VML Canada (English)

VML Canada (English)

Associate Creative Director (Copy)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Director

Sponsorship not specified$90k-$140kDetected 16 days ago
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About the role

  • We are seeking an Associate Creative Director (Copy) who's looking to do the best work of their career to join our growing team.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Creative Excellence: Lead the translation of strategic direction into compelling, award-winning copy and campaigns across various mediums, including broadcast, OLV, digital, and owned.
  • Creative Partnership: Partner seamlessly with an ACD, Art (and cross-functional strategy and account leads) to develop, refine, and elevate impactful and cohesive creative concepts.
  • Brand Stewardship: Champion the client's brand voice, tone, and strategic objectives, ensuring all creative output drives measurable business impact and connects authentically with audiences.
  • Strategic Ideation: Drive the research and ideation phase to inform, inspire, and elevate the agency's creative output.
  • Client Partnership: Craft compelling narratives for presentation decks and confidently lead client pitches, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Collaborate closely with production, technology, and account teams to seamlessly manage the authoring and delivery of online and offline assets.
  • Lead the translation of strategic direction into compelling, award-winning copy and campaigns across various mediums, including broadcast, OLV, digital, and owned.
  • Partner seamlessly with an ACD, Art (and cross-functional strategy and account leads) to develop, refine, and elevate impactful and cohesive creative concepts.
  • Drive the research and ideation phase to inform, inspire, and elevate the agency's creative output.
  • Collaborate closely with production, technology, and account teams to seamlessly manage the authoring and delivery of online and offline assets.

Requirements

  • Digital Fluency: Deep expertise in the latest social media trends, platform-specific copywriting, and emerging digital technologies.
  • Agility: Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, successfully directing multiple projects simultaneously without sacrificing craft.
  • Presentation Skills: Outstanding presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, persuasively, and succinctly to senior-level clients.
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  • 8+ years of experience as a copywriter/creative lead within an advertising agency or similar environment, with a proven track record of leading high-profile campaigns.
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, successfully directing multiple projects simultaneously without sacrificing craft.

Skills

  • Constructive Mindset: A mature, reasoned approach to client and internal feedback, using it collaboratively to push the work further.
  • The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range between the values at the bottom of this posting.
  • $90,000 - $140,000 CAD
  • WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics.
  • VML is a WPP Agency.
  • For more information, please visit our website, and follow VML on our social channels via Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.
  • Deep expertise in the latest social media trends, platform-specific copywriting, and emerging digital technologies.

Compensation

  • The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range between the values at the bottom of this posting.
  • Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
  • $90,000 - $140,000 CAD

Benefits

  • In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies.
  • Provide clear, inspiring narrative vision for your projects while remaining adaptable and agile to meet client needs and deadlines.
  • Ideal candidates will have a strong creative vision, exceptional strategic skills, and the ability to drive world-class, impactful work.

Company info

  • VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
  • About WPP
  • WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
  • Associate Creative Director, Copy
  • The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.
  • VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
  • We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
  • For more information, visit WPP.com.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and continuous innovation, leading by example through the quality of your work and your approach to problem-solving.
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