Associate Creative Director, Copywriter

# Associate Creative Director, Copywriter

## About the Role

Leo Chicago / Publicis Groupe is seeking a senior-level **Associate Creative Director, Copywriter** to help lead concept development, campaign storytelling, strategic writing, and creative execution for well-known brands. This role is designed for an experienced copywriter and creative thinker who can develop strong ideas, shape brand narratives, guide creative teams, and bring campaigns to life across digital, social, experiential, and integrated channels.

The Associate Creative Director, Copywriter will work in a fast-paced advertising agency environment where creative quality, strategic thinking, collaboration, platform fluency, and leadership are essential. This person will partner closely with art directors, designers, strategists, account teams, producers, social teams, media partners, and senior creative leadership to develop campaigns that are distinctive, effective, and aligned with client goals.

The ideal candidate is a strong conceptual thinker and polished writer who understands how to create ideas that work across platforms. They should be able to write with precision, lead creative development, mentor other writers, present ideas clearly, and help maintain a high standard of creative output.

## Key Responsibilities

* Develop high-level campaign concepts, copy platforms, brand ideas, and creative approaches for major client initiatives.
* Lead copywriting and creative thinking across integrated campaigns, digital experiences, social content, video, activations, experiential work, presentations, and brand storytelling.
* Partner with art directors, designers, strategists, producers, account teams, and other creative leads to develop strong, strategically grounded ideas.
* Translate client briefs, business goals, audience insights, and brand strategy into compelling creative concepts and written executions.
* Write headlines, scripts, manifestos, campaign copy, social content, digital copy, experiential messaging, brand narratives, presentation language, and other campaign materials.
* Help guide the creative direction of projects from early concept development through production and final execution.
* Contribute to campaign storytelling that is relevant, memorable, brand-right, and effective across multiple platforms.
* Bring strong digital, social, and experience-focused thinking to modern campaign development.
* Present creative ideas internally and to clients with clarity, confidence, and strategic rationale.
* Review, refine, and improve copy and creative work to ensure quality, consistency, originality, and alignment with the brand voice.
* Mentor and support junior writers, creatives, and team members by providing feedback, guidance, and creative direction.
* Collaborate with production teams to ensure creative ideas are executed effectively across video, digital, social, print, experiential, and other deliverables.
* Participate in brainstorming sessions, creative reviews, client presentations, campaign planning, and production discussions.
* Help maintain a high creative standard across assigned brands, campaigns, and deliverables.
* Stay current with advertising trends, cultural moments, social platforms, digital behavior, emerging formats, and creative technology.
* Contribute to a collaborative agency culture built on strong ideas, craft, accountability, and creative excellence.

## Required Qualifications

* Significant experience as a copywriter, senior copywriter, associate creative director, or similar creative role within an advertising agency, brand, or creative studio.
* Strong portfolio demonstrating high-level concept development, campaign thinking, brand storytelling, and polished writing.
* Experience creating integrated campaigns for recognizable brands or complex client accounts.
* Excellent copywriting skills across campaign concepts, headlines, scripts, digital content, social content, brand voice, and long-form storytelling.
* Strong understanding of brand strategy, creative briefs, audience insights, and business objectives.
* Ability to develop ideas that work across digital, social, experiential, video, and traditional advertising channels.
* Experience collaborating with art directors, designers, strategists, account teams, producers, and client stakeholders.
* Ability to present creative ideas clearly and persuasively.
* Strong leadership skills and ability to guide creative work without losing attention to craft and detail.
* Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and creative priorities in a fast-paced agency environment.
* Strong editing, proofreading, and message development skills.
* Ability to give and receive feedback constructively while maintaining creative momentum.

## Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in a major advertising agency or network agency environment.
* Experience working on national or global brands.
* Experience leading creative work for social-first, digital-first, experiential, or integrated campaigns.
* Familiarity with content production, film/video production, social platform best practices, influencer programs, and emerging media formats.
* Experience mentoring junior creatives or helping lead creative teams.
* Strong understanding of cultural trends, consumer behavior, platform-specific storytelling, and brand relevance.
* Experience contributing to new business pitches, campaign presentations, or award-level creative work.
* Ability to work across multiple industries, client categories, and brand voices.
* Experience working with highly collaborative teams in a deadline-driven environment.

## Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior creative who can think strategically, write beautifully, and lead ideas from concept through execution. This person understands how to build campaigns that are not only clever, but also useful, relevant, and aligned with brand and business goals.

They should bring a strong creative point of view while also being collaborative, flexible, and open to feedback. The right candidate can generate original ideas, improve the work of others, and help teams push toward stronger creative solutions.

This person should understand the pace and expectations of a major agency environment. They should be comfortable moving between big-picture campaign thinking and detailed copy refinement, between client presentations and team working sessions, and between brand storytelling and platform-specific execution.

## Work Environment

This role is part of a major advertising agency environment and will involve close collaboration with creative leadership, copywriters, art directors, designers, strategists, producers, account teams, social teams, media partners, and client stakeholders.

The Associate Creative Director, Copywriter should be comfortable working in a fast-moving, highly collaborative setting where creative ideas are developed, refined, presented, produced, and optimized across multiple platforms. The role may require managing several assignments at once, responding to feedback quickly, and helping the team maintain a strong creative standard under deadline pressure.

## Compensation and Benefits

Compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, location, portfolio strength, and overall fit for the role. Benefits may include:

* Competitive salary
* Full-time employment
* Health, dental, and vision benefits
* Paid time off
* Retirement plan options
* Professional development opportunities
* Creative and collaborative agency environment
* Opportunity to work on well-known brands
* Opportunity to contribute to integrated campaigns across digital, social, experiential, and traditional channels
* Opportunity to help lead creative work within a major agency network

## Equal Opportunity Statement

Leo Chicago / Publicis Groupe is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, skills, portfolio quality, and business needs. The company is committed to maintaining a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.