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Associate Creative Director-Copy

Edelman is looking for a trend-savvy Associate Creative Director-Copy for a top retail client. This role calls for a style-savvy creative passionate about trends in social, fashion, beauty, home decor, and designthink Vanity Fair meets dynamic brand storytelling. You'll leverage cultural trends, IRL experiences, and sharp design to create standout campaigns that supercharge brands and captivate audiences. Our team drives some of the world's most buzz-worthy work, like Ebay's pre-loved runway shows at NY and London Fashion Weeks or Dove's guide for coding Black hairstyles in gaming. Here, we don't just follow culture; we aim to change it. This is not a plug-and-play role. As an earned-first agency, we shape our ideas around the story we want to tellnot the media plan. What we sell in shifts with every brief one day it's a reactive TikTok idea, the next it's a 360 campaign with PR, influencer, digital, and brand film components. We're looking for sharp thinkers and culture junkies who thrive in creative chaos.

You Should Be:

• A social-first thinker fluent in TikTok, Instagram, apps we've never heard of, and niche internet subcultures
• Strategic and collaborative, with a proven track record of big ideas and big wins
• Experienced in 360 campaigns with an earned-first mindset
• Obsessed with making smart, standout, award-winning work
• Passionate about style/fashion/beauty/home decor, with an eye for cultural nuance and craft
• Thriving in cross-functional environments, uniting creative, strategy, production, social and more to produce breakthrough work
• Ego-free, self-starting, and deeply team-oriented

Responsibilities:

• Work in partnership with an Associate Creative Director-Art and at the direction of creative leadership to concept and plan execution of integrated campaigns and programs across a wide range of media and platforms, especially social, digital, video, experiences and content
• Create and write campaign ideas for client projects and new business pitches that are earned-first and social by design
• Work in concert with a wide range of specialties including account, strategy, project management, and influencer
• Develop tactics which bring creative concepts to life and achieve program objectives
• Manage multiple jobs simultaneously; managing and providing direction to other team members as needed
• Work closely with a project manager and production partners to schedule projects and coordinate production
• Prepare and present client creative presentations; Drive client approval process
• Work effectively with external vendors and internal colleagues to complete projects within timeframe and budget

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 6 years experience managing day-to-day changes at every level of detail and handling them with a team oriented, entrepreneurial spirit
• A bachelor's degree, preferably in English, Communications, or similar field of study

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience managing day-to-day changes at every level of detail and handling them with a team oriented, entrepreneurial spirit
• Experience maintaining client contact as needed and assist with budget and schedule development
• Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
• An understanding of industry standard design software and tools including the full suite of Adobe Creative Cloud
• Production experience in copywriting for video, digital and social platforms
• Pride in your previous work and the ability to speak to it clearly and concisely during the interview process
• Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be considered.

$86,000-$138,000 per year

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