Associate Creative Director, Copy - Song Life, Part of Accenture Song

Job description

Accenture Song Life—A Partner for Growth The Agency of Record model we all grew up with was built for stability—long planning cycles, rigid campaigns, and success measured in outputs. Today demands something more. With evolving pipelines, diverse patient populations, and accelerated launches, the challenge is not just communication—it’s staying continually relevant. At Accenture Song Life, we reinvented the AOR to be a true growth engine for biopharma—anchored in one objective: helping you fuel growth by building continual relevance. We do this by being Smarter, Faster, Better Smarter—intelligence-led, powered by AI, data, and life sciences expertise, so your brand is always one step ahead. Faster—an agile, adaptive model that scales global blockbusters and targets rare disease communities with equal precision, moving at the speed of science and patient need. Better—world-class creativity combined with Accenture’s technology and consulting rigor, shifting from campaigns to outcomes—like launch uptake, adherence, and market share. The reinvented AOR is not a supplier—it’s a growth partner. Accenture Song Life brings creativity, technology, and strategy together to serve as your growth engine—continually relevant, always accountable, and built to deliver impact for patients, providers, and your business.” You are: A curious and collaborative Life Sciences creative copy pro driving 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 know your way around MLR reviews and feel at home with both internal teams and diverse client audiences. The work: A copy/content leader who has a background in writing for healthcare audiences (both HCPs and the patient/caregiver audience. 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 ACD, 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 content that aligns to our clients’ strategic objectives. They have had a number of years of supervisory experience and are extremely comfortable in front of clients. If you have a passion for making a difference in patients’ lives, and can thrive in a fluid, fast-paced, energetic environment, we’d 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 Contributes innovative ideas and tactics appropriate to client marketing strategy Brainstorms campaign ideas with colleagues Contributes to thought decks for campaign presentations Plans, develops and writes materials as assigned, working closely with medical colleagues on specific initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic objectives Partners with 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 client’s strategic imperatives Supervises a small team of copywriters Interacts and collaborates closely with clients daily Partners with internal team and provides onsite support at key client meetings or events Attends and participates in MLR reviews as needed (Experience in live reviews is key) Secures references as needed through the appropriate channels to provide full support of all claims within a deliverable and provides clean delivery of reference packets for internal and client teams Collaborates with medical editors to resolve grammatical, content or stylistic errors or concerns Works to tight deadlines and can juggle multiple projects Takes a proactive solutions-oriented approach into all tasks Maintains high standards and ensures only the best work is released to the client Here’s what you’ll need: At least 12 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 on multiple agents At least 5 years of brand launch experience for both HCP and patient audiences A least 10 years of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint At least 10 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 writing email copy, advertising (digital, print, banners), brand messaging, web copy, video scripts, marketing collateral Bonus points if: Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience 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 for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/23/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture Role Location Annual Salary Range California $94,400 to $293,800 Cleveland $87,400 to $235,000 Colorado $94,400 to $253,800 District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300 Illinois $87,400 to $253,800 Maine $80,400 to $216,200 Maryland $94,400 to $253,800 Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300 Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800 New York $87,400 to $293,800 New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800 Virginia $87,400 to $270,300 Washington $100,500 to $270,300 About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our sharehol