
Associate Creative Director, Copy
Athena Global Advisors
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Philadelphia • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- - Lead copy direction across campaigns, content, and brand expressions, ensuring consistency in tone, voice, and messaging.
- - Develop creative platforms and messaging frameworks that support integrated campaign ideas from concept through execution.
- - Drive and facilitate concepting and ideation sessions, translating insights into clear, compelling creative ideas.
- - Manage day-to-day copy development across multiple projects, ensuring work is delivered on time and to a high standard.
- - Mentor and guide writers through feedback, coaching, and editorial review to elevate creative output.
- - Collaborate closely with designers and art directors to ensure copy and visuals work together seamlessly.
- - Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to present work, respond to feedback, and maintain alignment throughout execution.
- - Contribute to new business efforts, pitches, and Athena brand initiatives as needed.
- - Provide confident creative feedback on visual design and art direction, helping shape campaigns with a strong point of view on taste, craft, and overall creative quality.
- - Partner closely with design and art leadership to elevate the work, ensuring ideas are holistically strong—from concept to copy to visual execution.
Requirements
- - ACD level copy leadership experience, demonstrated through a portfolio showing campaign concepting and multichannel execution.
- - Required: Proven 360 advertising experience, leading copy across fully integrated campaigns (paid and organic social, digital, TV, video, experiential, OOH, CRM/email, web, etc.).
- - Required: Experience leading and mentoring a team of writers, including assigning work, providing editorial direction, and developing talent.
- - Advanced writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a strong point of view on craft and quality.
- - Ability to translate complex or ambiguous ideas into clear, persuasive messaging for defined audiences.
- - Comfort working in a fast paced, collaborative, agency style environment with multiple stakeholders.
- - A strong design sensibility and art direction instinct, with the ability to evaluate visual work, give constructive creative feedback, and help push campaigns to their highest level.
- - Experience writing for regulated, complex, or high-stake industries (telecom, automotive, enterprise brands).
- - Experience developing or managing brand voice and messaging frameworks.
- - Experience partnering with performance or analytics teams to refine messaging based on results.
Benefits
- - Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account
- - Matching 401K
- - Generous PTO policy
- - Substantial Parental Leave Policy
- - Hybrid Work Environment
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Hard Skills & Tools
copy directioncampaign conceptingmultichannel executionwritingeditingstorytellingmessaging frameworkscreative feedbackbrand voice developmentperformance analytics
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationcommunicationleadershipcreative ideationfeedback provisionorganizational skillsadaptabilitydesign sensibilityevaluative skills