Accenture

Associate Creative Director, Copy - Pharma

Accenture$82K — $132K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of copywriting experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or healthcare fields.
  • 3+ years of experience in a leadership role, mentoring and reviewing copy team work.
  • Proven track record in developing content for healthcare professionals (HCP), patients, and caregivers.
  • Deep understanding of FDA regulations and compliance in content creation.
  • A strong portfolio of branded promotional work demonstrating expertise in the healthcare sector.
  • Ability to interpret complex clinical data into digestible narratives.
  • Strong presentation and client management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of promotional copy for multiple healthcare audiences across various platforms.
  • Translate complex scientific information into engaging, compliant messaging.
  • Present creative concepts to clients, articulating their strategic value.
  • Collaborate across teams to deliver integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Ensure all content adheres to brand strategy and regulatory standards.
  • Navigate MLR review processes while maintaining creative integrity.
  • Mentor junior creatives and oversee quality of their contributions.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for mentorship and professional development.
  • Engagement in highly collaborative project environments.
  • Exposure to a broad range of therapeutic areas and healthcare audiences.
  • Possibility of working on digital and emerging communication platforms.
Full Job Description

You Are

A curious, collaborative, and strategically minded creative copy leader with deep experience in life sciences marketing and a passion for delivering meaningful outcomes for patients, providers, and brands. You bring strong expertise developing branded, promotional content across multiple brands and therapeutic areas, and you know how to translate complex science and clinical data into compelling, approvable messaging.

You combine sharp writing instincts with analytical rigor and a strong understanding of business strategy. You are comfortable leading in highly regulated environments, navigating MLR reviews, and partnering with cross-functional teams and clients to deliver work that is insight-led, compliant, and high impact.

You know when to operate at the strategic level and when to roll up your sleeves to drive execution. You are also a strong people leader—an experienced supervisor and mentor who invests in developing talent, elevating craft, and helping teams do their best work. Just as importantly, you are a confident client-facing professional who can present work persuasively, manage feedback thoughtfully, and build trust with stakeholders.

The Work

As anAssociate Creative Director, Copy, you will lead the development of branded, promotional copy and content for healthcare audiences, including healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers. You will create messaging that captures attention, builds trust, and performs in a highly regulated life sciences environment.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams spanning creative, strategy, account, data and analytics, performance marketing, and experience design to create integrated, customer-centric campaigns and content. You will help shape content strategies that align to client business goals while ensuring all deliverables meet medical, legal, and regulatory standards.

You should bring experience creating content for both established and emerging channels, including digital platforms, CRM, paid media, web, and omnichannel experiences. You are skilled at identifying compelling narratives within clinical data, prescribing information, and brand strategy, and transforming them into content that is differentiated, compliant, and relevant.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead development of branded, promotional copy across a range of channels and formats for life sciences and healthcare clients.
  • Translate scientific, clinical, and product information into clear, compelling, and compliant messaging for HCP, patient, and caregiver audiences.
  • Present creative work internally and to clients with a clear strategic rationale, articulating how messaging supports campaign objectives and broader business goals.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams including art and design, strategy, account management, data and analytics, and performance marketing to deliver integrated customer experiences.
  • Ensure all content aligns with brand strategy, tone of voice, regulatory requirements, and medical/legal/compliance standards, including FDA and/or PAAB guidelines where applicable.
  • Navigate MLR review processes confidently and efficiently, incorporating feedback while preserving strategic and creative integrity.
  • Write and oversee both long-form and short-form content, including email, websites, landing pages, digital ads, direct mail, SMS, sales collateral, one-pagers, and other omnichannel assets.
  • Develop impactful headlines, subject lines, calls to action, and messaging frameworks that drive acquisition, engagement, and retention.
  • Use research, audience insights, and performance data to inform messaging and optimize content effectiveness across audience segments.
  • Maintain consistency, quality, and voice across all deliverables, including work developed by junior team members.
  • Contribute to campaign and content strategy, helping ensure creative output is aligned to client objectives and market opportunity.
  • Manage timelines, priorities, and deliverable status with a high degree of organization, transparency, and accountability.
  • Mentor and develop copywriters and junior creatives, providing feedback that elevates craft and supports career growth.
  • Partner with Creative Manager to shape project plans, workflows, and quality standards to ensure work is delivered on time and at a high level of excellence.

Heres What Youll Need

  • 6+ years of professional copywriting experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or healthcare fields.
  • 3+ years of experience leading, mentoring, and reviewing the work of copywriters or junior creative team members.
  • Proven experience developing branded, promotional content for HCP, patient, and caregiver audiences.
  • Strong knowledge of FDA regulations, MLR review processes, and content submission requirements in regulated environments.
  • A portfolio showcasing branded promotional pharmaceutical or healthcare work across channels for HCP and/or patient audiences is required.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret clinical data, prescribing information, and scientific materials to create compelling promotional narratives.
  • Strong presentation and client management skills, with the ability to communicate ideas clearly and handle feedback effectively.
  • Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Availability to support teams working in EST hours.
  • High school diploma, GED, or CAEC.

Bonus Points If

  • You have a bachelors degree in a relevant field.
  • You have experience with PAAB-regulated content.
  • You have experience in both pharmaceutical and MedTech marketing.
  • You bring expertise tailoring content to distinct audience segments and stages of the customer journey.
  • You have a passion for storytelling and strong capabilities across both long-form and short-form writing.
  • You bring a highly collaborative, feedback-driven, and solutions-oriented mindset.
  • You have experience developing content for emerging platforms, digital ecosystems, and omnichannel healthcare experiences.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role LocationAnnual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick$82,600 to $132,600

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