Associate Creative Director, Copy - Life Science & Healthcare

Deloitte's Life Sciences & Health Care practice helps large and mid-sized pharma, MedTech, and next-gen therapy organizations design bold, compliant, and scientifically credible omnichannel campaigns that drive meaningful engagement across institutions, HCPs, and patients. We seek a strategic creative partner who can lead integrated campaigns, shape brand voice, and operationalize content at scale by combining creative excellence, regulatory fluency, and delivery rigor.

About the role

As an Associate Creative Director, Copy, you will serve as the senior creative copy voice on complex pharma and MedTech accounts, leading multidisciplinary teams across a diverse portfolio of HCP, patient, and hospital-facing engagements. These include branded campaigns, omnichannel tactics, scientific storytelling, and promotional review.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative concept development and copy execution across HCP, patient, institutional, digital, social, omnichannel, and scientific communication initiatives
• Manage and mentor copywriters and creative collaborators across multiple engagements, therapeutic areas, and deliverables
• Present creative work to client stakeholders, translate strategic briefs into clear creative direction, and build relationships with brand, marketing, and medical teams
• Partner with art directors, strategists, account teams, and project managers to deliver integrated creative solutions that connect scientific content to audience-centered storytelling
• Guide copy through medical, legal, and regulatory review processes while maintaining scientific accuracy, brand alignment, and delivery timelines
• Support business development efforts through pitch development, creative solutioning, and contribution to account growth initiatives
• Ensure all copy is scientifically accurate, strategically grounded, and aligned to brand guidelines and regulatory expectations
• Translate complex clinical and scientific data into accessible, compelling narratives for diverse audiences—from oncologists and interventionalists to caregivers and patients

Skills

• Proven ability to ideate, concept, and write—executing high-quality copy across print, digital, video, social, and omnichannel formats
• Ability to manage competing priorities and creative workstreams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

About the team

Today's pharma and MedTech companies navigate unprecedented complexity: increasingly sophisticated science, crowded therapeutic landscapes, evolving HCP expectations, and patients demanding more meaningful engagement. Deloitte's Life Sciences & Health Care practice works with these clients to design and deliver creative tactics that cut through the noise—whether engaging oncologists with an MOA launch campaign, supporting hospital system pull-through with institutional marketing, or empowering patients with tools to advocate for their own care. We bring together creative strategy, scientific depth, regulatory discipline, and agency-caliber craft to help clients build brands that matter. This role sits at the heart of that mission—leading creative copy for a portfolio of accounts while helping shape how Deloitte delivers creative excellence in the life sciences space.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, communications, advertising, English, journalism, or a related field
• 8+ years of agency experience in medical copywriting, pharma advertising, healthcare marketing, or a related life sciences creative environment
• A portfolio demonstrating significant experience in pharma and/or MedTech agency work, including HCP, patient, and/or institutional campaigns across multiple therapeutic categories (portfolio link should be listed on resume; if password-protected, include the password)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Ability to travel 30%+, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Experience developing regulated promotional or educational content for pharmaceutical or MedTech brands

Preferred qualifications

• Experience navigating MLR environments and producing regulated promotional and educational content
• Experience leading and mentoring creative copy teams across multiple concurrent accounts and diverse project types
• Experience translating complex scientific and clinical content into compelling audience-appropriate messaging
• Experience presenting creative concepts to brand, marketing, medical, or agency stakeholders
• Experience participating in or leading new business pitches and agency growth initiatives
• Experience managing content workflows, creative operations, and review cycles in regulated settings

Pay

The wage range for this role is $144,600 - $256,100. The range considers factors such as skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and business needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, and compensation decisions depend on individual and organizational performance. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules.