience and client expectations 

  • Experience mentoring creative teams with objective guidance and feedback.  

  • Ability to develop, present and sell creative concepts for clients 

  • Significant portfolio of cross-channel advertising campaign development 

  • Flexibility, good judgment, and attention to detail 

  • Strong team-building and supervisory skills 

  • Proven problem-solving skills 

  • Knowledge of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries a must 

  • Positive attitude and sense of humor essential 

  • Bachelor’s Degree 

Additional Information

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