Associate Director, Creative (Copywriter)
Location:
Chicago
Published: Wed, 10/01/2025
Job ID: 2025-122351
Company Description
Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.
The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.
Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
As a creative leader at Digitas, you’ll:
- Lead bold ideas from spark to spotlight, guiding teams through everything from multi-channel campaigns to one-off creative gems.
- Champion storytelling, turning insights and strategy into work that moves people and makes brands unforgettable.
- Elevate the craft of both art direction and copywriting, setting the bar high and inspiring teams to push further.
- Collaborate fearlessly, partnering with strategy, media, data, and tech to shape smarter, more impactful ideas.
- Build bridges, forging trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and collaborators alike.
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
- Proven creative chops: A four-year degree plus 6+ years at a top creative agency, with a portfolio of brand-building, digital, and cross-channel campaigns that turn heads and deliver results.
- A restless mind: Open, curious, and endlessly inventive. You see possibilities everywhere.
- Range of thinking: From social-forward ideas and integrated campaigns to film-first formats and live activations, you can think big and execute across many mediums.
- A maker at heart: Awards are great, but breakthrough thinking and real-world problem-solving impress us more.
- Detailed orientated: You sweat the details and obsess over the finish, because you know craft is what transforms good ideas into great work.
- High emotional intelligence: You lead with empathy, awareness and the ability to inspire clients and colleagues at every level.
- A grounded human: Humor, candor, and respect matter here as much as big ideas.
- Culturally curious and versed: You draw inspiration from culture, bringing relevance and richness to the work.
- Positive problem solving: You see challenges as opportunities and tackle them with optimism, creativity, and resilience.
- Future-facing skills: Comfort with generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) for ideation, research, or content creation is a plus.
Got the spark? We’re looking for creative leaders who want to shape work the world talks about. If that sounds like you, apply and let’s make something unforgettable.
Additional Information
Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.
Compensation Range: $105,165.00 - $151,095.00. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.