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About the Role
Lead the copy discipline and play a key role on the creative leadership team, setting the direction for copy across the agency to ensure creative excellence, strategic clarity, regulatory fluency, and flawless execution. Lead and develop a growing team of copywriters and editors, build departmental practices for scaling, and collaborate with various agency departments and partners.
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate the vision, priorities, and standards for the copy discipline.
- Translate agency goals into clear departmental objectives, capability plans, and measures of success.
- Represent Copy on the agency leadership team and contribute to company planning, growth, and organizational decisions.
- Partner with other department leaders to strengthen integration across copy, design, strategy, medical, and client service.
- Champion creative ambition, accountability, and responsible innovation within a highly regulated industry.
- Set the standard for concept development, messaging, storytelling, and copy execution across various media.
- Ensure copy is strategically sound, creatively compelling, factually accurate, and appropriate for client and regulatory requirements.
- Establish effective review and approval practices with clear quality ownership.
- Provide senior oversight on high-impact, complex, or sensitive work.
- Identify and address recurring quality or delivery issues through coaching, clearer standards, stronger processes, or capability development.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, to improve creative quality, efficiency, or services.
- Lead, coach, and develop the agency’s copywriters, editors, and copy leaders.
- Set clear role and performance expectations, provide timely feedback, and address performance concerns.
- Identify emerging leaders and build succession depth for critical responsibilities.
- Partner with Project Management and Operations to forecast copy demand, allocate talent, and identify capacity or capability gaps.
- Make recommendations regarding hiring, employee development, contractors, tools, and departmental investments.
- Manage the Copy department budget and understand the impact of staffing, utilization, scope, and rework on profitability.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture.
- Represent Copy in senior client presentations, articulating creative strategy, messaging, and rationale.
- Build trusted client relationships through strong creative judgment, pharmaceutical expertise, and business understanding.
- Serve as a senior creative advisor on priority accounts and help resolve client challenges.
- Lead or support creative development for new business pitches, proposals, and account expansion opportunities.
- Partner with Client Services, Strategy, and Project Management to align creative ambition with business objectives.
- Help translate copy capabilities into differentiated offerings, thought leadership, and growth opportunities.
Requirements
- 15+ years of copy/creative experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or highly regulated advertising.
- At least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Experience leading brand planning with clients with budgets in the $3M-$10M range.
- Proven experience leading and developing creative teams with a track record of inspiring high performance.
- Experience with resource planning, staffing decisions, budgets, and the commercial factors affecting agency delivery.
- In-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical regulations and industry trends.
- Ability to balance creative ambition with strategy, compliance, scope, timelines, and financial realities.
- Strong communication, presentation, and client-facing skills.
- Ability to balance visionary thinking with hands-on oversight of copy execution.
Skills
- Copywriting
- Creative Direction
- Team Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Regulatory Compliance
- Digital Marketing
- Print Advertising
- Video Production
- Experiential Marketing
- Concept Development
- Messaging
- Storytelling
- Client Presentations
- New Business Development
- Budget Management
- Resource Planning
- Talent Development
- AI Evaluation
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
Experience Level
- Vice President
- Senior Leadership
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 - $265,000 a year
Benefits
- 10% discretionary bonus
- Sales incentive plan
- Health benefits
- 401k match
About the Company
- P10 was founded on the principle of changing what isn't working or could work better.
- We are not just another agency; we are people driven by palpable passion and purpose.
- P10 brings together a diverse team of seasoned, remote-only professionals to deliver exceptional value for clients.
- We encourage a 'dare to do something different' mindset.