Associate Creative Director - Art - Freelance

About the role

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com . Who we are looking for: VML HEALTH is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Copy - FREELANCE for our 3 WTC NY office. The ACD, Copy - Freelance is a storyteller who works closely with art directors and strategists to conceive and create concepts for digital, social and traditional channels. The entire creative team will work together to translate these ideas from the written tone into a finished ad to meet our clients' business objectives. Our creative teams always strive to create boundary pushing, award-winning work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate | Communicate with client service Account Director(s) regarding business scopes, financials, schedules, and planning. Collaborate with creative leaders with interviewing, hiring, training and the evaluation of junior Creative staff.

Requirements

• Open and collaborative | Our team is close-knit and supportive and we're working with a lot of unknowns - you must be a champion of team environments that are comfortable with ambiguity and encourage collaboration. Accept constructive internal and client comments with regard to concepts and copy.
• Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it's a mentality that makes the team successful.
• Bachelor's degree plus seven or more years of copy experience in an advertising, marketing or experiential, creative agency environment
• Experience within the Health sphere is especially relevant for this role; Experience with Oncology Copy is a Plus
• Knowledge of HCP focused campaigns will be extremely helpful
• Advanced competencies in Microsoft Office, Internet environments and industry-standard software programs
• Understanding of both the art and copy side and the ability to evaluate both
• Diverse account and industry experience
• Experience in and ability to evaluate all mediums to develop fully integrated marketing campaigns
• Strong portfolio of work that demonstrates strategic, conceptual and creative thinking
• Excellent presentation skills
• This is a W2 hourly Role Freelance- the position REQUIRES demonstrated Health/Pharma expertise
• The compensation for this position at the time of this posting is indicated bel

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