Life Sciences Associate Creative Director, Copy

We Are:

Accenture SongLife—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 SongLife, 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 SongLifebrings 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 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, self-motivated 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 high-level or more tactical, and can pivot to being more hands on in execution of deliverables when it’s needed.

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 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 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, 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
• 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 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
• 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 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:

• 8+ years of conceptual healthcare/copywriting experience, preferably in a health care marketing or communications agency

• 5+ years of experience working in the Oncology area

• 5+ years of brand launch experience for both HCP and patient audiences

• 8+ years of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• 8+ years of proven organizational and timeline prioritization skills; scheduling flexibility to accommodate work volumes and the ability to manage multiple assignments

• 5+ years of experience in strategic brainstorming, campaign development and creative execution and advertising (campaign concepts, websites, all digital tactics, print, etc.)

• 2+ years working with multiple GenAI tools (i.e. OpenAI, Writer, etc.) Bonus points if:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $73,800 to $182,600

Cleveland $68,300 to $146,100

Colorado $73,800 to $157,800

District of Columbia $78,500 to $168,000

Illinois $68,300 to $157,800

Maryland $73,800 to $157,800

Massachusetts $73,800 to $168,000

Minnesota $73,800 to $157,800

New York/New Jersey $68,300 to $182,600

Washington $78,500 to $168,000

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