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Life Sciences Creative Director (Copy)


Company : Accenture


Location : Ottawa,


Created : 2025-12-23


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Join to apply for the Life Sciences Creative Director (Copy) role at Accenture 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants We Are: Accenture Song Life Sciences a new breed of agency that accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. We believe that better human-centric experiences lead to better health. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Visit us at: You are: A curious and collaborative life sciences creative copy leader helping to drive customer success and business results globally at scale. You bring deep experience in oncology and have worked across multiple brands and therapeutic areas. You enjoy delving deep into the data to create meaningful messages and approvable claims. You are a proactive, selfmotivated and inspirational candidate who combines strong writing sensibilities with an analytical and strategic mind. You know your way around MLR reviews and feel at home with both internal teams and diverse client audiences. You understand when the needs are more highlevel or more tactical, and can pivot to being more handson in execution of deliverables when its needed. You are an experienced supervisor and capable mentor, willing to put the time and effort into helping your direct reports reach their full potential. And, you are a clientfacing pro, able to lead presentations and navigate client comments and changes with ease. The work: A copy/content leader who has a background in writing for healthcare audiences (HCPs, patients, caregivers, etc.). They understand how to develop content that will capture interest, build trust and work in a highly regulated industry life sciences and/or health sector. They are collaborative with team members from multiple disciplines, including art/visual design, but also client services, performance marketers, data/analytics, strategy and more. They understand how to create unique content for emerging media and tech (especially helpful in unique healthcare platforms). The CD, Copy has experience writing/evaluating copy based on clinical product information, can find compelling narratives in clinical data and prescribing information, and can interact confidently with both Life Sciences brand marketers as well as healthcare system/provider and patient audiences. They can easily become familiar with the brand, science, and strategic issues for each project they work on. Experience in multiple therapeutic areas is key. They will also understand how to create campaigns and content that aligns to our clients strategic objectives. If you have a passion for making a difference in patients lives, and can thrive in a fluid, fastpaced, energetic environment, wed love to talk to you! Key Responsibilities Participates in strategic and tactical meetings to develop effective campaigns and activations reflecting the clients objectives Delves into the data and develops a strong working knowledge of claims and messages, working with client stakeholders to develop, approve and incorporate net-new data Contributes innovative ideas, and tactics appropriate to client marketing strategy Brainstorms campaign ideas with colleagues Plans, develops and writes materials as assigned, working closely with medical colleagues on specific initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic objectives Contributes to thought leadership Partners with art partner, art direction/visual designers as well as other creative team members to develop engaging materials that maintain a high level of scientific accuracy, compelling campaign creative, and achieve our clients strategic imperatives Partners with internal team and provides onsite support at key client meetings or events Attends and participates in MLR reviews as needed Works to tight deadlines and can juggle multiple projects Takes a proactive solutionsoriented approach into all tasks Maintains high standards and ensures only the best work is released to the client Oversees 12 junior writers, teaching them Life Sciences copy best practices; delegating work as appropriate and reviewing/finding teaching opportunities to help improve their abilities Heres what youll need At least 8 years of conceptual healthcare/copywriting experience, preferably in a health care marketing or communications agency At least 5 years of experience working in the Oncology area At least 5 years of brand launch experience for both HCP and patient audiences A least 8 years of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint At least 8 years of proven organizational and timeline prioritization skills; scheduling flexibility to accommodate work volumes and the ability to manage multiple assignments At least 5 years of experience in strategic brainstorming, campaign development and creative execution and advertising (campaign concepts, websites, all digital tactics, print, etc.) Experience working with multiple GenAI tools (i.e. OpenAI, Writer, etc.) A strong portfolio of strong, consistent and strategic work English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these Englishspeaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the companys activities to avoid this requirement. Bonus points if Bachelors degree 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 fulltime employment, for roles that may be hired in British Columbia as set forth below. Information on benefits is here. Role Location Annual Salary Range British Columbia $119,700 to $242,800 Seniority level MidSenior level Employment type Fulltime Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology Industries Business Consulting and Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Accenture by 2x #J-18808-Ljbffr